The State in Capitalist Society

Contents: Foreword/Leo Panitch. Preface. 1. Introduction. 2. Economic elites and dominant class. 3. The state system and the state elite. 4. The purpose and role of governments. 5. Servants of the state. 6. Imperfect competition. 7. The process of legitimation I. 8. The process of legitimation II. 9. Reform and repression. Notes. Index.

The State in Capitalist Society is recognized as one of the most important books in political sociology published since the Second World War. In the wake of a neo-liberal era recognized almost universally as one which saw the retreat of the state, the massive scale of state intervention today makes the republication of this classic study extremely timely.

This edition includes a new foreword by Professor Leo Panitch, York University, Toronto.