State, Power, Socialism

Nicos Ar Poulantzas

Verso, 2000 - Political Science - 269 pages

Developing themes of his earlier work, the author here advances a critique of contemporary Marxist theories of the state, arguing against a general theory of state, and identifying forms of class power crucial to socialist strategy that goes beyond the apparatus of the state.

Contents

• Introduction to the Verso Classics edition: vii
• Preface: 7
• Does the State equal: 28
• State Powers and Struggles: 35
• Part One The Institutional Materiality of the State: 49
• Individualization: 63
• Law: 76
• The Nation: 93
• The State as: 123
• The State and Popular Struggles: 140
• Towards a Relational Theory of Power?: 146
• The State Personnel: 154
• Part Three State and Economy Today: 163
• Economy and Politics: 180
• Provisional Conclusions: 195
• The Irresistible Rise of the State Administration: 217
• The Dominant Mass Party: 232
• Part Five Towards a Democratic Socialism: 251
• Index: 267

About the author

Nicos Poulantzas was born in Athens in 1936 and died in Paris in 1979. His other published works include "Political Power and Social Classes," "Classes in Contemporary Capitalism," "Fascism and Dictatorship" and "State, Power, Socialism." A translator from Romanian, Spanish, German, French, and Italian, Patrick Camiller has translated many works, including Dumitru Tsepeneag's "Vain Art of the Fugue," "The Necessary Marriage," and "Hotel Europa."

Bibliographic information

• Title: State, Power, Socialism; Radical thinkers; Volume 29 of Verso classics
• Author: Nicos Ar Poulantzas
• Contributor: Stuart Hall
• Publisher: Verso, 2000
• ISBN: 1859842747, 9781859842744
• Length: 269 pages
• Subjects: Political Science / History & Theory; Political Science / Political Ideologies / Communism, Post-Communism & Socialism; Political Science / Political Ideologies / Radicalism