Marxist Approaches to Power

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Marxist Approaches to Power. / Jessop, Bob.
The Wiley-Blackwell Companion to Political Sociology. ed. / Edwin Amenta; Kate Nash; Alan Scott. Chichester, UK: John Wiley and Sons, 2012. p. 1-14.

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Jessop, B 2012, Marxist Approaches to Power. in E Amenta, K Nash & A Scott (eds), The Wiley-Blackwell Companion to Political Sociology. John Wiley and Sons, Chichester, UK, pp. 1-14. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781444355093.ch1

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Jessop, B. (2012). Marxist Approaches to Power. In E. Amenta, K. Nash, & A. Scott (Eds.), The Wiley-Blackwell Companion to Political Sociology (pp. 1-14). John Wiley and Sons. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781444355093.ch1

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Jessop B. Marxist Approaches to Power. In Amenta E, Nash K, Scott A, editors, The Wiley-Blackwell Companion to Political Sociology. Chichester, UK: John Wiley and Sons. 2012. p. 1-14 doi: 10.1002/9781444355093.ch1

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Jessop, Bob. / Marxist Approaches to Power. The Wiley-Blackwell Companion to Political Sociology. editor / Edwin Amenta ; Kate Nash ; Alan Scott. Chichester, UK : John Wiley and Sons, 2012. pp. 1-14

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