Ebook: Political Power and Social Classes

Nicos Poulantzas’ Political Power and Social Classes was first published in France in May of 1968. The subject matter of the book combined with this fortunate timing made it an overnight sensation. This initial success combined with Poulantzas’ subsequent debate with Ralph Miliband made the English translation of the book, published in 1973, a major event at that time for Marxism and contemporary political and social theory. The work continued to be a key theoretical touchstone for the remainder of the decade.