JOURNAL OF CONTEMPORARY ASIA

WHILE THE LITERATURE ON THE STATE IN ADVANCED CAPITALIST FORMATIONS HAS BEEN LARGELY DOMINATED BY THE POULANTZAS-MILIBAND DEBATE, DISCUSSIONS ON THE STATE IN THE PERIPHERY HAVE CENTRED AROUND THE 'POST-COLONIAL STATE' (PCS) THESIS AS PROPOUNDED BY HAMZA ALAVI' AND JOHN SAUL.' THE...

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Published in:Journal of contemporary Asia 1984-01, Vol.14 (4), p.459-484
Main Author: Adriano, F D
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
AUTHORITARIANISM
BUREAUCRACY
CAPITALISM
DEMOCRATIC PROCESS AND INSTITUTIONS
DOMINATION
EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS
MARXISM, COMMUNISM
ORGANIZED COLLECTIVE ARGUMENT
PHILIPPINES
POLITICAL EVALUATION
POLITICAL POLICY
POLITICAL SCIENCE
REGIMES
SPECIFIC SELF-ASSIGNED OR OTHER ASSIGNED OPERATIONS
STATES
UNITED STATES, 1945 TO PRESENT
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Summary:WHILE THE LITERATURE ON THE STATE IN ADVANCED CAPITALIST FORMATIONS HAS BEEN LARGELY DOMINATED BY THE POULANTZAS-MILIBAND DEBATE, DISCUSSIONS ON THE STATE IN THE PERIPHERY HAVE CENTRED AROUND THE 'POST-COLONIAL STATE' (PCS) THESIS AS PROPOUNDED BY HAMZA ALAVI' AND JOHN SAUL.' THE LATTER'S SEMINAL ARTICLES ATTEMPTED TO FILL IN A MOST IMPORTANT GAP IN MARXIST POLITICS (I.E. THE PROBLEMATIC OF THE PERIPHERAL STATE). AS SUCH THE PUBLICATIONS OF THE WORKS OF ALAVI AND SAUL (A-S) JUSTIFIABLY GENERATED A NUMBER OF REACTIONS FROM OTHER AUTHORS WHO TRIED TO CRITICISE, ATTEMPTS TO WORK WITHIN THE CONFINES OF THE A-S (ALAVI-SAUL) FRAMEWORK PROVED TO BE A FUTILE ENDEAVOUR AS DEVELOPMENTS IN THE PERIPHERY BECAME TOO FAR REMOVED FROM THE POLITICS OF A NATION WHICH HAS JUST EMERGED FROM DIRECT COLONIAL RULE. APART FROM THE OBSOLESCENCE FACTOR, THE A-S FRAMEWORK SUFFERS FROM MORE SERIOUS DEFICIENCIES, WHICH ARE: THE USE OF AMBIGUOUS TERMS LIKE 'OVER-DEVELOPED', 'CENTRALITY', 'RELATIVELY AUTONOMOUS' AND 'POST-COLONIAL' TO CHARACTERISE THE PERIPHERAL STATE; AND THE EMPLOYMENT OF A 'STRUCTURALIST' MODE OF ANALYSIS IN UNDERSTANDING THE PERIPHERAL STATE WHICH INEVITABLY GAVE RISE TO: (A) THE CONSPICUOUS ABSENCE OF ANALYSIS OF HOW DIFFERENT FORMS OF CLASS STRUGGLE SHAPE/DETERMINE STATE POWER AND APPARATUSES (AND HENCE OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE STATE ITSELF); (B) A REDUCTIONIST TREATMENT OF THE POLITICAL SPHERE SINCE THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE PERIPHERAL STATE COULD BE MERELY DERIVED FROM THE
ISSN:0047-2336