Examine and assess the claim that The state remains a rather elusive thing (Blakeley and Saward, 2009, pp. 354-5).

It is important to know the meaning of the state, the significance of political order in day-by-day life, and the procedure through which state is made and repaired. As the time passes by it is essential that the state provides more and more for the population, as the peoples needs and there number continuously increase. With the massive increase of work and the number of employees, agencies and organisations the state has turned into a tremendously intricate yet still elusive thing.

What is the state? It has no obvious definition. It can be defined as an institutional political order that aims to prevent social chaos and make social order. Georgina Blakeley and Michael Saward defined state as an idea based on shared expectations about the ordering of social life; a set of organisations and a set of practices, so the state is a group of people, organisations and activities. …(short extract)