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Emergency Politics in the Third Wave of Democracy - A Study of Regimes of Exception in Bolivia, Ecuador, and Peru (Hardcover):... Emergency Politics in the Third Wave of Democracy - A Study of Regimes of Exception in Bolivia, Ecuador, and Peru (Hardcover)
Claire Wright
R2,608 Discovery Miles 26 080 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Emergency Politics in the Third Wave of Democracy aims to make an important contribution to the study of emergency politics by offering an up-to-date study of how it works in practice. Specifically, it studies the uses given to the "regime of exception" mechanism in Bolivia, Ecuador, and Peru in the first decade of the 21st century and analyzes potential incompatibilities with the two pillars of democratic governability: efficiency and legitimacy. This book offers a thorough review of existing literature on emergency politics, offering conceptual clarification, identifying three types or paradigms of emergency politics (repressive, administrative, and disaster) and pointing to regimes of exception as a useful route to their study. It also provides an overview of emergency politics in Latin America throughout history, pointing to the predominance of regimes of exception and the repressive paradigm. The book describes the continuity of the repressive paradigm in Peruvian emergency politics to deal with both social protest and the apparent threat of organized crime and terrorism, as well as how Bolivia has shifted from a repressive to a disaster paradigm in the face of pressure to deal with climate change. It also analyzes the predominance of an administrative paradigm in Ecuadorian emergency politics in the context of weak institutions and difficulties in implementing policy as well as a populist style of leadership. Ultimately, the book offers some "best practices" in relation to the design and use of regimes of exception in democratic contexts. Other studies on emergency politics tend to focus on legal or formal issues in the context of the United States War on Terror. This study is decidedly political and empirical in focus, offering analysis and interpretation as a result of intensive fieldwork carried out by the author in Bolivia, Ecuador, and Peru. Consequently, this volume offers important contributions to our understanding of emergency politics in general (with evidence from the periphery) as well as to our understanding of democratization processes in the Third Wave.

Sonic Politics - Music and Social Movements in the Americas (Hardcover): Olaf Kaltmeier, Wilfried Raussert Sonic Politics - Music and Social Movements in the Americas (Hardcover)
Olaf Kaltmeier, Wilfried Raussert
R4,467 Discovery Miles 44 670 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This volume analyses the narration of the social through music and the seismographic function of music to detect social problems and envision alternatives. Beyond state-driven attempts to link musical production to the official narrative of the nation, mass musical movements emerged during the 20th century that provided countercultural and alternative narratives of the prevailing social context. The Americas contain numerous examples of the strong connection between music and politics; Woody Guthrie's "This Land is Your Land" envisioned a socialist transformation of the U.S., the Chilean Nueva Cancion created a narrative and affective frame for the recognition of popular culture as a central element of the cultural politics of the Chilean way to socialism, and Reggae emerged as a response to British colonialism, drawing inspiration and guidance from the pan-Africanist visions of Marcus Garvey. Providing a significant contribution to the study of music and politics/social movements from an inter-American perspective, this book will appeal to students and scholars of U.S. and Latin American Cultural Studies, Transnational Studies, History and Political Studies, Area Studies, and Music Studies. For additional information, please see the authors' Sonic Politics webpage: https://www.uni-bielefeld.de/cias/sonicpolitics/index.html

Open Marxism 2 - Theory and Practice (Paperback, New Ed): Werner Bonefeld, Richard Gunn, Kosmas Psychopedis Open Marxism 2 - Theory and Practice (Paperback, New Ed)
Werner Bonefeld, Richard Gunn, Kosmas Psychopedis
R760 Discovery Miles 7 600 Ships in 12 - 19 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.

The Heroic and Creative Meaning of Socialism (Paperback): Jose Carlos Mariategui The Heroic and Creative Meaning of Socialism (Paperback)
Jose Carlos Mariategui
R775 Discovery Miles 7 750 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Jose Carlos Mariategui is widely considered one of Latin America's greatest Marxist theoreticians and activists and remains nearly unknown in the English-speaking world. This collection of essays is an attempt to introduce the breadth and depth of Mariategui's thought to a new generation of English-speaking students of history, philosophy, literature, radical theory and practice.

Arguments and Fists - Political Agency and Justification in Liberal Theory (Paperback): Mika LaVaque Manty Arguments and Fists - Political Agency and Justification in Liberal Theory (Paperback)
Mika LaVaque Manty
R1,481 R1,281 Discovery Miles 12 810 Save R200 (14%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days


Does the dithering intellectualism of left politics prevent genuine political action? Many theorists have said this, but this book refutes these arguments, reconciling philosophical debates with the realities of current activism. This book is an important effort to enliven liberal conceptions of politics and political action by providing new and fresh ideas about many of the very points on which liberalism is frequently pronounced boring, fading, or useless.

Capitalist Restructuring, Globalization and the Third Way - Lessons from the Swedish Model (Hardcover): J. Magnus Ryner Capitalist Restructuring, Globalization and the Third Way - Lessons from the Swedish Model (Hardcover)
J. Magnus Ryner
R3,596 R2,825 Discovery Miles 28 250 Save R771 (21%) Ships in 12 - 19 working days


This book addresses the contemporary debate about the 'third way' in European social democracy, by analysing the exemplar case of social democracy - 'the Swedish model' - this book challenges the recent 'third way' perspective. The author argues strongly against the widely held belief that the nature of contemporary capitalist restructuring and globalisation has rendered traditional social democracy obsolete.

eBook available with sample pages: 0203164911

Imagining the Possible - Radical Politics for Conservative Times (Paperback): Stephen Eric Bronner Imagining the Possible - Radical Politics for Conservative Times (Paperback)
Stephen Eric Bronner
R1,358 R1,185 Discovery Miles 11 850 Save R173 (13%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days


Jean-Paul Sartre originally made the term 'engagement' part of the existentialist vocabulary following WWII. It implies the responsibility of intervening in social or political conflicts in the hope of fostering freedom. Imagining the Possible opens different windows upon this particular engagement.

Swedish Social Democracy and European Integration - The People's Home on the Market (Hardcover): Nicholas Aylott Swedish Social Democracy and European Integration - The People's Home on the Market (Hardcover)
Nicholas Aylott
R3,429 Discovery Miles 34 290 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

First published in 1999, this volume why Europe's arguably most successful political party, the Swedish Social Democratic Party, become so divided over European integration. Why were its grass-roots so reluctant to embrace EU membership and why did a Social Democratic government decide to stand aside from the launch of the single European currency? What connection is there between Europe and the Swedish model of political economy? While much has been written in English on Swedish Social Democracy, little of this literature has dealt with its difficulties during the 1990s and especially with its acute problems over Europe. This book fills that gap. Using original, primary data, Nicholas Aylott addresses the topic from macro and micro-political perspectives, taking account of historical, cultural, geopolitical and economic constraints, but also the interests and calculations of key individuals at critical junctures. It places the experience of Swedish Social Democracy into a broad comparative framework, drawing especially from the experiences of its Scandinavian sister parties. Up-to-date analysis of the party's debate on EMU is included.

Social Democracy and the Aristocracy - Why Socialist Labor Movements Developed in Some Industrial Countries and Not in Others... Social Democracy and the Aristocracy - Why Socialist Labor Movements Developed in Some Industrial Countries and Not in Others (Hardcover)
John H. Kautsky
R4,476 Discovery Miles 44 760 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Ever since the rise of mass labor movements in the late nineteenth century, socialism has been seen as an inevi- table and antagonistic response to capitalism and the spread of industrialization. Over the course of the twentieth century, however, socialism's failure to gain ground in the United States and most of the non-Western world exposed the limited, Eurocentric views of socialist theorists, and also the inadequacy of the theory as it applied to Europe as well. John Kautsky argues that a key factor in the development of social democratic labor movements was the persistence of powerful remnants of aristocratic institutions and ideologies whose survival into the industrial age preserved exclusionary hierarchies. These led, in turn, to radicalism and class consciousness among workers.

Kautsky traces the evolution of socialist labor movements in Europe and Japan where aristocratic elements were still strong, detailing the survival of aristocratic privilege and the concomitants of worker class consciousness and demands for equality. He shows how social democratic reliance on free elections was primarily a weapon against the aristocracy rather than capitalism. Contradicting socialist theory, working-class growth came to an end, class lines became blurred, and a considerable degree of equality was achieved through the welfare state.

Kautsky turns to those countries that were sufficiently industrialized to have large numbers of workers, but also had reasonably free elections, civil liberties, and less repression of trade unions. Though the United States, Canada, post-Soviet Russia, Mexico, and India have very different histories and societies, their workers have not confronted a powerful aristocracy. Great Britain, the first and for long the most advanced industrial country, was virtually the last to develop a socialist labor movement. In contrast, socialist movements in Canada and the United States, where egalitarian traditions were strong, found little support. Kautsky's concluding chapters treat the spread of corruption, the rise of new oligarchies in Russia, and the position of workers no longer honored and politically weak.

In its innovative perspective on long-held theories and its currency for contemporary problems, "Social Democracy and Aristocracy" is an important contribution to political thought in the post-Marxist world. Its global approach makes it uniquely valuable for the comparative study of labor history and economic development.

Grassroots Charisma - Four Local Leaders in China (Hardcover, New): Stephan Feuchtwang, Wang Mingming Grassroots Charisma - Four Local Leaders in China (Hardcover, New)
Stephan Feuchtwang, Wang Mingming
R4,478 Discovery Miles 44 780 Ships in 12 - 19 working days


This book relates the stories of four leaders under very different political regimes: Colonial, Nationalist and Communist. The authors compare Chinese notions of respect and inspiration with their equivalents in other religious and political histories of colonial and post-colonial modernity, thereby producing a thorough re-working of the idea of charisma. The result is an intriguing study of the relationship between religious and political authority in a changing world.

Eastern Europe Since 1970 - Decline of Socialism to Post-Communist Transition (Paperback): Bulent Gokay Eastern Europe Since 1970 - Decline of Socialism to Post-Communist Transition (Paperback)
Bulent Gokay
R1,597 Discovery Miles 15 970 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

An introduction to Eastern Europe in the last quarter of the twentieth century.

The Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia in 1968 spelled the end of reformist communism and the tightening of Soviet control throughout Eastern Europe. In spite of this, several countries within the Soviet Bloc managed to retain varying degrees of independence over the next two decades. Focusing on the struggle towards economic and social modernization in the region and the competing influences of East and West in a dangerous Cold War. Bulent Gokay shows how individual circumstances, as well as diverse national characteristics, made a uniform application of the Soviet model impossible, and charts the growing resistance to domination and the momentous events which finally toppled Soviet power in the region.

German Social Democracy through British Eyes - A Documentary History, 1870-1914 (Hardcover): James Retallack German Social Democracy through British Eyes - A Documentary History, 1870-1914 (Hardcover)
James Retallack
R1,810 Discovery Miles 18 100 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

On the eve of the First World War, the German Social Democratic Party (SPD) was the largest and most powerful socialist party in the world. German Social Democracy through British Eyes examines the SPD's rise using British diplomatic reports from Saxony, the third-largest federal state in Imperial Germany and the cradle of the socialist movement in that country. Rather than focusing on the Anglo-German antagonism leading to the First World War, the book peers into the everyday struggles of German workers to build a political movement and emancipate themselves from the worst features of a modern capitalist system: exploitation, poverty, and injustice. The archival documents, most of which have never been published before, raise the question of how people from one nation view people from another. The documents also illuminate political systems, election practices, and anti-democratic strategies at the local and regional levels, allowing readers to test hypotheses derived only from national-level studies. This collection of primary sources shows why, despite the inhospitable environment of German authoritarianism, Saxony and Germany were among the most important incubators of socialism.

Calculation and Coordination - Essays on Socialism and Transitional Political Economy (Hardcover): Peter J. Boettke Calculation and Coordination - Essays on Socialism and Transitional Political Economy (Hardcover)
Peter J. Boettke
R6,113 R4,933 Discovery Miles 49 330 Save R1,180 (19%) Ships in 12 - 19 working days


Contents:
1: Why no Austrian socialists?; 1A Appendix: Is economics a moral science?; Part I - The Theoretical Framework; 2: Economic calculation: The Austrian contribution to political economy; 3: Hayek's The Road to Serfdom revisited: Government failure in the argument against socialism; 4: Coase, communism and inside the 'Black Box' of soviet-type economies; Part II - History and practice of real existing socialism; 5: The soviet experience with pure communism; 5A Appendix: The Soviet experience with pure communism: Rejoinder to Nove; 6: The political economy of Utopia: Communism in Soviet Russia, 1918-1921; 7: Soviet venality: A rent-seeking model of the communist system; Part III - Realism and Reform; 8: Credibility, commitment and soviet economic reform; 9: Perestroika and public choice: The economics of autocratic succession in a rent-seeking society; 10: The reform trap in economics and politics in the former communist economies; 11: Promises made and promises broken in the Russian transition; 12: The Russian crisis: Perils and prospects for Post-soviet transition; 13: The political infrastructure of economic development; 13A Appendix: The argument applied to Post-Perestroika Russia; Part IV - Political economy and the fate of economies; 14: Why culture matters: economics, politics and the imprint of history; 15: Concluding remarks; 15A Appendix A: Economic freedom and economic growth; 15B Appendix B: Economic growth and human well-being

Post-Marxism - An Intellectual History (Hardcover, New): Stuart Sim Post-Marxism - An Intellectual History (Hardcover, New)
Stuart Sim
R5,520 Discovery Miles 55 200 Ships in 12 - 19 working days


This book traces the crystallisation of post-Marxism as a specific theoretical position in its own right and considers the role played in its development by post-structuralism, postmodernism and second-wave feminism. It examines the history of dissenting tendencies within the Marxist tradition and considers what the future prospects of post-Marxism are likely to be.

eBook available with sample pages: 0203186168

Utopian England - Community Experiments 1900-1945 (Paperback): Dennis Hardy Utopian England - Community Experiments 1900-1945 (Paperback)
Dennis Hardy
R1,687 Discovery Miles 16 870 Ships in 12 - 19 working days


England in the early part of the twentieth century was rich in utopian ventures - diverse and intriguing in their scope and aims. Two world wars, an economic depression, and the emergence of fascist states in Europe were all a spur to idealists to seek new limits - to escape from the here and now, and to create sanctuaries for new and better lives.
Dennis Hardy explores this fascinating history of utopian ideals, the lives of those who pursued them, and the utopian communities they created.
Some communities were fired by a long tradition of land movements, others by thoughts of more humane ways of building towns. In turn there were experiments devoted to the arts; to the promotion of religious doctrine; and to a variety of political causes. And some were just 'places of the imagination'.
This book is about just one episode in the perennial search for perfection, but what is revealed has lessons that extend well beyond a particular time and place. So long as there are failings in society, so long as rationality is not enough, there will continue to be a place for thinking the impossible, for going in search of utopia.

The Communist International, Anti-Imperialism and Racial Equality in British Dominions (Hardcover): Oleksa Drachewych The Communist International, Anti-Imperialism and Racial Equality in British Dominions (Hardcover)
Oleksa Drachewych
R4,473 Discovery Miles 44 730 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This book analyzes the stance of international communism towards nationality, anti-colonialism, and racial equality as defined by the Communist International (Comintern) during the interwar period. Central to the volume is a comparative analysis of the communist parties of three British dominions, South Africa, Canada and Australia, demonstrating how each party attempted to follow Moscow's lead and how each party produced its own attempts to deal with these issues locally, while considering the limits of their own agency within the movement at large.

Eurocommunism - From the Communist to the Radical European Left (Hardcover): Ioannis Balampanidis Eurocommunism - From the Communist to the Radical European Left (Hardcover)
Ioannis Balampanidis
R4,486 Discovery Miles 44 860 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Eurocommunism constitutes a "moment" of great transformation connecting the past and the present of the European Left, a political project by means of which left-wing politics in Europe effected a definitive transition to a thoroughly different paradigm. It rose in the wake of 1968 - that pivotal year of social revolt and rethinking that caused a divide between radical, progressive and socialist thinking in western and southern Europe and the Soviet model. Communist parties in Italy, France, Spain and Greece changed tack, drew on the dynamics of social radicalism of the time and came to be associated with political moderation, liberal democracy and negotiation rather than contentious politics forging a movement that would hold influence until the early 1980s. Eurocommunism thus wove an original political synthesis delineated against both the revolutionary Left and the social democracy: "party of struggle and party of governance".

Gramsci and Contemporary Politics - Beyond Pessimism of the Intellect (Hardcover): Anne Showstack Sassoon Gramsci and Contemporary Politics - Beyond Pessimism of the Intellect (Hardcover)
Anne Showstack Sassoon
R1,440 Discovery Miles 14 400 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Can politics now be both radical and realistic? This work provides a collection of Anne Showstack Sassoons writing which spans the major transitions from Thatcher and Reagan to Clinton and Blair; the collapse of communism to the regeneration of social democracy. Looking at the role of intellectuals in rethinking politics, she argues that drawing from the past, and broadening contemporary sources of political and academic knowledge can contribute to a grounded, radical hegemonic politics which can shape change. Applying original interpretations of Antonio Gramscis ideas on the intellectuals, political language, civil society and political leadership, Anne Showstack Sassoon goes well beyond his framework to examine key contemporary political issues including citizenship, modernising the welfare state, and the relationship between parents and teachers. Informed by feminist debates, and reflecting on womens changing socio-economic roles, she argues that in periods of rapid change, we should see that the inconsistencies and contradictions of social change can produce valuable theoretical, and practical, insights. Engaging with radical claims of centre-left politics, this book brings tog

The Two Red Flags - European Social Democracy and Soviet Communism since 1945 (Paperback, New): David Childs The Two Red Flags - European Social Democracy and Soviet Communism since 1945 (Paperback, New)
David Childs
R1,271 Discovery Miles 12 710 Ships in 12 - 19 working days




eBook available with sample pages: 0203058259

Social Democracy and the Working Class - in Nineteenth- and Twentieth-Century Germany (Paperback): Stefan Berger Social Democracy and the Working Class - in Nineteenth- and Twentieth-Century Germany (Paperback)
Stefan Berger
R2,211 Discovery Miles 22 110 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This is a powerful and original survey of German social democracy breaks new ground in covering the movement's full span, from its origins after the French Revolution, to the present day. Stefan Berger looks beyond narrow party political history to relate Social Democracy to other working class identities in the period and sets the German experience within its wider European context. This timely book considers both the background and long-term perspective on the current rethinking of Social Democratic ideas and values, not only in Germany but also in France, Britain and elsewhere.

Evaluating Social Movement Impacts - Comparative Lessons from the Labor Movement in Turkey (Hardcover, New): Brian Mello Evaluating Social Movement Impacts - Comparative Lessons from the Labor Movement in Turkey (Hardcover, New)
Brian Mello
R4,231 Discovery Miles 42 310 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Some social movements bring in quick, radical political and social changes while others get incorporated into existing systems or subjected to harsh repression. This book examines why social movements elicit different policy responses and their varying impact on the societies in which they occur. It also seeks to understand why seemingly inconsequential movements can nonetheless have enduring effects. These issues are explored through the comparative historical analysis of four labor movements, in the UK and the U.S. in the late 1800s -early 1900s, in Japan from 1945 to 1960, and in Turkey during the mid to late 1900s, which is the book's primary case study. Turkey's labor movement, although often seen as a failure, greatly influenced state-society relations and contemporary Turkish politics. This significant study offers a new framework of analysis by focusing on social movement impacts rather than successes or failures. This leads to having to reconsider the enduring effects of repressed or failed movements. By doing so, it will help researchers study the likely impact of social movements in today's politics.

Biographical Dictionary of the American Left (Hardcover): Harvey Klehr Biographical Dictionary of the American Left (Hardcover)
Harvey Klehr
R2,522 Discovery Miles 25 220 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

"a collection of essays on some 275 individuals, including important figures from the 19th century and a few from the New Left, most of them (about 75 percent) born between 1870 and 1920 and prominent in the major left wing organizations of the first half of the 20th century." Choice

The Impossibilities of Social Democracy (Paperback): Vernon Richards The Impossibilities of Social Democracy (Paperback)
Vernon Richards
R154 Discovery Miles 1 540 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Labour's Conscience - The Labour Left, 1945-51 (Hardcover): Jonathan Schneer Labour's Conscience - The Labour Left, 1945-51 (Hardcover)
Jonathan Schneer
R3,735 Discovery Miles 37 350 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

First published in 1988. The years 1945-51 were crucial to the Labour Party and the Left in Britain. This elegantly written book traces the gradual and painful disillusionment of the Labour Left with the Attlee governments and analyses the alternative, more militant, programme which the Labour Left devised. Never an organised bloc, the author argues that they are best understood as Labour's conscience - a militant tendency is the true sense of the words. This title will be of interest to scholars and students of political history.

Marx'S Concept of Money - The god of commodities (Hardcover, New): Anitra Nelson Marx'S Concept of Money - The god of commodities (Hardcover, New)
Anitra Nelson
R4,935 Discovery Miles 49 350 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This work relates Marx's theory of money to his overall political economy, and places it firmly within the wider context of his political and philosophical thought. It has for some time been held that there exists an epistomological break between the early 'humanist' and later 'scientific' Marx. However, in this ground-breaking study Anitra Nelson links Marx's conecept of money to his early key concepts with particular reference to 'alienation'.

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