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The State in Capitalist Society
Ralph Miliband
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Description for The State in Capitalist Society
Paperback. Num Pages: 360 pages. BIC Classification: JPHC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 150 x 20. Weight in Grams: 434.
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 state's claims to legitimacy, defines the ... Read more
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 state's claims to legitimacy, defines the ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
The Merlin Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
360
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
Number of Pages
360
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780850366884
SKU
V9780850366884
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About Ralph Miliband
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 ... Read more
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