<P> `` Withering away of the state '' is a Marxist concept coined by Friedrich Engels referring to the idea that , with realization of the ideals of socialism , the social institution of a state will eventually become obsolete and disappear , as the society will be able to govern itself without the state and its coercive enforcement of the law . </P>
<P> `` Withering away of the state '' is a Marxist concept coined by Friedrich Engels referring to the idea that , with realization of the ideals of socialism , the social institution of a state will eventually become obsolete and disappear , as the society will be able to govern itself without the state and its coercive enforcement of the law . </P>
who asserted that the state would ultimately wither away
who asserted that the state would ultimately wither away
Friedrich Engels
Friedrich Engels