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Nico Poulantzas NLR &C

Poulantzas attempted to update the Marxian conception of the state, working within a broadly althusserian framework. He was a promising scholar but had his life cut short.

Uses idea of the state as ‘condensate’ – theory that tries to capture the balance of power in the state, as state not necessarily always support ruling class – nor are the political requirements of the ruling class necessarily transparent or unified.

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