The article seeks to return to the discussion about the class character of the capitalist State, placing in dialogue three contributions that, in general, are not approximate: Bourdieu's understanding of the functioning of the political field, the idea of the material institutionalty of the State in the last Poulantzas and Offe's initial discussion on the selectivity of the institutions. The problem is to understand how universal access to the political public sphere, with the formal granting of equal rights to all, coexists with the permanence of class domination (although this concept is understood differently by the three authors). Conversely, the problem can be formulated as the need to demonstrate the continuing domination in situations in which the dominated classes seem to get wins and even equip the state in their favor.
Political theory; Democracy; Domination; State; Capitalism