De Maquiavelo al Estado postmoderno: Paradigmas políticos de aproximación al fenómeno estatal

This paper makes a summary of the developments in the canonical readings of the State as a political object, from a multidisciplinary perspective. The starting point is the process of secularization in the study of the State, driven by Machiavelli with the publication of The Prince in the early sixt...

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Main Author: Flórez Ruiz, José Fernando
Format: Article
Language:French
Published: Universidad Externado de Colombia 2012
Subjects:
Capital social
democracia
desempeño estatal
Estado de bienestar
Estado social de derecho
Estados fallidos
globalización
neoconstitucionalismo
paradigmas científicos
políticas públicas
Primavera Árabe
regímenes políticos
Arab Spring
democracy
failed states
globalization
neo-constitutionalism
political regimes
public policy
social capital
Welfare State
State performance
scientific paradigms
Online Access:http://dialnet.unirioja.es/servlet/oaiart?codigo=4272692
Source:Revista Derecho del Estado, ISSN 0122-9893, Nº. 29, 2012, pags. 107-144
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De Maquiavelo al Estado postmoderno: Paradigmas políticos de aproximación al fenómeno estatal
Summary: This paper makes a summary of the developments in the canonical readings of the State as a political object, from a multidisciplinary perspective. The starting point is the process of secularization in the study of the State, driven by Machiavelli with the publication of The Prince in the early sixteenth century. Subsequently it explores: (1) the seminal contribution of juridical thought and political philosophers of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries in the construction of societal perceptions of the State, until the emergence of the �Rule of Law� model; (2) the changes that the democratic revolution meant for the phenomenon of the State; (3) the renewing effect on the research agenda over the last three decades of studies on the transformation of political regimes, the development of welfare states, social capital and democratic effectiveness; (4) the new epistemological paths traced by globalization, neo-constitutionalism and public policy analysis. The text concludes with a reflection on the future of the nation-state and democracy models, currently prevalent, for the organization and exercising of power; and on the characteristics of the new scientific paradigm conveyed by the discourse of failed states. The concise nature of the article naturally excludes any claim of being exhaustive; rather, it focuses on the most relevant mutations of the conceptual tools used in State analysis.

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