Includes bibliographical references (p. 224-242) and indexes.

PART ONE: INTRODUCTION
State Change - Edward S Greenberg
Approaches and Concepts
PART TWO: CHANGES IN THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN STATE AND SOCIETY
The Two-Tiered Theory of the State - Mark Gottdiener
Resolving the Question of Determination for the Case of the Local State
Effective Demand and Structural Dependence on the State - Tom Mayer and Tracey Mott
Structure and Consciousness in the Rise of the Nazi State - Tom Mayer and Robert Pois
PART THREE: CHANGES IN THE INSTITUTIONS OF THE STATE
Federal Statebuilding During the New Deal - Russell Hanson
The Transition from Mother's Aid to Aid to Dependent Children
The Police and the Coercive Nature of the State - Otwin Marinen
State-Making and State-Breaking - Steve Chan
The Origins and Paradoxes of the Contemporary Taiwanese State
Change and Continuity in the British Colonial State - James Scarritt and Shaheen Mozaffar
Integrating Theoretical Perspectives
PART FOUR: CHANGES IN STATE POLICY
Why the State Does What It Does - Edward S Greenberg and Benjamin I Page
Towards a Synthetic Model
The Transformation of Interests and the State - David Levine
Farmers, Workers, and the State in the US 1890-1916 - Elizabeth Sanders
A Critique of Corporate Liberalism
The Relative Decline of Relative Autonomy - Robert J S Ross
Global Capitalism and the Political Economy of Change