Based on papers from a symposium held in Paris, Dec. 1978, under the auspices of the Franco-British programme of the Maison des sciences de l'homme and the British Social ScienceResearchCouncil.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Transformation of the state in post-war Britain / Bob Jessop -- State in contemporary France / Pierre Birnbaum -- Developments in the political system of West Germany since 1945 / Joachim Hirsch -- Swedish welfare capitalism: the role of the state / Casten von Otter -- Social change and transformation of the state in Italy / Carlo Donolo -- From despotism to parliamentarianism: class domination and political order in the Spanish state / Salvador Giner and Eduardo Sevilla -- Some preliminary notes on the state in contemporary Portugal / Nuno Portas and Serras Gago -- Capitalism and the development of the Greek state / Nicos Mouzelis.