Title Powers of theory : capitalism, the ,state, and democracy / Robert R. Alford, Roger Friedland

Published Cambridge [Cambridgeshire] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1985

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Description xvi, 502 pages ; 24 cm Contents Machine derived contents note: Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction: State and society in theoretical perspective -- 1. Theoretical perspectives as modes of inquiry -- Part I. The Pluralist Perspective: 2. State and society in pluralist perspective -- 3. The democratic state and consensus -- 4. The democratic state and participation -- 5. The pluralist perspective on the bureaucratic state -- 6. The pluralist perspective on the capitalist state -- Part II. The Managerial Perspective: 7. State and society in managerial perspective -- 8. The bureaucratic state and centralisation -- 9. The bureaucratic state and fragmentation -- 10. The managerial perspective on the capitalist state -- 11. The managerial perspective on the democratic state -- Part III. The Class Perspective: 12. State and society in class perspective -- 13. The capitalist state and accumulation -- 14. The capitalist state and class struggle -- 15. The class perspective on the democratic state -- 16. The class perspective on the bureaucratic state -- Part IV. Theory, Politics, and Contradictions in the State: 17. The powers of theory -- 18. The power of politics -- 19. The power of contradictions Analysis Capitalist countries State Notes Includes indexes Bibliography Bibliography: pages 452-467 Subject Capitalism. Democracy. State, The. Author Friedland, Roger. LC no. 84023197 ISBN 0521303494 0521316359 (paperback)

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