Critical Theories Of The State: Marxist, Neo-marxist, Post-marxist Project Muse Upcc Books

Critical Theories of the State is a clear and accessible survey of radical perspectives on the modern state. By focusing on Marxist theory and its variations, particularly as applied to advanced industrial societies and contemporary welfare states, Clyde W. Barrow provides a more extensive and thorough treatment than is available in any other work. Barrow divides the methodological assumptions and key hypotheses of Marxist, Neo-Marxist, and Post-Marxist theories into five distinct approaches: instrumentalist, structuralist, derivationist, systems-analytic, and organizational realist. He categorizes the many theorists discussed in the book, including such thinkers as Elmer Altvater, G. William Domhoff, Fred Block, Claus Offe, and Theda Skocpol according to their concepts of the state’s relationship to capital and their methodological approach to the state. Based on this survey, Barrow elaborates a compelling typology of radical state theories that identifies with remarkable clarity crucial points of overlap and divergence among the various theories. Scholars conducting research within the rubric of state theory, political development, and policy history will find Critical Theories of the State an immensely valuable review of the literature. Moreover, Barrow’s work will make an excellent textbook for undergraduate and graduate courses in political science and sociology, and can also be used by those teaching theory courses in international relations, history, and political economy. Contents......Page 8 Figures......Page 10 Tables......Page 12 Acknowledgments......Page 14 List of Abbreviations......Page 16 Introduction......Page 20 ONE Plain Marxism: The Instrumentalist Approach......Page 30 TWO Neo-Marxism: The Structuralist Approach......Page 68 THREE Between Neo-Marxism and Post-Marxism: The Derivationist Approach......Page 94 FOUR Post-Marxism I: The Systems-Analytic Approach......Page 113 FIVE Post-Marxism II: The Organizational Realist Approach......Page 142 SIX The Antinomies of Marxist Political Theory......Page 163 Notes......Page 178 Sources Consulted......Page 214 Index......Page 232 Plain Marxism: The Instrumentalist Approach -- Neo-marxism: The Structuralist Approach -- Between Neo-marxism And Post-marxism: The Derivationist Approach -- Post-marxism I: The Systems-analytic Approach -- Post-marxism Ii: The Organizational Realist Approach -- The Antinomies Of Marxist Political Theory. Clyde W. Barrow. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 161-213) And Index.