Free economy and the strong state: Some notes on the state

The crisis of 2008 is said to have brought the state back in, and its resurgence, in turn, is seen as revealing post-neoliberal tendencies. This analytical framework implies a conception of market and state as two distinct modes of social organization, and the perennial question about such a concept...

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Published in:Capital & class 2010-02, Vol.34 (1), p.15-24
Main Author: Bonefeld, Werner
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Autonomy
Capitalism
Class
Constitutions
Debt
Deficit financing
Economic equity
Economic growth
Employment
Financial crisis
Fixed exchange rates
Free markets
GDP
Global economy
Gross Domestic Product
Management
Markets
Neoliberalism
Political economy
Politics
Privatization
Regulation of financial institutions
Securities markets
Social Class
Social organization
Social Relations
Socialism
Society
State government
State intervention
Studies
Transition economy
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Summary:The crisis of 2008 is said to have brought the state back in, and its resurgence, in turn, is seen as revealing post-neoliberal tendencies. This analytical framework implies a conception of market and state as two distinct modes of social organization, and the perennial question about such a conception is whether the market has autonomy vis-à-vis the state, or the state vis-à-vis the market. Their social constitution as distinct forms of social relations is not raised. This paper argues that the capitalist state is fundamentally a liberal state. This conception entails class as the determining category of its form and content.
ISSN:0309-8168
2041-0980
DOI:10.1177/0309816809353476