Duration
4 modules and classes over 8 weeks

Mode
Moodle and Zoom

Descriptor
This course introduces students to the Marxist theory of ‘state power’. Why do Marxists see seizing state power as more important than forming a government? What do workers’ states look like and what do they do?

Topics covered

1. The Marxist Theory of the State
2. State Monopoly Capitalism
3. The ‘Dictatorship of the Proletariat in theory and practice
4. The state in the modern capitalist world