Today there are more states controlling more people than at any other point in history. We live in a world shaped by the authority of the state. Yet the complex

This book showcases extensive research on gender under state socialism, examining the subject in terms of state policy and law; sexuality and reproduction; the

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The essays in this book trace the development of Joel Migdal's "state-in-society" approach. The essays situate the approach within the classic literature in pol