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Abstract
Metropolitan planning is an important arm of a government's public policy. It therefore forms a significant indicator of the role of the state in modern capitalist societies. This article examines the historical evolution of the role of the state in the metropolitan planning of Perth, Western Australia. It uses a basic model of pluralist and Marxist views of the state as an analytical tool with which the nature of state activity in the metropolitan planning of Perth is critically assessed. The analysis of this article indicates that a reformist Marxist view of the state most accurately accounts for the activity of the metropolitan planning system of Perth.