The Limits of the Sovereign State
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The Limits of the Sovereign State is a criminological work by David Garland that analyzes how modern welfare and penal policies expose the practical and ideological constraints of state power in governing crime and social order.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: The Limits of the Sovereign State Context triple: [David Garland, notableWork, The Limits of the Sovereign State]
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Beyond the Nation-State
"Beyond the Nation-State" is a seminal work in international relations and regional integration theory by Ernst B. Haas that explores how supranational institutions can transform the traditional system of sovereign nation-states.
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B.
Über die Grenzen der Wirksamkeit des Staates
Über die Grenzen der Wirksamkeit des Staates is a seminal political-philosophical essay by Wilhelm von Humboldt that argues for limiting state intervention to protect individual freedom and self-development.
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C.
The Myth of the State
The Myth of the State is a posthumously published philosophical work by Ernst Cassirer that analyzes the role of myth and symbolic thought in the rise of modern political ideologies and totalitarianism.
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D.
The State in the Third Millennium
The State in the Third Millennium is a political treatise by Prince Hans-Adam II of Liechtenstein that explores the future role, structure, and legitimacy of the modern state in a globalized world.
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E.
The Making of a State
The Making of a State is a political and historical work by Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk in which he recounts the founding of Czechoslovakia and his role in its creation.
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- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Limits of the Sovereign State Target entity description: The Limits of the Sovereign State is a criminological work by David Garland that analyzes how modern welfare and penal policies expose the practical and ideological constraints of state power in governing crime and social order.
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A.
Beyond the Nation-State
"Beyond the Nation-State" is a seminal work in international relations and regional integration theory by Ernst B. Haas that explores how supranational institutions can transform the traditional system of sovereign nation-states.
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B.
Über die Grenzen der Wirksamkeit des Staates
Über die Grenzen der Wirksamkeit des Staates is a seminal political-philosophical essay by Wilhelm von Humboldt that argues for limiting state intervention to protect individual freedom and self-development.
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C.
The Myth of the State
The Myth of the State is a posthumously published philosophical work by Ernst Cassirer that analyzes the role of myth and symbolic thought in the rise of modern political ideologies and totalitarianism.
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D.
The State in the Third Millennium
The State in the Third Millennium is a political treatise by Prince Hans-Adam II of Liechtenstein that explores the future role, structure, and legitimacy of the modern state in a globalized world.
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E.
The Making of a State
The Making of a State is a political and historical work by Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk in which he recounts the founding of Czechoslovakia and his role in its creation.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
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| instanceOf |
book
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criminology book ⓘ |
| academicDiscipline |
criminology
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sociology ⓘ |
| aimsTo |
critically examine state capacity to govern crime
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show how welfare and penal policies reveal limits of state sovereignty ⓘ |
| analyzes |
penal institutions
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state strategies for managing crime ⓘ transformations in criminal justice policy ⓘ welfare state institutions ⓘ |
| author | David Garland ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| describes |
ideological constraints on state power in crime control
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modern forms of crime governance ⓘ practical constraints on state power in crime control ⓘ relationship between welfare policy and penal policy ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
criminology
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social policy ⓘ sociology of law ⓘ sociology of punishment ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
advanced welfare states
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late modern societies ⓘ |
| genre | academic monograph ⓘ |
| hasPerspective |
critical criminology
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sociological ⓘ |
| influenced |
debates on the penal-welfare complex
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later work on crime control and social order ⓘ scholarship on the limits of sovereign power ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
sociology of punishment
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welfare state theory ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
control of crime
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crime control ⓘ criminal justice policy ⓘ criminology ⓘ governance of crime ⓘ ideology of the state ⓘ limits of state power ⓘ neoliberalism ⓘ penal policy ⓘ penal welfare ⓘ risk management in criminal justice ⓘ social order ⓘ sovereignty ⓘ state power ⓘ welfare policy ⓘ welfare state ⓘ |
| workOf | David Garland ⓘ |
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