Miliband–Poulantzas debate

The Miliband–Poulantzas debate was a debate between Marxist theorists Ralph Miliband and Nicos Poulantzas concerning the nature of the state. Their exchange was published in New Left Review, beginning with Poulantzas's review of Miliband's 1969 publication on bourgeois democracies, The State in Capitalist Society. In their exchange, Miliband argues for an instrumentalist model of the capitalist state, whereas Poulantzas takes a structural position.

Miliband–Poulantzas debate

The Miliband–Poulantzas debate was a debate between Marxist theorists Ralph Miliband and Nicos Poulantzas concerning the nature of the state. Their exchange was published in New Left Review, beginning with Poulantzas's review of Miliband's 1969 publication on bourgeois democracies, The State in Capitalist Society. In their exchange, Miliband argues for an instrumentalist model of the capitalist state, whereas Poulantzas takes a structural position.