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BRITISH POLITICAL THEORY CONCERNING THE RELATIONSHIP OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT TO DEMOCRACY DID NOT END WITH J.S.MILL. TWENTIETH CENTURY SOCIALISTS DEVELOPED ELABORATE SCHEMES TO ENABLE SMALL TERRITORIAL UNITS TO CONTROL THEIR OWN AFFAIRS. THESE SCHEMES REMAIN A SOURCE OF INSPIRATION TO THE MODERN REFORMER. THEY SUGGEST WAYS OF PROMOTING EFFICIENCY, PARTICIPATION, AND PLURALISM.

In Theories of the New Class, Iván Szelényi, one of the most incisive and respected analysts of the intellectual class, and Lawrence King put New Class theories into a broad historical framework for the first time. This book grounds class theories in contemporary issues, and uses modern polemics to revitalize historical debates on the origins of capitalism

In Theories of the New Class, Iván Szelényi, one of the most incisive and respected analysts of the intellectual class, and Lawrence King put New Class theories into a broad historical framework for the first time. This book grounds class theories in contemporary issues, and uses modern polemics to revitalize historical debates on the origins of capitalism.

AbstractCritics express concerns over the theoretical pluralism in theories of the state and state power. This paper explores how organizational theories can provide more focus to theories of the state and state power thereby increasing their explanatory power. After summarizing concerns raised by political sociologists over pluralism in theories of the state and state power, the analysis focuses on existing theories of the state that employ concepts from organizational theory to understand the organizational state and its relationship to society. Particular attention is given to the state as a resource extraction and distribution mechanism, the resource dependent relationships among organizational entities inside and outside the state, and the power relations between states and organizations in their environment. This focus brings greater attention to the how groups, corporations, industries, and class fractions exercise power through organizations to influence the policy formation process.