The State and Geographic Process: A Critical Review
- 1 February 1978
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Environment and Planning A: Economy and Space
- Vol. 10 (2) , 173-183
- https://doi.org/10.1068/a100173
Abstract
This paper provides a critical review of a long-neglected issue in geography: The role of the state in geographic processes. Five major interpretations of this role are discussed, with emphasis on their interrelationships and analytical implications: the state as supplier of public goods and services; as facilitator and regulator of the economy; as social engineer; as arbiter; and as agent of some ruling elite. This overview clarifies the question of what the state actually is, and emphasizes the significance of three crucial research issues: the legitimation and fiscal crises of the state; the role of the local state; and comparative analysis of the state in socialist systems.This publication has 11 references indexed in Scilit:
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