(P/B) CLASS, CRISIS AND THE STATE

Παρουσίαση

One of the major works of the new American Marxism, Wright's book draws a challenging new class map of the United States and other, comparable, advanced capitalist countries today; discusses the various classical theories of economic crisis in the West and their relevance to the current recession; and contrasts the ways in which the major political problem of bureaucracy was confronted by two great antagonists - Weber and Lenin. A concluding essay brings together the practical lessons of these theoretical analyses, in a searching look at the prospects of Left governments elected in capitalist democraties. "Class, Crisis and the State" is a key work of social science for the 80s. (From the publisher)
"A brilliant analysis of the class structure and crises of US capitalism" (Choice)

Περιεχόμενα

Chapter 1: Methodological Introduction
Linking Theory to Data in Social Research
Modes of Determination and Models of Determination
Structural limitation
Selection
Reproduction/non-reproduction
Limits of functional compatibility
Transformation
Mediation
Themes of the Book
Chapter 2: The Class Structure of Advanced Capitalist Societies
Poulantzas's Theory of the Structural Determination of Class
General Framework
Structural Determination of the Working Class and New Petty Bourgeoisie
Structural Determination of the Bourgeoisie
Assessment and Critique of Poulantzas's Analysis
The Boundary Between the Working Class and the New Petty Bourgeoisie
The Class Unity of the New and Traditional Petty Bourgeoisie
The Class Boundary of the Bourgeoisie
An Alternative Conceptualization of Class Boundaries
Contradictory Locations within Class Relations
The Processes of Class Relations
The Analysis of Contradictory Locations within Class Relations
Class Interests and the Definition of Class Positions
Immediate and Fundamental Class Interests
The Class Location of Positions not Directly Determined by Production Relations
Extended Definitions of Classes
Class Structure and Class Struggle
Class Interests and Class Capacities
Class Structure, Class Formation and Class Struggle
Conclusion
Chapter 3: Historical Transformations of Capitalist Crisis Tendencies
Introduction
I. The Meaning of Accumulation
Capitalist Social Relations
Surplus Value
II. Impediments and Contradictions in the Accumulation Process
The Organic Composition of Capital and the Falling Rate of Profit
Underconsumption Theories of Economic Crisis
Theories of the Profit Squeeze
State Expenditures and Accumulation
III. The Development of Capitalism and the Impediments to Accumulation
The Transition from Simple Commodity Production to Expanded Reproduction
The Transition from Primitive Accumulation to Manufacture
The Transition from Manufacture to Machinofacture
The Rise of Consolidation of Monopoly Capital
Advanced Monopoly Capitalism
Chapter 4: Bureaucracy and the State
Weber's Argument
Lenin's Argument
Comparisons
The Determinants of Organizational Structure
The Nature of the State and Politics: Elite-Organization versus Class-Structure
Organizational Form and Accountability
The Meaning of Contradictions and the Limits on the Possible
Elements of a Synthesis: Class Struggle and Organizational Structure
Chapter 5: Conclusion: Socialist Strategies and the State in Advanced Capitalist Societies
Bibliography
Index