The State in Capitalist Society
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The State in Capitalist Society is a seminal Marxist political sociology book by Ralph Miliband that analyzes how modern capitalist states serve and reproduce the interests of the ruling class.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The State in Capitalist Society canonical | 3 |
| The Capitalist State | 1 |
| The State in Capitalist Society (1973 reprint) | 1 |
| The State in Capitalist Society (Verso edition) | 1 |
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Target entity: The State in Capitalist Society Context triple: [Ralph Miliband, notableWork, The State in Capitalist Society]
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A.
A Theory of Socialism and Capitalism
A Theory of Socialism and Capitalism is a libertarian economic and political treatise that contrasts socialist and capitalist systems from an Austrian School and anarcho-capitalist perspective.
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The Myth of the State
The Myth of the State is a posthumously published philosophical work by Ernst Cassirer that analyzes the role of myth and symbolic thought in the rise of modern political ideologies and totalitarianism.
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The Economic Institutions of Capitalism
The Economic Institutions of Capitalism is a seminal work in transaction cost economics that analyzes how firms, markets, and contractual arrangements are structured to govern economic transactions under capitalism.
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D.
The Idea of Socialism
The Idea of Socialism is a contemporary philosophical work by Axel Honneth that reinterprets and defends socialism as a normative project grounded in freedom, social cooperation, and democratic will-formation.
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E.
Man and the State
Man and the State is a political philosophy work by Jacques Maritain that explores the nature of the state, human rights, and the relationship between individual persons and political authority within a Christian personalist framework.
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- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The State in Capitalist Society Target entity description: The State in Capitalist Society is a seminal Marxist political sociology book by Ralph Miliband that analyzes how modern capitalist states serve and reproduce the interests of the ruling class.
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A.
A Theory of Socialism and Capitalism
A Theory of Socialism and Capitalism is a libertarian economic and political treatise that contrasts socialist and capitalist systems from an Austrian School and anarcho-capitalist perspective.
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B.
The Myth of the State
The Myth of the State is a posthumously published philosophical work by Ernst Cassirer that analyzes the role of myth and symbolic thought in the rise of modern political ideologies and totalitarianism.
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C.
The Economic Institutions of Capitalism
The Economic Institutions of Capitalism is a seminal work in transaction cost economics that analyzes how firms, markets, and contractual arrangements are structured to govern economic transactions under capitalism.
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D.
The Idea of Socialism
The Idea of Socialism is a contemporary philosophical work by Axel Honneth that reinterprets and defends socialism as a normative project grounded in freedom, social cooperation, and democratic will-formation.
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E.
Man and the State
Man and the State is a political philosophy work by Jacques Maritain that explores the nature of the state, human rights, and the relationship between individual persons and political authority within a Christian personalist framework.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Marxist theory work
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book ⓘ political sociology book ⓘ |
| academicDiscipline |
political science
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political sociology ⓘ sociology ⓘ |
| argument |
formal political equality coexists with substantive class inequality
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modern capitalist states tend to serve the long-term interests of the capitalist class ⓘ state autonomy is limited by structural dependence on private capital ⓘ |
| author | Ralph Miliband ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| describedAs |
classic of radical political sociology
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seminal work in Marxist state theory ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
advanced capitalist democracies
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business elites ⓘ policy-making processes ⓘ state elites ⓘ state institutions ⓘ |
| genre |
Marxist political theory
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political sociology ⓘ |
| hasEdition |
The State in Capitalist Society (1973 reprint)
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linked to:
The State in Capitalist Society
The State in Capitalist Society (Verso edition) ⓘ
linked to:
The State in Capitalist Society
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| influenced |
Erik Olin Wright
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Nicos Poulantzas ⓘ critical political sociology of the state ⓘ neo-Marxist state theory ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Antonio Gramsci
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Karl Marx ⓘ Max Weber ⓘ Vladimir Lenin ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
bourgeois democracy
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capitalism ⓘ capitalist state ⓘ class power ⓘ ruling class ⓘ state and class relations ⓘ state apparatus ⓘ |
| notableIdea |
capitalist state as an instrument of class domination
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limits of parliamentary democracy under capitalism ⓘ state as deeply embedded in capitalist social relations ⓘ structural ties between state elites and business elites ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1969 ⓘ |
| publisher | Weidenfeld & Nicolson ⓘ |
| theoreticalFramework |
Marxism
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historical materialism ⓘ |
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linked to: The State in Capitalist Society
linked to: The State in Capitalist Society
linked to: The State in Capitalist Society