Class Power and State Power

319 Pages·1983·11.012 MB·English

by  Ralph Miliband

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ISBN08 609017 33( cloth)
08 609717 83( Paperback)
Contents
Preface vii
I TheC apitalSitsatt e
Marxa ndt heS tate 3
2 TheC apitalSitsatt Tew:o Exchangweist hN icos
Poulantzas 26
3 PolitiFcoarlm sa ndH istoriMcaatle rialism 50
4 StatPeo wera ndC lasIsn terests 63
5 TheC oupi nC hile 79
6 ConstitutionaanldiR semv olutiNoont:e osn
Eurocommunism 108
II Marxisamn dt heP robleomf P ower
7 PolitiAccatli oDn,e terminiasnmdC ontingency1 31
8 LeninT'sh eS taatnedR evolution 154
9 Stalainnd A fter 167
10 BettelhaenidmS oviEext perience 189
11 RudolBfa hro'Asl ternative 203
12 KolakowskAin'tsi -Marx 215
13 MilitaIrnyt ervenatnidoS no cialIinstte rnation2al3i0s m
14 TheP olitoifcP se acaen dW ar 259
III Britain
15 ClasWsa rC onservatism 279
16 SocialAidsvta ncien B ritain 286
Index 309

Preface
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publicatairoen':sP olitAicctailo nD,e terminiasnmdC ontingency',
inP olitiPcoawle ra ndS ociaTlh eoryv,o l1. ( 1980e)d,i tebdyM au­
ricZee itli'nK;o lakowskAin'tsi -Marxi'nP, o litiSctauld ievso,l .
XXIX,n o.1( 1981')T;h eP olitiocfsP eacea ndW ar',i nM artin
Shaw,e d.,W ar,S tataen dS ocie(t1y9 83a)n;d ' ClaWsasr C onser­
vatismi'n,N ew Societ1y9, J une1 980I. a m grateftuolt hep ub­
lishefrosrp ermissitoorn e pritnhte sees says.
Savef ors omem inorc orrectiIo nhsa,vm ea den oc hangeisnt he
texts themsTehlevo ense.e xceptiiostn h ee ssaeyn titl'eMdi litary
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mores ubstancthiaanlg etsh,o ugthh esdeo n ota ffetchte m aina rgu­
mentI seekt od eveloipnt hee ssayI.ns omec aseIsh ,a vea ddeda
brieIfn troductoiroP no stscriIpnto .n ec aset,h ato ft hea rticle
entitl'eCdo nstitutioannadlR iesvmo lutiNoont:e so n Euroco­m
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