Product Description: Ralph Miliband was a leading contributor to the development of Marxist political theory in the late twentieth century. His writings remain highly influential in contemporary work on the state and related areas of political theory and political sociology...read more

Product Description: Paul Wetherly provides a restatement and defence of the classical Marxist theory of the state, developing an analytical approach that draws on G.A. Cohen's functional interpretation of Marx's theory of history. Instrumentalist and structuralist arguments are conceived as related causal mechanisms within the functional approach, and the principle of economic determination is shown to be consistent with the relative autonomy of the state as an institution with its own interests and capacities...read more

Product Description: In recent years there has been a renewed interest in Marx's theory and this text is intended as an accessible guide and contribution to this debate. It presents research findings together with summaries of alternative approaches to the interpretation of historical materialism.