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THE STATE IN CRISIS

Author(s): Dimitrije Prodanović
Subject(s): Political Theory, Sociology
Published by: Правни факултет Универзитета у Београду
Keywords: State; Crisis; Causes

Summary/Abstract: First analyzed is the issue of the notion of the crisis of state which is treated in different ways in literature, although some degree of agreement does exist regarding the hindrances to normal functionning of state and fulfilling of aims otherwise naural for the state. The basis for differences are different theoretical and ideological-political stanдрoints, mostly related to marxist and non-marxist theoreticians. The first ones see the causes for the crisis in the shortcomings of capitalist economy based on exploitation, so that the way out of it are effected within such framework. The latter authors, on the other hand, find the causes of the crisis of state in ever greater requirements from the contemporary capitalist state, and more particularly from the so-called welfare state. These, in turn, require state intervention in the sphere of economy and the coordination of conflicting interests. Some common denominator in terms of proposing possible way our of the crisis is found in a justified request to settle the crisis situations through the participation of wide layers of population in the management of the state, namely in the realization of its functions of the protector of general social interest.

  • Issue Year: 40/1992
  • Issue No: 2-3
  • Page Range: 59-68
  • Page Count: 10
  • Language: Serbian