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The '''capitalist state ''' is the [[state (polity)|state]], its functions
The primary functions of the capitalist state are to provide a legal framework and infrastructural framework conducive to [[business]] enterprise and the [[accumulation of capital]]. Different normative theories exist on the necessary and appropriate function of the state in a [[capitalist economy]], with proponents of ''[[laissez-faire]]'' favoring a state limited to the provision of [[Public good (economics)|public good]]s and safeguarding private property rights while proponents of [[Economic interventionism|interventionism]] stress the importance of regulation, intervention and macroeconomic stabilization for providing a favorable environment for the accumulation of capital and business.<ref>{{cite book|title=Comparative Economic Transformations: Mainland China, Hungary, the Soviet Union, and Taiwan|author1-link=Wu Yu-shan|author=Yu-Shan Wu|year=1995|publisher=Stanford University Press|pages=8|quote=In laissez-faire capitalism, the state restricts itself to providing public goods and services that the economy cannot generate by itself and to safeguarding private ownership and the smooth operation of the self-regulating market.}}</ref>
▲The '''capitalist state''' is the [[state (polity)|state]], its functions, and the form of organization it takes within [[capitalist]] socioeconomic systems.<ref name="Recent theories of the capitalist State, 1977">''Recent theories of the capitalist State'', by Jessop, Bob. 1977. Soviet Studies, pp. 353-373, vol. 1, no. 4, Jan. 1977.</ref> This concept is often used interchangeably with the concept of the "modern state"; however there are many differences in sociological characteristics among capitalist states, despite their common functions.<ref name = "Morishima 1976, 1">Morishima, Michio (1976). [http://books.google.com/books?id=aC45AAAAIAAJ ''The Economic Theory of Modern Society''.] New York: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-21088-7. p. 1.</ref>
Thus, thinkers in the [[Marxist]] tradition often refer to the capitalist state as the [[Liberal democracy#Marxist criticism|dictatorship of the bourgeoisie]].<ref>{{cite book|author=Duncan, Graeme|title=Democracy and the Capitalist state|publisher=Cambridge University Press|date=March 1989|isbn=9780521280624|page=85}}</ref> Thinkers in the [[Instrumental Marxism|instrumental Marxist]] tradition stress the role of policymakers and political elites sharing a common business or class background, leading to their decisions reflecting their class interest. This is differentiated from more contemporary notions of state capture by specific business interests for the benefit of those specific businesses and not the ruling class or capitalist system as a whole, which is variously referred to as [[crony capitalism]] or [[corporatocracy]].<ref>{{cite book|title=The Capitalist State|author=Jessop, Bob|year=1982|publisher=Oxford}}</ref>
According to [[Dylan John Riley]], [[Nicos Poulantzas]] argued that "all capitalist States had the dual task of preventing the political organization of the dominated classes, and of organizing the [[Ruling class|dominant class]]".{{Sfn|Poulantzas|2019|loc=Foreword}}
== See also ==
* [[Big government]]
* [[Capital accumulation]]
* [[Capitalism]]
* [[Capitalist mode of production (Marxist theory)]]
* [[Corporatocracy]]
* [[Economic interventionism]]
* [[Liberal democracy]]
* [[Patriarchy]]
* [[Socialist state]]
▲* [[Sovereign state]]
== References ==
=== Citations ===
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=== Bibliography ===
==Further reading==▼
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* Barak, Gregg (ed.) (1991). [http://books.google.com/books?id=6EPtqOoXVMAC ''Crimes by the Capitalist State: An Introduction to State Criminality''.] Albany, New York: State University of New York Press. ISBN 0-7914-0584-2.▼
* Duncan, Graeme. [http://books.google.com/books?id=tMk8AAAAIAAJ ''Democracy and the Capitalist State''.] New York: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9780521280624.▼
▲== Further reading ==
* Jessop, Bob (2002). [http://books.google.com/books?id=OXCryro7GdEC ''The Future of the Capitalist State''.] Cambridge: Polity Press. ISBN 0-7456-2272-0.▼
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* Szymanski, Albert (1978). [https://books.google.com/books?id=o92DAAAAMAAJ ''The Capitalist State and the Politics of Class'']. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Winthrop Publishers. {{ISBN|978-0876261057}}.
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