Goran Therborn What Does the Ruling Class Do When it Rules? State Apparatuses and State Power under Feudalism, Capitalism and Socialism NLB©NLB, 1978 NLB, 7 Carlisle Street; London W.t Filmset by Servis Filmsetting Ltd, Manchester Printed in Great Britain by Lowe & Brydone Printers Ltd, Thetford, Norfolk ISBN 902308 39 4 Contents Science and Politics — A Foreword Part One The Dictatorship of the Proletariat and the Class Character of the State Apparatus I The Problem and the Questions ‘The Dictatorship of the Proletariat: the Words and the Concept ‘An Analytical Model A New Approach to the Study of Organizations Modes of Production and Types of Class Relations Dynamics, Temporalities and Contradictions Il (Provisional) Answers Inputs into the State Technologies of Organization Tasks Personnel Energy Processes of Transformation The Handling of Tasks The Patterning of Personnel The Transformation of Energy 1 23 23 4 37 45 9 63 B & 96