(Special thanks go to Jim, who read it all twice.) Roy Bhaskar, David Cameron, David Johnston, Michael Krasner, Irving Leonard Markovitz, David Mayhew, Douglas Rae, Gerald Rosenberg, Ian Shapiro, David Sprintzen, Alexander Wendt, Robert Paul Wolff, Erik Olin Wright, and Burt Zweibach read parts of the manuscript and made helpful comments. William Domhoff, and Allen Graubard all read the entire manuscript and offered valuable comments and criticisms.
James Farr, Terence Ball, Alan Gilbert, Paul Thomas, G. Other people have helped me in the course of my work. As an undergraduate at Queens College, I spent hours too numerous to count in his office, where I learned what real intellectual conversation and real intellectual kinship were about. Ray first sparked my interest in political economy and Marxism. I also gratefully acknowledge the influence of Raymond Franklin. We have spent many hours arguing about realism and about Marxism and, though we have not always agreed, I could not have written the book without his encouragement and his questioning. He has read each chapter of this book assiduously, and he has provided me with numerous helpful suggestions. Peter first introduced me to realist philosophy of science when he mailed me an essay by Roy Bhaskar back in 1979 and Peter's own prolific writing has been quite central in shaping my thinking on philosophical and political matters.
My undergraduate philosophy teacher at Queens College and my good friend and colleague ever since, Peter Manicas has been the primary intellectual influence on this book. I have learned many things from him, about the character of democratic states and about the character of democratic individuals. At times I left his office in wonderment, having just spent hours discussing with him this writer named "Dahl" in the third person. He has approached my work with a spirit of open-mindedness and tolerance which is the hallmark of genuine scientific inquiry. Though my book is in large part a straightforward critique of his own work, Professor Dahl has always been its staunchest supporter. As my teacher and as the supervisor of my doctoral dissertation at Yale, Professor Dahl has been a source of great inspiration as well as constant encouragement. Power and the Limits of Marxism 192 Pluralism and Ideology 193 Militarism, Bureaucracy, and the State 198 Post-Marxism and the New Social Movements 208 Marxism and the Limits of Power 219ĭuring the time I have been working on this project I have incurred intellectual debts to many colleagues and friends. Marxism and the State 150 The Poulantzas-Miliband Debate 152 Realism and the State 156 The Relative Autonomy of the Capitalist State 163 The State as a Determinant of Class Relations 169 Capitalism and the Determination of the State 178 Class Struggle, Political Conflict, and the State 184Ħ. Class Formation: Agency, Struggle, and Collective Organization 132 Objections Overturned: or What a Theory of Power Cannot Do 140ĥ.
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