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Main actor = hegemonic economic classes, not the state

The state is not the main actor (they are economic classes and the capitalist system), but it is an instrument of the dominant hegemonic class to maintain its power.

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Main actor = hegemonic economic classes, not the state
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Capitalist world-system = product of international capitalist elite
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Elites in periphery & semi-periphery part of global capitalist elite
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States = intermediate entity between global & local social forces
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