The authors argue that the idea of "socialism" as collective rationality and popular democracy is far from dead. They describe a spiral of capitalism and socialism - of economic expansion and social progress - that creates repeated opportunities for positive transformation at th…
This final work by a world-renowned economist should take its place among the classics of political economy. Why do some economies do better than others? How does society encourage the kind of market economy that generates continually increasing incomes? How do particular styles…
Farewell to the Leftist Working Class
by Houtman, Dick, Achterberg, Peter, Derks, Anton
Aspecter is haunting the long-standing class theory of politics - the specter of the rightist working class. Social conflicts and voting patterns in Western nations indicate a gradual erosion of working-class support for the left, a process that class theory itself cannot adequa…
Crawford Brough Macpherson, an extremely influential writer and teacher and Canada's pre-eminent political theorist, won an international reputation for his controversial interpretation of liberalism. In the first book to examine the entire range of Macpherson's writings, Willia…
This text, now in its third edition, provides a clear and accessible introduction to the complexities of political ideologies. It: introduces and considers the future of all the most widely studied ideologies - Liberalism; Conservatism; Socialism; Democracy; Nationalism; Fascism…
Liberal, democratic capitalism as the end of history? Not necessarily. This work argues that there are forces developing in the world that might constitute a "counterproject" to the project of globalizing capitalism. At present, however, this movement lacks a coherent vision of …
One of the most remarkable aspects of the transition process in the former Soviet Union has been the extent to which the economy has effectively become demonetized in recent years. At the time of Russia's financial crisis of 1998, it was estimated that up to 70% of industrial ou…
Perry Anderson: the merciless laboratory of history
A comprehensive study of perhaps the English-speaking world's most influential proponent of marxism. The book offers a view of the emergence of New Left theory in response to the degeneration of social democracy in the West and Communism in the East. It identifies the enduring i…
This volume aims to re-establish labour as the fundamental constitutive principle of the social world, through a reinterpretation of Marx's social theory. Each chapter develops a central Marxist theme, including class and classification; commodity fetishism and primitive accumul…
