Preface; List of contributors; Introduction: developing a state-in-society
perspective; Part I. Theoretical and Methodological Considerations: 1. The
state in society: an approach to struggles for domination Joel S. Migdal;
Part II. States: Embedded in Society: 2. Traditional politics against state
transformation in Brazil Frances Hagopian; 3. State power and social
organization in China Vivienne Shue; 4. Centralization and powerlessness:
India's democracy in a comparative perspective Atul Kohli; 5. States and
ruling classes in postcolonial Africa: the enduring contradictions of power
Catherine Boone; Part III. Social Forces: Engaged with State Power: 6.
Labor divided: sources of state formation in modern China Elizabeth J.
Perry; 7. Business conflict, collaboration and privilege in interwar Egypt
Robert Vitalis; 8. A time and a place for the non-state: social change in
the Ottoman empire during the 'long nineteenth century' Resat Kasaba; 9.
Peasant-state relations in postcolonial Africa: patterns of engagement and
disengagement Michael Bratton; 10. Engaging the state: associational life
in sub-Saharan Africa Naomi Chazan; Part IV. Conclusion: 11. State power
and social forces: on political contention and accommodation in the Third
World Atul Kohli and Vivienne Shue; Index.
