""The first comprehensive work of this kind to appear in English." -New German Critique
"A fascinating work ... A book that can be used as an encyclopaedia for those interested in class and fascism." -Contemporary Sociology"
Nicos Poulantzas was born in Athens in 1936 and died in Paris in 1979. His other published works include Political Power and Social Classes, Classes in Contemporary Capitalism, Fascism and Dictatorship and State, Power, Socialism.