Keywords: State legitimation
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Journal of Documentation 1–16.
Published: 20 July 2026
... historically established social purpose. To this end, the American political economist James O'Connor's (1973) theory of the dual role of the state within capitalism is applied to a history of the public library as a site of state legitimation. This is not, however, the first time that O'Connor's theory...

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