Classes in Contemporary Capitalism
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11088349 |
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| Authors | G Esping-Andersen (0000-0001-5645-6750, corresponding author), Nicos Poulantzas |
| Year | 1976 |
| Volume | 5 |
| Issue | 6 |
| Pages | 829 |
| Publication date | 1976-11-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | REVIEW |
| Review of | Classes in contemporary capitalism, Nicos Ar Poulantzas, 1975 |
| Venue | Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0094-3061 • E-ISSN: 1939-8638 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.2307/2063170 |
| OpenAlex | W1479663766 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
Nicos Poulantzas's third major work is a pioneering survey of some of the most fundamental, yet least studied, aspects of the class structure of advanced capitalist societies today. The book starts with a general theoretical essay that for the first time seriously explores the distinction between the agents and positions of capitalist relations of production, and seeks to avoid the typical errors of either functionalism or historicism. It also provides a polemical reconsideration of the problem of the nation state as a political unit today, and its relationship to the internationalization of capital. Finally, and most originally, Poulantzas develops a long and powerful analysis of the much-abused concept of the petty-bourgeoisie. In this, he scrupulously distinguishes between the traditional categories of petty-bourgeoisie--shopkeepers, artisans, small peasants--and the new categories of clerical workers, supervisors, and salaried personnel in modern industry and commerce. At the same time he demonstrates the reasons why a unitary conceptualization of their class position is possible. The difficult question of the definition of productive and unproductive labor within Marx's own account of the capitalist mode of production is subjected to a novel and radical reinterpretation. The political oscillations peculiar to each form of petty-bourgeoisie and especially their characteristic reactions to the industrial proletariat, are cogently assessed. Poulantzas ends his work with a reminder that the actions and options of the petty-bourgeoisie are critical to any successful struggle by the working class, which must secure the alliance of important sections of the petty-bourgeoisie if the fateful experience of Chile is not to recur elsewhere tomorrow. Combining empirical and theoretical materials throughout, Classes in Contemporary Capitalism represents a notable achievement in the development of Marxist social science and political thought
Capitalism · Economics · Neoclassical economics · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Employment, Labor, and Gender Studies · Law · Political and Social Dynamics in Chile and Latin America · Political Economy and Marxism
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