The capitalist state and the politics of class / Albert Szymanski.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Winthrop sociology series | Winthrop sociology seriesPublication details: Cambridge, MA : Winthrop Publishers, c1978.Description: xvi, 333 pages : tables and charts ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 0876261055 :
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 301.5/92
LOC classification:
  • JA 76 .S95 1978
Partial contents:
1. Introduction -- 2. The politics of the United States capitalist class -- 3. Political differences within the working class -- 4. The politics of the petty bourgeoisie -- 5. The politics of sex, race, and age -- 6. Elections and political parties -- 7. The origins of the capitalist state -- 8. The functions of the capitalist state part one: implementing and tempering the capitalist class will, funding the sate, preserving law and order, and maintaining legitimacy --9. The functions of the capitalist state part two: the facilitation of capital accumulation -- 10. The mechanisms of direct domination of the state by capital -- 11. The mechanisms of indirect domination of the state by capital -- 12. Fascism -- 13. Revolution and Socialist movements in the capitalist state.
Summary: "This book is about the primary questions of our time. Questions of the state's role in society, of which groups have the greatest influence in determining state politics, of the causes and power of social movements, of the determinants of political behavior, are absolutely basic to understanding the world around us. All conscious human beings have ideas on these topics. The newspapers, television, and the schools from the primary through the graduate level are permeated with strongly held positions on the questions this book considers. ... My purpose is to synthesize the best in the academic tradition of political sociology ... within the theoretical framework of Marxism to understand better the nature of power and political movements...." - from the author's preface.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Introduction -- 2. The politics of the United States capitalist class -- 3. Political differences within the working class -- 4. The politics of the petty bourgeoisie -- 5. The politics of sex, race, and age -- 6. Elections and political parties -- 7. The origins of the capitalist state -- 8. The functions of the capitalist state part one: implementing and tempering the capitalist class will, funding the sate, preserving law and order, and maintaining legitimacy --9. The functions of the capitalist state part two: the facilitation of capital accumulation -- 10. The mechanisms of direct domination of the state by capital -- 11. The mechanisms of indirect domination of the state by capital -- 12. Fascism -- 13. Revolution and Socialist movements in the capitalist state.

"This book is about the primary questions of our time. Questions of the state's role in society, of which groups have the greatest influence in determining state politics, of the causes and power of social movements, of the determinants of political behavior, are absolutely basic to understanding the world around us. All conscious human beings have ideas on these topics. The newspapers, television, and the schools from the primary through the graduate level are permeated with strongly held positions on the questions this book considers. ... My purpose is to synthesize the best in the academic tradition of political sociology ... within the theoretical framework of Marxism to understand better the nature of power and political movements...." - from the author's preface.

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