S STUDY FOR CIVIL SERVICES this shows that those who are controlling means of production are also controlling the decision making structures and welfare state is not to give justice to weaker sections but to protect capitalism, Structuralist approach : state is equilibrium maker rather than instrument of a particular class for all the times. state is relatively autohomous from 6conomic structure’ In/gituations of cfisis state will ultimately support the propertied class Post colonial theories of state Liberal perspective : Lucian pye and concept of political development . He said states in third world countries are not politically developed and democracy has not been strengthened .he gave-3-parameters of political development. 1}€quality : politicalequality 2)espacity : of state to enforce laws . In post colonial states capacity in weak. /APDifferentiation -means functional specialisation. There is lot of overlapping between religion and politics, military and civilian structure