Marxism and the State

Cover......Page 1
Contents......Page 8
Preface......Page 10
1 Introduction: The Theory of History and the State......Page 16
Introduction......Page 25
The state of The Communist Manifesto......Page 28
Primary and secondary themes?......Page 30
A theoretical synthesis?......Page 40
Introduction......Page 42
The instrumentalist thesis......Page 43
The state as a 'power container'......Page 45
Social forces and interests......Page 53
Class structure and class interests......Page 56
The possibility of a general theory......Page 62
The interests of capital in general......Page 64
State power......Page 78
Agency and structure aren't all there is......Page 87
The strategic-relational approach......Page 93
The structural constraint thesis......Page 98
Block and 'business confidence'......Page 105
The 'structural power' of capital......Page 109
Structure, agency and the state......Page 117
Introduction......Page 124
The nature of the economic structure......Page 125
The circuit of capital......Page 131
'Class interests' and 'needs of capital'......Page 137
Classification of the interests of the capitalist class......Page 143
The concept of need......Page 145
Needs of social systems......Page 148
Capitalism, the market and competition......Page 150
Accumulation and legitimisation......Page 153
Summary......Page 166
Introduction – the relative autonomy of the state......Page 171
The potential for state autonomy......Page 173
Functionalism and determinism......Page 178
State autonomy – a conceptual framework......Page 184
Possible constraint types......Page 187
Introduction......Page 189
Mechanism 1 – internal/personal......Page 190
Mechanism 2 – internal/impersonal......Page 195
Mechanism 3 – external/personal......Page 200
Mechanism 4 – external/impersonal......Page 204
Summary......Page 209
Introduction – the challenge of globalisation......Page 211
What is globalisation?......Page 212
Globalisation and the theory of history......Page 216
Globalisation and the state......Page 225
Notes......Page 234
Works cited......Page 250
C......Page 257
G......Page 258
M......Page 259
P......Page 260
T......Page 261
W......Page 262