A Note on the Text vii Acknowledgments ix Editor's Introduction: Mediating Marxism 1 Part I. Theoretical Readings 1. Marx's Notes on Method: A "Reading" of the "1857 Introduction" [1974] 19 2. Rethinking the "Base and Superstructure" Metaphor [1977] 62 3. The "Political" and the "Economic" in Marx's Theory of Classes [1977] 91 4. The Problem of Ideology: Marxism without Guarantees [1983] 134 Editor's Discussion of the Part I Writings 158 Part II. Thematic Overviews 5. Subcultures, Cultures and Class: A Theoretical Overview (with John Clarke, Tony Jefferson, and Brian Roberts) [1975] 179 6.

Black Crime, Black Proletariat (with Chas Critcher, Tony Jefferson, John Clarke, and Brian Roberts) [1978] 199 7. Variants of Liberalism [1986] 227 Editor's Discussion of the Part II Writings 247 Part III. Points of Departure 8. Nicos Poulantzas: State, Power, Socialism [1980] 261 9. In Defence of Theory [1981] 273 10. Authoritarian Populism: A Reply to Jessop et al. [1985] 282 11. When Was "the Post-colonial"? Thinking at the Limit [1996] 293 12.

The Centrality of Culture: Notes on the Cultural Revolutions of Our Time [1997] 316 Editor's Discussion of the Part III Writings 335 Index 351 Place of First Publication 363.