The State Debate [Paperback]

The 1990s promise to be a period of rapid political change, as old political boundaries dissolve and new political forces emerge. These changes throw into question our understanding of capitalism and socialism, of the character of the nation state, and of the relationship between the economy and the state. However, these changes are only the culmination of developments which have been unfolding over the past two decades. This book includes a comprehensive introductory survey, which sets the contributions collected here within the context of the wider debate.Notes on the Contributors - The State Debate; S.Clarke - Marxism, Sociology and Poulantzas's Theory of the State; S.Clarke - Capital, Crisis and the State; J.Holloway and S.Picciotto - State, Class Struggle, and the Reproduction of Capital; S.Clarke - A Note on the Theory of the Capitalist State; C.Barker - The Internationalisation of Capital and the International State System; S.Picciotto - The State and Everyday Struggle; J.Holloway - The Fordist Security State and New Social Movements; J.Hirsch - Accumulation Strategies, State Forms and Hegemonic Projects; B.Jessop - Index