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{{Short description|Concept of the state in a capitalist system}}
{{about|the concept of the [[Sovereign state|state]] in a capitalist system|variants of capitalism based on state-owned business|state capitalism|}}
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The '''capitalist state ''' is the [[state (polity)|state]], its functions and the form of organization it takes within [[Capitalist mode of production (Marxist theory)|capitalist socioeconomic systems]].<ref name="Recent theories of the capitalist State, 1977">Jessop, Bob (January 1977). "Recent Theories of the Capitalist State". ''Soviet Studies''. 1: 4. pp. 353–373.</ref> This concept is often used interchangeably with the concept of the modern state
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>
Thus, thinkers in the [[Marxist]] tradition often refer to the capitalist state as the [[Liberal democracy#
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}}
▲Thus, thinkers in the [[Marxist]] tradition often refer to the capitalist state as the [[Liberal democracy#Dictatorship of the bourgeoisie|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|quote=}}</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|pages=|quote=}}</ref>
== See also ==
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* [[Capital accumulation]]
* [[Capitalism]]
* [[Capitalist mode of production (Marxist theory)
* [[Communist state]]
* [[Corporatocracy]]
* [[Economic interventionism]]
* [[Liberal democracy]]
* [[Patriarchy]]
* [[Socialist state]]
== References ==
=== Citations ===
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=== Bibliography ===
*{{Cite book|last=Poulantzas|first=Nicos|title=The Third International and the Problem of Fascism|publisher=[[Verso Books]]|year=2019|isbn=9781786635815|translator-last=White|translator-first=Judith}}
== Further reading ==
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* Barak, Gregg (ed.) (1991). [https://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. [https://books.google.com/books?id=tMk8AAAAIAAJ ''Democracy and the Capitalist State'']. New York: Cambridge University Press. {{ISBN|9780521280624}}.
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