Open AccessState Capitalism, State Socialism and the Politicization of Workers
Author(s) -
Kenneth E. Coleman,
Daniel N. Nelso
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
the carl beck papers in russian and east european studies
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2163-839X
pISSN - 0889-275X
DOI - 10.5195/cbp.1984.10
Subject(s) - capitalism , politics , state (computer science) , socialism , state socialism , political science , political economy , subject (documents) , public life , government (linguistics) , public administration , sociology , law , philosophy , algorithm , library science , computer science , communism , linguistics
Politicization implies a change in individual roles fran parochial or subject to autoncnous participants in political life. The highest levels of politicization imply a fundamental transformation in the way citizens relate to government; with citizens becaning aggressive fonnulators of the agenda for public discussion and active participants in holding public officials to account. A high level of politicization could transfonn or threaten to transfonn any given political system.