Thinking State Finance from the Perspective of State Theories

Abstract

While the state finance discipline permeates all the spheres of the social structure and creates various effects, the impact of the state through state finance is usually analysed from a one-sided perspective. In this regard, the main purpose of this study is to revisit the state and state finance approaches of Gramsci, Poulantzas, Mann and Tilly in order to understand the various dimensions of the social effects created by the state through state finance. Within this context, the state and state finance approaches of Gramsci, Poulantzas, Mann and Tilly are addressed, and examples of state fiscal policies and the social consequences of these policies are analysed in the conceptual framework of these approaches.