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Challenging Communism in Eastern Europe - 1956 and its Legacy (Hardcover): Terry Cox Challenging Communism in Eastern Europe - 1956 and its Legacy (Hardcover)
Terry Cox
R3,187 Discovery Miles 31 870 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Marking the 50th anniversary of events in 1956, that were a major turning point in the history of communist-ruled Eastern Europe, this book contains a selection of some of the most recent research on those momentous events and their memory and legacy. The book contains edited contributions from historians and social scientists from Hungary, Poland the UK and the USA. Their contributions are the fruit of research which has only been possible since 1989. In the years since the fall of the communist regimes the state archives have been opened to researchers and it has been possible to collect the testimony of eye-witnesses without fear of repression and censorship. The outcome of 1956 led to Poland embarking on its own distinctive version of communist rule. Meanwhile 1956 in Hungary saw the first society-wide attempt to overthrow a ruling communist regime - only to be put down by Soviet military intervention. In both countries the events of 1956 had lasting repercussions for society and its relationship with the communist regime. In retrospect they can be seen as paving the way for the eventual fall of the communist regimes in East Central Europe in 1989.

Regaining Marxism (Hardcover): Ken Post Regaining Marxism (Hardcover)
Ken Post
R4,617 Discovery Miles 46 170 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This book responds to recent events by proposing a radical reshaping of Marxist theory. Taking the core problem as that of the historical subject, it conceptualises human life in terms of four interrelated practices. It explores these in turn in the context of a capitalism divided into 'centre' and 'periphery', primarily through nine 'theoretical reconstructions', which attempt to meet such problems as the labour theory of value, the nature and role of the state, and consciousness.

Labor Versus Capital in the United States (Hardcover): Louis Patsouras Labor Versus Capital in the United States (Hardcover)
Louis Patsouras
R981 Discovery Miles 9 810 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Political Culture of the Left in Affluent Britain, 19 51-64 - The Political Culture of the Left in 'Affluent'... The Political Culture of the Left in Affluent Britain, 19 51-64 - The Political Culture of the Left in 'Affluent' Britain, 1951-64 (Hardcover)
L. Black
R3,025 Discovery Miles 30 250 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Exploring relationships between politics, the people and social change, this book assesses the fortunes mainly of Labor, but also of the Communist Party and the New Left in postwar Britain. Using concepts like political culture, it looks at the left's articulation of "affluence": consumerism, youth culture, America, TV, advertising and its disappointment at the people under the impact of such changes. It also examines party organization, socialist thinking and the use of new communication techniques like TV, advertising and opinion polling.

Hungary and the Victor Powers, 1945-1950 (Hardcover): E Roman Hungary and the Victor Powers, 1945-1950 (Hardcover)
E Roman
R3,045 Discovery Miles 30 450 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Eric Roman is the first scholar to be granted access to the vast, heretofore closed, archive of documents relating to the communist era in Hungary. This archive included the files of the Hungarian Communist Party, the Social Democratic Party and the Hungarian Socialist Worker's Party, as well as minutes of political committee meetings, private correspondence, secret papers and confidential reports on special commissions within Hungary. Skilfully using all this material, Eric Roman weaves a fascinating portrait of Hungary in the post-war period. As the country began to reconstruct itself after the War, Roman shows the toll taken by poverty and racial discord. In what amounts to the only complete English-language account of Hungary's diplomatic policy, Hungary and the Victor Powers takes an in-depth look at Hungary's relationship with those countries nearest to it, especially the former Yugoslavia and the Soviet Union. Eric Roman's Hungary and the Victor Powers, 1945-1950 is a compelling work of history that is destined to be one of the most important books on the topic.

Antonio Gramsci (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2015): Mark McNally Antonio Gramsci (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2015)
Mark McNally
R3,573 Discovery Miles 35 730 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The thought of Antonio Gramsci continues to enjoy widespread appeal in contemporary political and social theory. This book draws together some of the world's leading scholars on Gramsci to critically explore key ideas, debates and themes in his work in an accessible manner, relating them to contemporary politics and society.

Democracy, Gender, and Social Policy in Russia - A Wayward Society (Hardcover): Andrea Chandler Democracy, Gender, and Social Policy in Russia - A Wayward Society (Hardcover)
Andrea Chandler
R2,693 R2,002 Discovery Miles 20 020 Save R691 (26%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Since the collapse of the Soviet Union a quarter of a century ago, Russia has undergone a dizzying and complex transition that has seen it transform from a communist state into a democracy before regressing back to the more authoritarian regime that exists today. Through a compelling and insightful analysis of the Russian case, this book explores the role that social welfare plays in regime transitions, specifically it examines the role that gender and social welfare has played in Russia's often chaotic post-communist political evolution, from Boris Yeltsin's assumption of the presidency in 1991 to Vladimir Putin's return for a third term as president in 2012. From 2001 to 2011, social welfare (especially pronatalist policies) was a key part of the political leadership's governance strategy. A shift from pluralism to regulation accompanied a discourse in which strong government would rein-in a wayward society. But can a hierarchical political system satisfy the aspirations of a changing citizenry? This study demonstrates that gender is at the very centre of debates over the authenticity of democracy in Russia.

Capital - A Critique of Political Economy - Vol. III-Part II: The Process of Capitalist Production as a Whole (Hardcover): Karl... Capital - A Critique of Political Economy - Vol. III-Part II: The Process of Capitalist Production as a Whole (Hardcover)
Karl Marx; Edited by Friedrich Engels
R996 Discovery Miles 9 960 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

A classic of early modernism, Capital combines vivid historical detail with economic analysis to produce a bitter denunciation of mid-Victorian capitalist society. It has also proved to be the most influential work in social science in the twentieth century; Marx did for social science what Darwin had done for biology. Millions of readers this century have treated Capital as a sacred text, subjecting it to as many different interpretations as the Bible itself. No mere work of dry economics, Marx's great work depicts the unfolding of industrial capitalism as a tragic drama - with a message which has lost none of its relevance today. This is the only abridged edition to take account of the whole of Capital. It offers virtually all of Volume 1, which Marx himself published in 1867, excerpts from a new translation of 'The Result of the Immediate Process of Production', and a selection of key chapters from Volume 3, which Engels published in 1895.

Jewish Organizations' Response to Communism and to Senator McCarthy (Paperback): Aviva Weingarten Jewish Organizations' Response to Communism and to Senator McCarthy (Paperback)
Aviva Weingarten
R673 Discovery Miles 6 730 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

In February 1950, Senator Joseph McCarthy launched an anti-communist crusade that lasted for more than four years. His attempts to unmask communists in the American administration and governmental agencies gave rise to actions that infringed on democratic procedure and civil liberties. As the Cold War grew, fear of communism at home and abroad meant that minorities were particularly under threat, as tensions and frustrations were channelled towards the handiest scapegoats. American Jewish organizations, that were having to come to terms with the Holocaust in Europe, were forced to contend with the real possibility of a serious anti-Semitic outburst at home. The Jewish presence in the American Communist Party was conspicuous; although the overwhelming majority of Jewish Americans did not sympathise with its politics, there was concern that anti-communism would develop into anti-Semitism. McCarthy's anti-communist campaign endangered the very civil liberties that protected minorities, but criticism of McCarthy and his actions could be interpreted as support for communism.In order to convey the message that Jews were patriotic Americans concerned about both national security and civil liberties, Jewish organizations chose to present a united front, whilst also cooperating with non-sectarian American bodies. By doing so, they professed an alternative anti-communism to the hardline McCarthy. This book sheds new light on McCarthy's attitudes to the Jews, to the Jewish organizations and to the Jewish individuals identified with communism.

Rip Foster Rides the Gray Planet (Hardcover): Blake Savage Rip Foster Rides the Gray Planet (Hardcover)
Blake Savage
R791 Discovery Miles 7 910 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Young adult science fiction novel written by Harold L. Goodwin under the pseudonym Blake Savage. Illustrated.

Socialism - Utopian and Scientific (Hardcover): Friedrich Engels Socialism - Utopian and Scientific (Hardcover)
Friedrich Engels
R581 Discovery Miles 5 810 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Hegel-Marx Connection (Hardcover): T. Burns, I. Fraser The Hegel-Marx Connection (Hardcover)
T. Burns, I. Fraser
R3,023 Discovery Miles 30 230 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

A major and timely re-examination of key areas in the social and political thought of Hegel and Marx. The editors' extensive introduction surveys the development of the connection from the Young Hegelians through the main Marxist thinkers to contemporary debates. Leading scholars including Terrell Carver, Chris Arthur and Gary Browning debate themes such as: the nature of the connection itself; scientific method; political economy; the Hegelian basis to Marx's 'Doctoral Dissertation'; human needs; history and international relations.

Karl Marx 4th Edition - A Biography (Hardcover, 4th ed. 2006): David McLellan Karl Marx 4th Edition - A Biography (Hardcover, 4th ed. 2006)
David McLellan
R3,062 Discovery Miles 30 620 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

All the great political revolutions of the twentieth century referred back to Marx. Reviled by some, revered by many, Marx's influence can be found in every area of the humanities and social sciences from literary criticism to globalization. In this thoroughly revised and updated new edition of his classic biography, David McLellan provides a clear and detailed account both of Marx's dramatic life and of his path-breaking thought together with a wealth of bibliographical information for further reading.

The Kurdish Women's Movement - History, Theory, Practice (Paperback): Dilar Dirik The Kurdish Women's Movement - History, Theory, Practice (Paperback)
Dilar Dirik
R575 Discovery Miles 5 750 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

'One the foremost writers and participants in the Kurdish women's movement' - Harsha Walia The Kurdish women's movement is at the heart of one of the most exciting revolutionary experiments in the world today: Rojava. Forged over decades of struggle, most recently in the fight against ISIS, Rojava embodies a radical commitment to ecology, democracy and women's liberation. But while striking images of Kurdish women in military fatigues proliferate, a true understanding of the women's movement remains elusive. Taking apart the superficial and Orientalist frameworks that dominate, Dilar Dirik offers instead an empirically rich account of the women's movement in Kurdistan. Drawing on original research and ethnographic fieldwork, she surveys the movement's historical origins, ideological evolution, and political practice over the past forty years. Going beyond abstract ideas, Dirik locates the movement's culture and ideology in its concrete work for women's revolution in the here and now. Taking the reader from the guerrilla camps in the mountains to radical women's academies and self-organised refugee camps, readers around the world can engage with the revolution in Kurdistan, both theoretically and practically, as a vital touchstone in the wider struggle for a militant anti-fascist, anti-capitalist feminist internationalism.

Finance Capital - A study in the latest phase of capitalist development (Hardcover, annotated edition): Rudolph Hiferding Finance Capital - A study in the latest phase of capitalist development (Hardcover, annotated edition)
Rudolph Hiferding
R5,982 Discovery Miles 59 820 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This is the first English translation of one of the classical works of Marxist economic theory. When Rudolf Hilferdings "Finance Capital" was first published in 1919 it was acclaimed by reviewers as a continuation of Marxs Capital, and it has a major influence upon subsequent Marxist thought, especially in the analysis of imperialism where it provided some of the fundamental ideas for the theories of Bukharin and Lenin.
But Hilferdings work was much more than a study of imperialism, which was presented only in the last section of the book. It set out to examine the main tendencies in the development of the capitalist mode of production as a whole at the beginning of the twentieth century, beginning with an exposition of the theory of money (in which particular attention was paid to the growth of credit money), then analysing the increasingly important role of the banks in the mobilization of capital, along with the development of large corporations, cartels and trusts, and finally outlining atheory of economic crises.
Hilferdings book has, however, more than an historical interest. It is a model for any renewed attempt to understand the latest phase of capitalist development in the closing decades of the twentieth century, and Hilferdins ideas still provide essential elements for the elaboration of theoretically enlightened and realistic policies in the socialist movement.

Class and the Communist Party of China, 1921-1978 - Revolution and Social Change (Paperback): Marc Blecher, David S.G. Goodman,... Class and the Communist Party of China, 1921-1978 - Revolution and Social Change (Paperback)
Marc Blecher, David S.G. Goodman, Yingjie Guo, Jean-Louis Rocca, Tony Saich
R1,248 Discovery Miles 12 480 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

Authored by a stellar line-up of top China scholars from the US, Europe, Australia and China. Interdisciplinary in approach, so will appeal to courses on Chinese society, politics and history. Writing style is excellent and the chapters are truly connected due to the bok being co-authored.

Open Marxism 2 - Theory and Practice (Hardcover): Werner Bonefeld, Richard Gunn, Kosmas Psychopedis Open Marxism 2 - Theory and Practice (Hardcover)
Werner Bonefeld, Richard Gunn, Kosmas Psychopedis
R2,797 Discovery Miles 27 970 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

In this study, distinguished international contributors project an 'open' Marxism - a rejection of the determinism and positivism which characterise so much of contemporary left-wing thought. Topics covered in the two volumes include Marxism and political economy, historical materialism, dialectics, state theory, class, fetishism and the periodisation of capitalist development.

Marxism After Marx (Hardcover, 4th ed. 2007): David McLellan Marxism After Marx (Hardcover, 4th ed. 2007)
David McLellan
R2,236 Discovery Miles 22 360 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The fourth edition of Marxism after Marx is an updated version of what has become the classic account of Twentieth-century Marxism. It includes new bibliographical information and sections covering developments since the previous edition. This new edition represents a comprehensive and reliable guide to one of the most influential bodies of thought of the Twentieth century.

East Central Europe and Communism - Politics, Culture, and Society, 1943-1991 (Paperback): Sabrina P. Ramet East Central Europe and Communism - Politics, Culture, and Society, 1943-1991 (Paperback)
Sabrina P. Ramet
R1,209 Discovery Miles 12 090 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

The communists of East Central Europe came to power promising to bring about genuine equality, paying special attention to achieving gender equality, to build up industry and create prosperous societies, and to use music, art, and literature to promote socialist ideals. Instead, they never succeeded in filling more than a third of their legislatures with women and were unable to make significant headway against entrenched patriarchal views; they considered it necessary (with the sole exception of Albania) to rely heavily on credits to build up their economies, eventually driving them into bankruptcy; and the effort to instrumentalize the arts ran aground in most of the region already by 1956, and, in Yugoslavia, by 1949. Communism was all about planning, control, and politicization. Except for Yugoslavia after 1949, the communists sought to plan and control not only politics and the economy, but also the media and information, religious organizations, culture, and the promotion of women, which they understood in the first place as involving putting women to work. Inspired by the groundbreaking work of Robert K. Merton on functionalist theory, this book shows how communist policies were repeatedly undermined by unintended consequences and outright dysfunctions.

What is Capitalism? Can it Last? - A Book of Readings (Paperback): Cathy Nugent What is Capitalism? Can it Last? - A Book of Readings (Paperback)
Cathy Nugent
R161 Discovery Miles 1 610 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
East German Dissidents and the Revolution of 1989 - Social Movement in a Leninist Regime (Hardcover): Christian Joppke East German Dissidents and the Revolution of 1989 - Social Movement in a Leninist Regime (Hardcover)
Christian Joppke
R3,034 Discovery Miles 30 340 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

In contrast to the dissident movements of Eastern Europe, the East German movement remained committed to the 'revisionist' reform of the communist regime. This book tries to explain why. It is argued that the peculiarities of German history and culture prevented the possibility of a 'national' opposition to communism. As a result, East German dissidents had to remain in a paradoxical way 'loyal' to the old regime.

Social Change in Russia and Eastern Europe - From Party Hacks to Nouveaux Riches (Hardcover, New): Silviu Brucan Social Change in Russia and Eastern Europe - From Party Hacks to Nouveaux Riches (Hardcover, New)
Silviu Brucan
R2,302 Discovery Miles 23 020 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Brucan, a former Romanian ambassador to the United States and the United Nations, provides the first social history of the remarkable transition from communism to capitalism in Russia and Eastern Europe after the collapse of the Soviet Union. He begins with an examination of the old social structure in communist societies, which used to be cosmetically advertised by the party and officialdom, paying particular attention to the nomenklatura, who have miraculously transformed themselves into big businessmen and bankers. A chapter is devoted to the decline of the working class, whom Brucan shows to be the big loser in the revolution. He then examines the new social stratification, illustrating how the new classes are taking shape under the conditions created by market reform. The symbiosis between capital and power is analyzed in depth, and Ambassador Brucan concludes his study with a look at the direction the social transformations are pushing these societies, particularly the separate paths being followed by Russia and Eastern Europe. This is an important study for researchers, scholars, and policy makers involved with Russia and Eastern Europe.

Open Marxism, v. 1 - Dialectics and History (Hardcover): Werner Bonefeld, Richard Gunn, Kosmas Psychopedis Open Marxism, v. 1 - Dialectics and History (Hardcover)
Werner Bonefeld, Richard Gunn, Kosmas Psychopedis
R2,801 Discovery Miles 28 010 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Through a series of interconnected articles, this book makes available a range of international authors for an English readership. Topics covered include: Marzism and political economy, historical materialism, dialectics, state theory, class crisis, fetishism and the periodization of capitalist development. Picking up where the debates of the 1970s left off, these collections assess current debates in Marxist theory and project an "open" Marxism by way of critical response to the determinism and positivism which characterize much of contemporary left-wing thought.

Marxist Analyses and Social Anthropology (Hardcover, Revised edition): Maurice Bloch Marxist Analyses and Social Anthropology (Hardcover, Revised edition)
Maurice Bloch
R7,787 Discovery Miles 77 870 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Reflecting the first evaluation among British and American anthropologists of the relevance of Marxist theory for their discipline, the studies in this volume cover a wide geographical and social spectrum ranging from rural Indonesia, Imperial China, Highland Burma and the Abron kingdom of Gyaman. A critical survey assesses the value of some key ideas of Marx and Engels to social anthropology and places in historical perspective the changing attitudes of social anthropologists to the Marxist tradition. Originally published in 1975.

Capital - A Critique of Political Economy - Vol. III-Part I: The Process of Capitalist Production as a Whole (Hardcover): Karl... Capital - A Critique of Political Economy - Vol. III-Part I: The Process of Capitalist Production as a Whole (Hardcover)
Karl Marx; Edited by Friedrich Engels
R1,576 Discovery Miles 15 760 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

First published in 1867, Capital, or Das Kapital, is the infamous treatise on economics and capitalism by Prussian revolutionary KARL MARX (1818-1883), who changed history with his 1848 book The Communist Manifesto. In this work, edited by Marx's friend, German philosopher FRIEDRICH ENGELS (1820-1895), Marx systematically analyzes the way the capitalist machine functions. In this academic work written for students and serious thinkers, he explores wages, competition, banking, rent, and the natural laws that seem to govern the development of capitalism without any oversight by the society in which it developed. Originally published in three volumes, Capital is here presented in five volumes. Volume III, Part 1 covers: . The Conversion of Surplus-Value into Profit and of the Rate of Surplus-Value into the Rate of Profit . Conversion of Profit into Average Profit . The Law of the Falling Tendency of the Rate of Profit . Transformation of Commodity-Capital and Money-Capital Into Commercial Capital and Financial Capital . Division of Profit Into Interest and Profits of Enterprise

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