Capitalist economy, which rose with industrialization, has passed in history certain stages of development, forming the infrastructure of the mode of production, labor and social relations. Each stage of economic development entails the need to implement mechanisms that ensure social organization, determining the specificity of relations of production and consumption. The purpose of this article is to explore how and with what tendencies the conditions created by new economic stages affect the role of the state. Capitalism has experienced two major forms of production organization, Fordist and post-Fordist, which included many crises, wars and recessions. In particular, the rise of neoliberal policies that parallel the post-Fordist organization of production in the economy creates the need to look at the new role of the state in terms of the new stage of economic relations.

Analyzing approaches focused on the role of the state and the dynamics of economic relations is the main methodology used in this article. In this context, concepts such as Fordism and post-Fordism, Keynesianism, post-industrialism, accumulation regime, regulative approach, and neoliberal policies will be used to define the indicators of state and economic relations. The new productive characteristics of post-Fordism affected the role of the state through policies supporting privatization, autonomization and decentralization. In the post-Fordist organization of production, which came in parallel with the information technology era, it is observed that states, which see economic competitiveness going global, act in accordance with the new demands of production, market and organization, labor market flexibility and market social obligations. Thus, in the post-Fordist regime of elastic accumulation, there has been a shift from the Keynesian welfare state to the neoliberal "entrepreneur state” with global monopolistic regulation.

DOI:10.30546/2790-2196.1.10.2024.010.