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In the last fifteen years the state has emerged from relative obscurity to occupy a position centre-stage in the social sciences. The 1970s in particular can be seen as a period in which the state came in from the cold to become an important object of theoretical and empirical investigation. A decade and a half on, it is possible to look back and attempt an assessment of the progress achieved and of the mistakes made.2
This chapter was written prior to the intensification of crisis and conflict which has accompanied the South African government’s July 1985 declaration of a state of emergency. Nevertheless, we believe that subsequent developments can in many ways be taken as a confirmation of our general analysis and we have therefore avoided any significant redrafting of the chapter in the light of these more recent events.
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Mitchell, M., Russell, D. (1987). Militarisation and the South African State. In: Creighton, C., Shaw, M. (eds) The Sociology of War and Peace. Explorations in Sociology. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-18640-2_6
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