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Limits of the Regulatory State Idea: Science and the Cultural Constitution of Capitalist States
ISSN: 2371 - 1655
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Limits of the Regulatory State Idea: Science and the Cultural Constitution of Capitalist States
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ICC-0202
Publisher: Lifescience Global Inc.
International Journal Address (IAA):
IAA.ZONE/2371108881655
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2371 - 1655
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Abstract
This paper is an empirically grounded theoretical critique of the idea of the "œregulatory state." The language of the"regulatory state" obscures the nature of the modern state as a constitutive "thing." The modern state is crucially constituted through the co-productions of science and government. It needs to be investigated in terms of its discursive, practiced, and material dimensions, its meanings, its agencies, and its formation as a material entity composed of land, people and built environment. This critique is needed because the idea of the regulatory state too often leaves implicit the notion that capitalism exists prior to the state, and is thus only "regulated" as such post-hoc. The methods used are those of historical sociological case based analytics, utilizing archival materials. The purpose is to challenge the taken-for-granted distinction between the state and capitalist social organization. The implications for furthe...
