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Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political ideologies > Socialism & left-of-centre democratic ideologies

Attlee (Hardcover): Robert Pearce Attlee (Hardcover)
Robert Pearce
R2,878 Discovery Miles 28 780 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Attlee is undoubtedly one of the key figures in modern British history. An important figure in Churchill's War Cabinet, and premier of the first majority Labour Government, he created the Welfare State, nationalised a substantial part of industry and secured the independence of India. Yet his political stature remains unresolved. Was he Churchill's "modest man with much to be modest about" who squandered the fruits of victory, or, as many now claim, one of the truly great prime ministers? Robert Pearce's lucid and drily amusing study goes behind the stern exterior to find ambition and indecision, and a uniquely moral vision.

Fan Culture in European Football and the Influence of Left Wing Ideology (Paperback): Peter Kennedy, David Kennedy Fan Culture in European Football and the Influence of Left Wing Ideology (Paperback)
Peter Kennedy, David Kennedy
R1,610 Discovery Miles 16 100 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Drawing on the varied traditions of fan cultures across Europe, this book examines how football carries with it the possibility of promoting the voices of the disenfranchised and the marginalised, and so the basis for nurturing solidarity against exploitation current in modern capitalist society.

Socialism, Feminism and Philosophy - A Radical Philosophy Reader (Paperback, 2): Peter Osborne, Sean Sayers Socialism, Feminism and Philosophy - A Radical Philosophy Reader (Paperback, 2)
Peter Osborne, Sean Sayers
R1,313 Discovery Miles 13 130 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Since 1972, the journal "Radical Philosophy" has provided a forum for the discussion of radical and critical ideas in philosophy. This anthology reprints some of the articles which have appeared in the journal during the past five years. It covers topics in social and moral philosophy which are central to current controversies on the left, focusing on theoretical issues raised by the socialist, feminist and environmental movements. Topics covered include feminist perspectives on a range of traditional philosophical issues and contemporary problems, theoretical questions involved in the rethinking of socialism and Marxism, and questions about the relation between humanity and nature raised by environmental debates. The pieces included engage with contemporary issues in critical terms, and represent the recent philosophical work on the left. The book should be interesting reading for anyone involved in studying the current state of radical thought.

Routledge Revivals: Reactions to the Right (1990) (Hardcover): Barry Hindess Routledge Revivals: Reactions to the Right (1990) (Hardcover)
Barry Hindess
R4,460 Discovery Miles 44 600 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.

Fabricating Authenticity in Soviet Hungary - The Afterlife of the First Hungarian Soviet Republic in the Age of State Socialism... Fabricating Authenticity in Soviet Hungary - The Afterlife of the First Hungarian Soviet Republic in the Age of State Socialism (Hardcover)
Peter Apor
R2,067 Discovery Miles 20 670 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This text explores the memory of the First Hungarian Soviet Republic of 1919, which proved crucial for communist Hungarian political culture throughout the 20th century. Apor takes an innovative approach to understudied aspects of European memory cultures, focusing particularly on how a dictatorship remembers and the concept of authenticity.

Irreconcilable Differences? - Explaining Czechoslovakia's Dissolution (Hardcover): Michael Kraus, Allison Stanger Irreconcilable Differences? - Explaining Czechoslovakia's Dissolution (Hardcover)
Michael Kraus, Allison Stanger; Contributions by Jan Carnogursk?, V aclav Havel, Stanley Hoffmann, …
R3,627 Discovery Miles 36 270 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This unique volume brings together a multi-disciplinary group of scholars as well as Czech and Slovak decisionmakers who were personally involved in the events leading up to the separation of Czechoslovakia. Asking whether the dissolution was inevitable, the contributors bring a range of different approaches and perspectives to bear on the twin problems of democratic transitions in multinational societies and ethnic separatism and its origins. The blend of analysis and insider experiences will make this book invaluable for all concerned with nationalism and ethnicity, democratization, and transitions in Eastern Europe.

Economic Reforms in the Socialist World (Hardcover): Stanislaw,etc, Gomulka Economic Reforms in the Socialist World (Hardcover)
Stanislaw,etc, Gomulka
R1,226 Discovery Miles 12 260 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

First Published in 1990. Socialist countries now account for about a quarter of the world economy, about a third of the world population and about half the world military power. What happens in those countries is therefore par excellence of importance to all of us. This book is an outcome of a Conference on Economic Systems and Reforms in a Changing World, held in Seoul in September 1987. The Conference was significant in several respects. Foremost was the fact that this was probably the first such meeting of scholars from both socialist and non-socialist countries held to discuss socialist economic reforms worldwide.

Socialism - Ideals, Ideologies, and Local Practice (Hardcover): C. M. Hann Socialism - Ideals, Ideologies, and Local Practice (Hardcover)
C. M. Hann
R2,836 Discovery Miles 28 360 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Socialism as a political system may be on the wane, yet no one can doubt that its cultural legacies will make themselves felt for years to come, and on a worldwide scale. The contributors to this volume adopt a variety of anthropological approaches to illuminate changes which have removed socialists from power in many countries. Presenting detailed ethnographic accounts across a wide range of countries, they bring out the factors which have given socialism such a profound worldwide impact, including a substantial impact upon the discipline of anthropology itself. The first sustained and wide-ranging investigation of socialism by social anthropologists, this volume will enable readers to understand better how socialism has been experienced by millions of people and thereby to now better understand how they may cope with post-socialist dilemmas.

Marxism's Retreat from Africa (RLE Marxism) (Paperback): Arnold Hughes Marxism's Retreat from Africa (RLE Marxism) (Paperback)
Arnold Hughes
R1,257 Discovery Miles 12 570 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

The collapse of Marxism in much of the Third World as well as Europe was so sudden and spectacular that it is hard to believe that in the space of seven years The Journal of Communist Studies could bring out special issues both on the creation of 'Military Marxist Regimes in Africa', and on their demise and the wider collapse of Marxist governments on the continent. This volume, first published in 1992, derives from a roundtable on the theme of 'The Retreat from Moscow: African and Eastern European Experiences of Disengagement from Marxism', held at the University of Birmingham in September 1991. The conference examined the recent experiences of African countries in transition from Marxism and Marxist-influenced ideologies to an uncertain future based on the market economy and a plural political system.

Before the Revisionist Controversy (RLE Marxism) - Kautsky, Bernstein, and the Meaning of Marxism, 1895-1898 (Paperback): H.... Before the Revisionist Controversy (RLE Marxism) - Kautsky, Bernstein, and the Meaning of Marxism, 1895-1898 (Paperback)
H. Kendall Rogers
R1,272 Discovery Miles 12 720 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

In this book, first published in 1992, the author examines the polemic fought by German Social-Democratic Party leaders and intellectuals Karl Kautsky and Eduard Bernstein against what they perceived to be misunderstandings of Marxism propagated by members of the Social-Democratic Federation (SDF) in England and by the socialist leader Wilhelm Liebknecht in Germany. The debate raised basic questions of socialist theory, including whether the program of Marx and Engels called for scholarly study, parliamentary democracy, and gradual social evolution, or for Utopian speculation, economic collapse, and violent rebellion.

The Rise of the Labour Party 1880-1945 (Hardcover, 3rd edition): Paul Adelman The Rise of the Labour Party 1880-1945 (Hardcover, 3rd edition)
Paul Adelman
R4,469 Discovery Miles 44 690 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This popular study covers two major topics: the formation of the Labour Party and its emergence as the main rival to the conservatives. This transformation of the British political scene has been accounted for in a variety of ways. Dr Adelman examines these explanations and concludes that while there is a consensus about the reasons for the creation of the Labour Party there is no agreement about why it rose to such prominence.

Marxism and the Chinese Experience - Issues in Contemporary Chinese Socialism (Hardcover): Arif Dirlik, Maurice Meisner Marxism and the Chinese Experience - Issues in Contemporary Chinese Socialism (Hardcover)
Arif Dirlik, Maurice Meisner
R4,503 Discovery Miles 45 030 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

These essays consider the implications for Chinese socialism of the repudiation of the Cultural Revolution and the legacy of Mao Zedong as well as the meaning of the new definition and direction Mao's successors have given socialism. The themes have been selected for conceptual coherence within a socialist problematic of social change. Representing anthropology, art history, economics, history, literature and politics, various inquiries point in a twofold direction - the meaning of socialism for China and the meaning of Chinese Socialism for socialism as a global phenomenon - "meaning" not in some abstract sense but rather as it is constituted in the process of political ideological activity, which articulates and defines social relationships within China as well as China's relationship to the world.

Marxism and the Chinese Experience - Issues in Contemporary Chinese Socialism (Paperback, New): Arif Dirlik, Maurice Meisner Marxism and the Chinese Experience - Issues in Contemporary Chinese Socialism (Paperback, New)
Arif Dirlik, Maurice Meisner
R1,317 Discovery Miles 13 170 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

These essays consider the implications for Chinese socialism of the repudiation of the Cultural Revolution and the legacy of Mao Zedong as well as the meaning of the new definition and direction Mao's successors have given socialism. The themes have been selected for conceptual coherence within a socialist problematic of social change. Representing anthropology, art history, economics, history, literature and politics, various inquiries point in a twofold direction - the meaning of socialism for China and the meaning of Chinese Socialism for socialism as a global phenomenon - "meaning" not in some abstract sense but rather as it is constituted in the process of political ideological activity, which articulates and defines social relationships within China as well as China's relationship to the world.

Routledge Revivals: Parliamentary Democracy and Socialist Politics (1983) (Hardcover): Barry Hindess Routledge Revivals: Parliamentary Democracy and Socialist Politics (1983) (Hardcover)
Barry Hindess
R2,609 Discovery Miles 26 090 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

First published in 1983, this book is concerned with the prospects for socialist politics in contemporary Britain, in particular with the limitations of political analysis produced both by Marxist socialism and the non-Marxist socialism of the Labour left. The author suggests ways in which socialist political analysis and strategic thinking should be reconstructed if socialism in Britain was to survive political as a force. The major Marxist debates on, and the limitations of, socialist politics under conditions of parliamentary democracy are examined, as well as what is involved in a politics of democratisation. The dominant forms of strategic thinking on the Labour left are also analysed.

Programme for Victory (Works of Harold J. Laski) - A Collection of Essays prepared for the Fabian Society (Paperback): Harold... Programme for Victory (Works of Harold J. Laski) - A Collection of Essays prepared for the Fabian Society (Paperback)
Harold J. Laski, Harold Nicolson, Herbert Read, W.M. Macmillan, Ellen Wilkinson, …
R1,309 Discovery Miles 13 090 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Written two years after the commencement of the Second World War, the chapters in this book succinctly put forward the case for reorganizing the foundations of the social order, by rejecting capitalism and historical equilibrium, both in Europe and further afield in the British Empire, in favour of building a Socialist civilization.

The Transition to Socialism in China (Routledge Revivals) (Hardcover): Mark Selden, Victor Lippit The Transition to Socialism in China (Routledge Revivals) (Hardcover)
Mark Selden, Victor Lippit
R2,968 Discovery Miles 29 680 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

First published in 1982. The dramatic changes in policy and theory following the death of Chairman Mao in 1976 and the publication of the most extensive official and unofficial data on the Chinese economy and society in twenty years both necessitated and made possible a thorough reconsideration of the full range of issues pertaining to the political and economic trajectory of the People's Republic in its first three decades. The contributors to this volume initiated a comprehensive effort to address fundamental problems of China's socialist development and to reassess earlier perspectives and conclusions.

Routledge Revivals: Theatres of the Left 1880-1935 (1985) - Workers' Theatre Movements in Britain and America (Hardcover):... Routledge Revivals: Theatres of the Left 1880-1935 (1985) - Workers' Theatre Movements in Britain and America (Hardcover)
Raphael Samuel, Ewan MacColl, Stuart Cosgrove
R4,469 Discovery Miles 44 690 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

First published in 1985, this book examines how workers theatre movements intended their performances to be activist - perceiving art as a weapon of struggle and enlightenment - and an emancipatory act. An introductory study relates left-wing theatre groupings to the cultural narratives of contemporary British socialism. The progress of the Workers' Theatre Movement (1928-1935) is traced from simple realism to the most brilliant phase of its Russian and German development alongside which the parallel movements in the United States are also examined. A number of crucial texts are reprints as well as stage notes and glimpses of the dramaturgical controversies which accompanied them.

Chartist Fiction - Volume Two (Hardcover): Ian Haywood Chartist Fiction - Volume Two (Hardcover)
Ian Haywood
R2,828 Discovery Miles 28 280 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

First published in 2001. When the Chartist leader Ernest Jones emerged from prison in 1850, he was determined to capture the public's attention with a controversial and topical novel. The result of his endeavours was the remarkable Woman's Wrongs, a series of five tales exploring women's oppression at every level of society from the working class to the aristocracy. Each story presents a graphic, often harrowing account of the social, economic and emotional victimization of women, and taken together the tales comprise a devastating indictment of Victorian patriarchal attitudes and sexual inequalities. In his substantial Introduction, Ian Haywood places the novel in the context of Jones's career as a Chartist author and editor, and in the wider context of the 'woman question'. Some of the topics covered by the Introduction include: the radical press and popular enlightenment, Jones's rivalry with George W. M. Reynolds, and the needlewoman as radical icon. This title will be of interest to students of history.

Socialism and the Intelligentsia 1880-1914 (Hardcover): Carl Levy Socialism and the Intelligentsia 1880-1914 (Hardcover)
Carl Levy
R4,769 Discovery Miles 47 690 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This title, first published in 1987, is a study of the appeals of socialism for the educated middle and lower classes in the nineteenth century, and explores the role of the educated middle classes during this formative period for major modern socialist organisations and movements. This title will be of interest to students of history and politics.

Friedrich Engels - Volume 2 (Paperback): W.O. Henderson Friedrich Engels - Volume 2 (Paperback)
W.O. Henderson
R1,531 Discovery Miles 15 310 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

First Published in 1976. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Chartist Fiction - Volume One (Hardcover): Ian Haywood Chartist Fiction - Volume One (Hardcover)
Ian Haywood
R4,477 Discovery Miles 44 770 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

First published in 1999. For the first time since their appearance in Chartist newspapers these two major radical narratives are reprinted in a single volume. The Political Pilgrim's Progress combines Utopian politics with Bunyanesque satire to tell the story of the journey of Radical and his family from the City of Plunder to the City of Reform. Sunshine and Shadow is the only serialized novel to have been published in the Northern Star. It brings together fictional biography and historical chronicle to form the first truly working-class novel. Both texts offer a unique insight into the literary achievements of the Chartist movement, and will be a valuable and entertaining source for scholars of radical politics. The texts are fully annotated, and the editor also provides an introduction to each story and a bibliography of recent scholarship.

Brave New Hungary - Mapping the "System of National Cooperation" (Hardcover): Janos Matyas Kovacs, Balazs Trencsenyi Brave New Hungary - Mapping the "System of National Cooperation" (Hardcover)
Janos Matyas Kovacs, Balazs Trencsenyi; Contributions by Gabor Egry, Zsolt Enyedi, Gabor Halmai, …
R3,441 Discovery Miles 34 410 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Brave New Hungary focuses on the rise of a "brave new" anti-liberal regime led by Viktor Orban who made a decisive contribution to the transformation of a poorly managed liberal democracy to a well-organized authoritarian rule bordering on autocracy during the past decade. Emerging capitalism in post-1989 Hungary that once took pride in winning the Eastern European race for catching up with the West has evolved into a reclusive, statist, national-populist system reminding the observers of its communist and pre-communist predecessors. Going beyond the self-description of the Orban regime that emphasizes its Christian-conservative and illiberal nature, the authors, leading experts of Hungarian politics, history, society, and economy, suggest new ways to comprehend the sharp decline of the rule of law in an EU member state. Their case studies cover crucial fields of the new authoritarian power, ranging from its historical roots and constitutional properties to media and social policies. The volume presents the Hungarian "System of National Cooperation" as a pervasive but in many respects improvised and vulnerable experiment in social engineering, rather than a set of mature and irreversible institutions. The originality of this dystopian "new world" does not stem from the transition to authoritarian control per se but its plurality of meanings. It can be seen as a simulacrum that shows different images to different viewers and perpetuates itself by its post-truth variability. Rather than pathologizing the current Hungarian regime as a result of a unique master plan designed by a cynical political entrepreneur, the authors show the transnational dynamic of backsliding - a warning for other countries that suffer from comparable deadlocks of liberal democracy.

Collected Works, v. 27 - 1890-1895 (Hardcover): Karl Marx, Friedrich Engels Collected Works, v. 27 - 1890-1895 (Hardcover)
Karl Marx, Friedrich Engels
R1,541 Discovery Miles 15 410 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Part of a definitive English-language edition, prepared in collaboration with the Institute of Marxism-Leninism in Moscow, which contains all the works of Marx and Engels, whether published in their lifetimes or since. The series includes their complete correspondence and newly discovered works.

People's History and Socialist Theory (Routledge Revivals) (Hardcover): Raphael Samuel People's History and Socialist Theory (Routledge Revivals) (Hardcover)
Raphael Samuel
R5,520 Discovery Miles 55 200 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

First published in 1981, this book brings together different types of work by numerous fragmented groups in the field of Marxist history and puts them in dialogue with each other. It takes stock of then recent work, explores the main new lines, and looks at the political and ideological circumstances shaping the direction of historical work, past and present. The scope of the book is international with contributions on African history, fascism and anti-fascism, French labour history, and the transition from feudalism to capitalism. It also incorporates feminist history and gives attention to some of the leading questions raised for social history by the women's movement.

Socialism and the Challenge of War (RLE The First World War) - Ideas and Politics in Britain, 1912-18 (Paperback): Jay M. Winter Socialism and the Challenge of War (RLE The First World War) - Ideas and Politics in Britain, 1912-18 (Paperback)
Jay M. Winter
R1,557 Discovery Miles 15 570 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

The First World War marks a crucial period in the history of the socialist wing of the British labour movement. This book is an account of the development of the political ideas and activities of some of the most influential British socialist thinkers of that time: Beatrice and Sidney Webb, R. H. Tawney and G. D. H. Cole. The first part of the book examines the state of the Labour movement and of socialist ideas on the eve of the conflict, then turns to the central question of the impact of the War on the dissemination of British socialist ideas.

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