The state in capitalist society

Miliband, Ralph

ISBN 10: 0704330822 / ISBN 13: 9780704330825

Published by London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1970

About this Item

Good paperback copy; edges somewhat dust-dulled and nicked. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description: x,292 pages; 22cm. Notes: Originally published 1969. Contents: Contents include: Economic elites and dominant class. The state system and the state elite. The purpose and role of government. Servants of the state. Imperfect competition. The process of legislation, parts 1 and 2. Reform and repression. Summary: Presenting a sustained and concrete challenge to the current political consensus, this reference identifies the radical alternative of adopting socialism as the key issue facing civilization and the crucial condition of making substantial progress. Subjects: Capitalism; Case studies. Mixed Economies. Welfare State. Economics. Politics and Government. Capitalism - economic systems economics. Free enterprise - economic systems economics. States - Forms - Political Science. 1 Kg.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The state in capitalist society
• Publisher: London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson
• Publication Date: 1970
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0704330822
• ISBN 13: 9780704330825
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: Reprint.
• Weight: 1 kilogram

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Synopsis

Presenting a sustained and concrete challenge to the current political consensus, this reference identifies the radical alternative of adopting socialism as the key issue facing civilization and the crucial condition of making substantial progress. Demonstrating that capitalist control of the state was so comprehensive that partial reforms were impossible, this reference attempts to explain how society has managed to evade socialism, exploring how its claims have failed to persuade many intellectuals and the potential benefactors of an alternative order. Reviewing the influence of economic elites and the dominant class, this study also probes the stateâ s claims to legitimacy, defines the purpose and role of governments, and analyzes the concepts of reform and repression. Depicting how the state reemerged from behind the mystifications of the political system and its behavior to become the central theme of political studies, this radical and philosophical investigation combines a political appeal with thorough, detailed scholarship. A discussion of servants of the state and the concept of imperfect competition are also included.

About the Author

Ralph Miliband was one of the key intellectual figures of the British New Left and the founder of the Socialist Register. He was a professor at the London School of Economics, Brandeis University, York University–Toronto, and the graduate center of the City University of New York and was chair of politics at the University of Leeds. He is the author of Divided Societies, Marxism and Politics,  and Socialism for a Sceptical Age. He is the coeditor of A Dictionary of Marxist Thought.