Towards a Democratic Socialism
One of socialists’ primary aims must be to transform the state — wedding representative democracy to new types of popular power while battling to democratize the authoritarian aspects of the state.
Nicos Poulantzas was born in Athens in 1936 and died in Paris in 1979. His published works include Political Power and Social Classes, Classes in Contemporary Capitalism, Fascism and Dictatorship, and State, Power, Socialism.
One of socialists’ primary aims must be to transform the state — wedding representative democracy to new types of popular power while battling to democratize the authoritarian aspects of the state.