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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'.

New Perspectives on State Socialism in China (Paperback, Revised): Timothy Cheek, Tony Saich New Perspectives on State Socialism in China (Paperback, Revised)
Timothy Cheek, Tony Saich
R1,522 Discovery Miles 15 220 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

The eight research essays in this volume uncover new perspectives on and critique new democracy sources about the creation, operation, and first major crises of state socialism in China -- from the founding of the People's Republic of China in 1949 to the aftermath in the early 1960s of the Great Leap Forward.

The Longman Companion to the Labour Party, 1900-1998 (Paperback): Harry Harmer The Longman Companion to the Labour Party, 1900-1998 (Paperback)
Harry Harmer
R1,226 Discovery Miles 12 260 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Provides facts and figures on the Labour Party since its foundation. Much of the text takes the form of chronologies of Labour's history in government and in opposition. Also studied are Labour's links with groups such as trade unions, the revolutionary left, women and ethnic minorities.

Screening Art - Modernist Aesthetics and the Socialist Imaginary in East German Cinema (Hardcover): Sean Allan Screening Art - Modernist Aesthetics and the Socialist Imaginary in East German Cinema (Hardcover)
Sean Allan
R3,022 Discovery Miles 30 220 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

With internationalist aspirations and wide-ranging historical perspectives, East German films about artists and their work became hotly contested spaces in which filmmakers could look beyond the GDR and debate the impact of contemporary cultural policy on the reception of their pre-war cultural heritage. Spanning newsreels, documentaries, and feature films, Screening Art is the first full-length investigation into a genre that has been largely overlooked in studies of DEFA, the state-owned Eastern German film studio. As it shows, "artist-films" played an essential role in the development of new paradigms of socialist art in postwar Europe.

Marxism and Human Nature (Hardcover): Sean Sayers Marxism and Human Nature (Hardcover)
Sean Sayers
R4,477 Discovery Miles 44 770 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

The author of this book defends the theory that human nature is in fact an historical phenomenon. Drawing on the work of Marx and Hegel, he develops a historical account of human needs and powers which provides the basis for a distinctive form of Marxist humanism. According to this view, human beings are not merely passive individual consumers; they are active, social and productive beings. The first half of the book explores the role work plays in our lives and how it contributes to our fulfilment. The moral and social implications of these ideas are analyzed in the second half in the context of current work by both analytic and postmodernist thinkers.

Socialist Economics (Paperback): G. Cole Socialist Economics (Paperback)
G. Cole
R1,124 Discovery Miles 11 240 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This volume sets forth as simply as possible the theoretical foundations which underlie the practical policies of democratic Socialism. This involves both a repudiation and a refutation of the assumptions of the older classical economists who believed in laissez-faire, and a careful differentiation of the economics of democratic Socialism from the neo-classical doctrines associated with the name of Maynard Keynes.

A Short History Of Soviet Socialism (Paperback): Mark Sandle A Short History Of Soviet Socialism (Paperback)
Mark Sandle
R1,332 Discovery Miles 13 320 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Mark Sandle is Lecturer in Russian and East European History at De Montfort University.; This book is intended for undergraduate courses on 20th century Soviet history/the Cold War/European history/Soviet studies/History of political thought/Marxism-Leninism. The Left.

Routledge Revivals: Reactions to the Right (1990) (Paperback): Barry Hindess Routledge Revivals: Reactions to the Right (1990) (Paperback)
Barry Hindess
R1,131 Discovery Miles 11 310 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

First published in 1990, this book was intended as a counter to the rising and continued strength of the New Right and an attempt to bolster the perceived weakness of the opposition - providing a critical discussion of New Right ideology and also of the more influential Left reactions to them. The contributors scrutinise the attempts to reconstruct the idea of socialism in the 1990s, and pinpoint the relation of socialism to freedom, equality and the market. In the course of this searching evaluation, they also take up issues relating more directly to specific policy areas such as monetary policy and international finance, secondary education, social welfare, and race relations.

Between Reform and Revolution - German Socialism and Communism from 1840 to 1990 (Paperback, New edition): David E. Barclay,... Between Reform and Revolution - German Socialism and Communism from 1840 to 1990 (Paperback, New edition)
David E. Barclay, Eric D. Weitz
R1,137 Discovery Miles 11 370 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

" . . . a rich, complex, authoritative, scholarly survey of Germany's socialist heritage." - The Midwest Book Review "Can twenty-three essays present the history of German socialism and communism, as well as those movements' members, supporters, and policies in the context of social history? This fine collection comes close to achieving that difficult task . . . A very high quality work." - Central European History "Certainly the best collection of essays on the SPD and KPD . . . The editors and contributors . . . have provided fresh intrepretations . . . and have set a high standard for present and future scholars." - H-Net Reviews The powerful impact of Socialism and Communism on modern German history is the theme which is explored by the contributors to this volume. Whereas previous investigations have tended to focus on political, intellectual and biographical aspects, this book captures, for the first time, the methodological and thematic diversity and richness of current work on the history of the German working class and the political movements that emerged from it. Based on original contributions from US, British, and German scholars, this collection address a wide range of themes and problems. David E. Barclay is Professor of History and Director of the Center for Western European Studies, Kalamazoo College. Eric D. Weitz is Professor of History at the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis.

Post-Industrial Socialism - Towards a New Politics of Welfare (Paperback, annotated edition): Adrian Little Post-Industrial Socialism - Towards a New Politics of Welfare (Paperback, annotated edition)
Adrian Little
R1,601 Discovery Miles 16 010 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Post-Industrial Socialism provides critical analysis of recent developments in leftist political thought. Adrian Little charts new directions in the economy and the effects they have had on traditional models of social welfare and orthodox approaches to social policy.
In demonstrating the limitations of the welfare state and the associated concept of citizenship, this book suggests that we need to renew socialist welfare theory through the evaluation of universal welfare provision and a policy of breaking the link between work and income.

The Crisis of Mexican Labor (Hardcover): Dan La Botz The Crisis of Mexican Labor (Hardcover)
Dan La Botz
R1,938 Discovery Miles 19 380 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

In this definitive volume on the Mexican labor movement, journalist Dan La Botz concentrates on labor politics, the relationship of the unions to the state, and their relevance to other struggles for union independence. Prefaced by Mexican Congressman Ricardo Pascoe, "The Crisis of Mexican Labor" outlines the country's economic and political crises. The book also gives a complete overview of the labor movement from 1920 to 1987. La Botz chronicles workers' strikes and their results. He also demonstrates how Mexican union confederations, and their ruling bureaucracies, have clearly depended upon the material, the political, and even the military support of the state. This, the author contends, is the central problem of Mexican workers. They must develop an internationalist, socialist ideology and reorganize independently of the state. To do so will entail restructuring the entire system.

Revolutionary Desires - Women, Communism, and Feminism in India (Hardcover): Ania Loomba Revolutionary Desires - Women, Communism, and Feminism in India (Hardcover)
Ania Loomba
R4,469 Discovery Miles 44 690 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Revolutionary Desires examines the lives and subjectivities of militant-nationalist and communist women in India from the late 1920s, shortly after the communist movement took root, to the 1960s, when it fractured. This close study demonstrates how India's revolutionary women shaped a new female - and in some cases feminist - political subject in the twentieth century, in collaboration and contestation with Indian nationalist, liberal-feminist, and European left-wing models of womenhood. Through a wide range of writings by, and about, revolutionary and communist women, including memoirs, autobiographies, novels, party documents, and interviews, Ania Loomba traces the experiences of these women, showing how they were constrained by, but also how they questioned, the gendered norms of Indian political culture. A collection of carefully restored photographs is dispersed throughout the book, helping to evoke the texture of these women's political experiences, both public and private. Revolutionary Desires is an original and important intervention into a neglected area of leftist and feminist politics in India by a major voice in feminist studies.

Socialism - what went wrong? - Theoretical and historical roots of the socialist crisis (Paperback): Irwin Silber Socialism - what went wrong? - Theoretical and historical roots of the socialist crisis (Paperback)
Irwin Silber
R780 Discovery Miles 7 800 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

The chasm between huge individual wealth and the abject misery of hundreds of millions of people persists and can, in many cases, be said to be widening. The author's view is that the conflict between the rapaciousness of "the system" and popular discontent has to provide the conditions for a new social order. Socialism, in some form, argues Silber, is an essential element in a future for the whole human race.;This book is an attempt to look at both the doctrines of Marx and Lenin, weighing this against the practice of socialism in the Soviet Union. The author argues that it is now incumbent on those who devoted their lives to socialism to undertake a rigorous analysis of its failure in the USSR and to understand the history and achievements of Soviet socialism.

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