The State of the State

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The State of the State lecture series focuses on the transformation of the modern state, with an emphasis on Western Europe and European integration, from a multidisciplinary perspective. The lecture series took place at the University of Oxford and was organized by Dr. Reidar Maliks of the Anglo-German 'State of the State' Fellowship Programme. The programme, which is funded by the Volkswagen Foundation, aims to enable outstanding scholars at the start of their careers to conduct research at Oxford. The programme also seeks to establish an international network of leading scholars specialising in the study of the state.

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    • Jan 5, 2012 LATEST EPISODE
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    • 58m AVG DURATION
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    Latest episodes from The State of the State

    Transformations of the State: Interdisciplinary Perspectives

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 5, 2012 68:39


    Professor Saskia Sassen delivers the keynote speech of the 'Transformations of the State: Interdisciplinary Perspectives' conference held by the Anglo-German State of the State Fellowship Programme on 21st May 2011.

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    The State, Tolerance and Rationalism in Spinoza, Mendelssohn and Kant

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 6, 2011 50:54


    Stefan Bird-Pollan (University of Kentucky) delivers a lecture as part of the Anglo-German 'State of the State' Fellowship Programme on the ideas of The State, Tolerance and Rationalism as seen in the philosophies of Kant, Spinoza and Mendelssohn.

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    Opinion Formation and Democratic Legitimacy

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 6, 2011 57:21


    Nadia Urbinati (Columbia University) delivers this lecture on government, opinion formation, the media and direct democracy as part of the Anglo-German 'State of the State' Fellowship Programme, given by Creative media and direct democracy.

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    Globalisation, Inequality, and the State

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 6, 2011 55:30


    Thomas Pogge (Yale University) presents this lecture as part of the Anglo-German 'State of the State' Fellowship Programme, given by on May 24th, 2011.

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    Regional courts as a substitute for the domestic rule of law: The Campbell case before the SADC Tribunal

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 15, 2011 45:19


    Erika de Wet (University of Pretoria) delivers a lecture concerning Mike Campbell and the land reform program in Zimbabwe. Delivered as part of the Anglo-­German 'State of the State' Fellowship Programme.

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    The Practice of Sovereignty: Kant on the Duties of National and International Citizenship

    Play Episode Listen Later May 24, 2011 67:37


    Paul Guyer (University of Pennsylvania) presents his paper on Kant's views of the practice of sovereignty. Presented as part of the Anglo-­German 'State of the State' Fellowship Programme.

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    The Idea of the State: a Genealogy

    Play Episode Listen Later May 11, 2010 61:25


    Quentin Skinner gives a genealogy of the modern state, arguing that we should not understand the state simply as the government, but rather as a fictional person, enabling us to explain such things as shared responsibility for debt over generations. Quentin Skinner is the Barber Beaumont Professor of the Humanities at Queen Mary, University of London and he is the previous Regius professor of modern history at Cambridge. His most recent book is Hobbes and Republican Liberty (2008).

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