Comrades,

Our first meeting of the semester will tackle the Poulanztas-Miliband debate.

Tuesday, February 21 @ 6:30pm at Slattery’s.

The four readings are:

Nicos Poulantzas, “The Problem of the Capitalist State,” New Left Review 1969.
Ralph Miliband, “The Capitalist State: Reply to Nicos Poulantzas,” New Left Review 1970.
Ralph Miliband, “Poulantzas and the Capitalist State,” New Left Review 1973.
Nicos Poulantzas, “The Capitalist State: A Reply to Miliband and Laclau,” New Left Review 1976.