01054nam a2200145Ia 450000500170000008000180001710000210003524500600005626000430011630000170015952006840017658300190086094200120087999900170089120260716043012.0  a04.04.02 T455  aThomas, Clive Y.  aRise of the authoritarian state in peripheral societies  bMonthly Review PressaNew YorkUSc1984  axxvi, 157 p.  aTraces development of the state system from colonization to independence and examines the economic, political and social features of peripheral states.  Argues that the authoritarian state has risen in the context of underdeveloped productive forces, no hegemonic bourgeoisie and where the working class is weak.  Examines mechanisms by which the ruling class wins acceptance in the absence of democratic restraints.  These range from nepotism and corruption to manipulation of the electoral process, terror and assassination. Discusses the importance of democracy for capitalists and socialists alike and the implications of this study for political struggle in the third world.  c3/7/00kM2LMGR  cMmT455  c38527d38527