The Problem of the State provides a new perspective on what the social and political sciences can contribute to understandings of the state and the ambivalent place it occupies in our collective affairs. Distinguishing two broad conceptual and methodological approaches to addressing the problem of how to study the state empirically rather than theoretically - the constitutionalist and constructionist positions - the author reviews the grounds and limits of both to reveal their common assumption: that it is up to the social and political sciences to define what the problem of the state is. Building on insights from Marx, Wittgenstein and Ethnomethodology, this book frees the study of the state from the limiting assumptions of common approaches and advocates a return of the problem to its proper environment, in social and political practice.

The Problem of the State provides a new perspective on what the social and political sciences can contribute to understandings of the state and the ambivalent place it occupies in our collective affairs. Distinguishing two broad conceptual and methodological approaches to addressing the problem of how to study the state empirically rather than theoretically - the constitutionalist and constructionist positions - the author reviews the grounds and limits of both to reveal their common assumption: that it is up to the social and political sciences to define what the problem of the state is. Building on insights from Marx, Wittgenstein and Ethnomethodology, this book frees the study of the state from the limiting assumptions of common approaches and advocates a return of the problem to its proper environment, in social and political practice.

Der Tagungsband umfasst die im Rahmen der "Culinary and Wine Tourism Conference 2015" prasentierten Paper und Konzepte rund um das Thema Kulinarik- und Weintourismus. Die Konferenz wurde vom Institut fur Tourismus-Management der FHWien der WKW in Zusammenarbeit mit der Deutschen Gesellschaft fur Tourismuswissenschaft (DGT) und der IMC Fachhochschule Krems, Studiengang International Wine Business veranstaltet. Kulinarik und Wein werden immer haufiger zu einem wesentlichen Teil von Reiseentscheidungen und gewinnen als eigenstandiges touristisches Marktsegment zunehmend an Bedeutung. Durch die Kombination von Wissenschaft und Tourismuspraxis und Beitragen in deutscher und englischer Sprache wird eine besonders breite Zielgruppe angesprochen.