STATE THEORY: A PROPOSED APPROACH IN THE CONTEXT OF FINANCIAL GLOBALIZATION, CRISES AND INSTITUTIONAL REFORMS

in this essay we discuss the contribution of the State Theory approach to the understanding of the state phenomenon in the context of globalization and different crises (sanitary, environmental, economic, political, social) that require institutional reforms in relation to which there is no minimum theoretical, legal and political consensus. Therefore, our starting point was the return to the roots of the State Theory, its categories and its fundamental methodological assumptions, considering its limits and the elements that remain theoretically operational. Then, we deal with the expansion of the scope of the State Theory considering the condition of its object in the context of financial globalization. Finally, we discuss methodological perspectives for the discipline with reference to the idea of institutional mapping.