| #4838867 in Books | 1980-03-01 | Original language:French | PDF # 1 | File type: PDF | 288 pages||9 of 10 people found the following review helpful.| Theory of the state|By not a natural|The Greco-French social philosopher Nicos Poulantzas wrote five books which were translated in English. I've read and re-read his three theoretical books: Political Power and Social Classes; Classes in Contemporary Capitalism; and State Power Socialism.
I read the first of these three times, taking copious notes the second time
In State, Power, Socialism, the leading theorist of the state and European communism advances a vigorous critique of contemporary Marxist theories of the state. Arguing against a general theory of the state, Poulantzas identifies forms of class power crucial to socialist strategy that go beyond the state apparatus.
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