This volume develops a novel approach to state theory. It offers a comprehensive review of
the existing literature on the state and sets a new agenda for state research. Four central …

The recent resurgence of scholarly interest in the state has resulted in an active debate
about the relationship between state and society. 1 The largest contribution to this debate …

This paper critically examines theories of the capitalist state. The state is a complex social
relation with many aspects, each of which offers an entrée into the study of the state as a …

This book has been an unconscionably long time in the making. My interest in theories of the
state and state power dates back some twelve years or more and my interest in …

By describing with Engels, the State apparatus in capitalist societies as the “ideal collective
capitalist” one merely poses (rather than solves) the question of the relationship between …

Existing theories of the nature of the state in Western capitalist democracies have been
mostly propounded from one of three major theoretical perspectives, each emphasising a …

Once upon a time, the capitalist state did not exist. I am not speaking of the period before the
middle of the millennium that is now coming to a close, the era before the transition from …

Socialist Review Book Award, Socialist Review, 1987 This volume makes available in one
place a complete statement of Fred Block's perspective for students and participants in the …

In the last few years, the Marxist theory of the state has been the focus of continuous debate.
The main aim of most of the contributions to the debate has been to steer a middle way …

In Capital and Class 2, John Holloway and Sol Picciotto (hereafter H&P) published an
important contribution to the ongoing debate on the Marxist theory of the state. The Note that …