People in Political Science course. The profession, the univer- Miliband combined a nearly Lenin- and the sociology of politics in the sity, and the community are all the ist vision of the workings of politics USA and Canada, he formed a de- better for his contributions. He will and the state in capitalist societies voted following of students. Mili- be sorely missed. with a somewhat instrumentalist band was a giving and successful argument (strongly influenced by mentor and colleague whose stu- Bradley C. Canon the work of his dear friend C. dents around the world now form Vincent Davis Wright Mills), drawing upon a wide something of an "international" of Karen Mingst range of comparative data to sup- their own. University of Kentucky port this vision, is perhaps his best- Miliband's scholarly and political known work. Marxism and Poli- career are a rare model of commit- tics, from the same period, is his ment and success. The extent of Ralph Miliband most explicitly "strategic" work, his influence can be judged by the seeking new wisdom from Marxism fact that in the mid-1970s he was Ralph Miliband, formerly Morris about the transcendence of ad- very near the top of the APSA list Hillquit Professor in the Depart- vanced capitalism, clearly partook of the most-cited political scien- ment of Sociology at Brandeis and, of "Eurocommunist" rethinking on tists, despite his own aversion for later, Visiting Professor of Political the European Left. He published cultivating influence in such circles. Science at the CUNY Graduate numerous other articles and several All those who knew Ralph Mili- Center in New York City, died in other books, including Capitalist band were inspired by his great gift London on May 28. Miliband, born Democracy in Britain, his most for combining political and schol- in Belgium and educated at the complete statement about British arly integrity with personal warmth London School of Economics, was politics. Ralph Miliband was also and generosity. The same gifts 70. He was one of the foremost the founding co-editor (in 1964, made him a model companion for democratic socialist intellectuals of with John Saville) of The Socialist Marion Kozak and father for David our time. He long stood as a cen- Register, an annual of Left reflec- and Edward. Those many people tral reference point for the Left of tions on theory and political devel- who counted on Ralph Miliband for the British Labor movement and in opments that quickly won a central support, intellectual sustenance, the 1980s co-founded the Socialist place in international Left debates. leadership, steadfastness and Society to give political voice to Like most Left scholars, he was friendship, plus a wonderful, reas- critical groups on the political Left. moved to reflect on a number of suring smile, have suffered a huge He was also active in the British basic questions about socialism in loss. So has critical scholarship in peace movement, opposition to the the light of the collapse of Soviet- the social sciences. Vietnam War, and innumerable style regimes in the later 1980s. campaigns against social and politi- Unlike many, however, he con- George Ross cal oppression, including in the ex- cluded that a reformulation of argu- Brandeis University Communist countries. ments for socialist transformation Miliband was a student of Harold was the task at hand. He was con- cluding a book presenting his case Laski's at the London School of John Roche Economics after World War II. He at the time of his death. began his teaching career at the Miliband, who taught at Leeds John Roche, 70, a former colum- LSE, where he stayed until 1969. University in England and York nist and professor who also had His first book, Parliamentary So- University in Canada, in addition served as a Capitol Hill staffer and cialism (1961), was a magisterial to Brandeis, CUNY, and the LSE, presidential adviser, died May 6 at argument about the processes and was a striking and imposing public a hospital in Cambridge, Massachu- mechanisms whereby British La- speaker, lecturer, and seminar setts, after a stroke. He lived in bour Party leaderships were en- leader. He combined a deep voice, Weston, Massachusetts. snared by the workings of the Brit- rhetorical elegance, sense of humor He had served as national chair- ish establishment. His polemic with and great charm with insistent urg- man of the Americans for Demo- Nicos Poulantzas about the nature ing toward sharp arguments and cratic Action from 1962 to 1965. He of the capitalist state which began confrontations with the socialist had been an ADA founder. with a review of the latter's Politi- tradition. He was able to combine Beginning in the early 1960s, Dr. cal Power and Social Theory and these unique gifts with empathy Roche wrote speeches for Sen. Hu- continued for several years in dif- and kindness. It was no accident bert H. Humphrey (D-Minn.) and ferent fora in the later 1960s, was that over decades, from his legend- worked for Humphrey for a time central in the explosion of neo- ary seminar on "problems of con- after he became vice president in Marxist state theory that marked temporary socialism" (where the 1965. From 1966 to 1969, Dr. political sociology for at least a de- young guards of the British and Roche was an adviser to President cade. Miliband, more than anyone North American New Lefts ex- Lyndon B. Johnson. else, was responsible for "bringing changed positions and ideas), his After that, he wrote a syndicated the state back" into political sci- lectures on British politics and on column, "A World Edgewise," for ence and sociology. The State in Marxism at the LSE, to the many 14 years. He also had been a con- Capitalist Society (1969), in which graduate seminars in state theory tributor to TV Guide's "News-

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watch" column. He had taught at versity from 1956 to 1970. At Bran- Wilson Center for Scholars. In Tufts University's Fletcher School deis, where he helped establish the the 1970s, he had served on the of Law and Diplomacy in Medford, government department, he was Presidential Commission on Inter- Mass., from 1973 until this year. dean of the arts and sciences fac- national Broadcasting and the Dr. Roche, a native of Brooklyn, ulty from 1958 to 1961. U.S. Board for International New York, served with the Army Dr. Roche was an authority in Broadcasting. Air Force during World War II. A the areas of political theory, consti- Survivors include his wife of 47 Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Hof- tutional law, and early American years, Constance Ludwig Roche stra College, he received a master's history. He wrote such books as of Weston, a daughter, a brother degree and a doctorate in political The Quest for the Dream, Courts and a granddaughter. science from Cornell University. and Rights, Shadow and Sub- [Reprinted, with changes, from He had served on the faculty of stance, and Sentenced to Life. Washington Post, May 7, 1994] Haverford College from 1949 to He had been a trustee of the 1956 and taught at Brandeis Uni- Smithsonian Institution's Woodrow

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