by
Geoff Mann
[...] It is not a mere tool of any particular class or interest, but is linked in different ways to them all, while enjoying some independence at the same time. It is the "factor of cohesion": its relative autonomy from any one class or class fraction is what makes hegemony in capitalism possible.
Citing Nicos Poulantzas, Political Power and Social Classes and The Poulantzas Reader: Marxism, Law, and the State)