
New Socialisms
Futures Beyond Globalization
Routledge (Publisher)
1st Edition
Published on 12. September 2012
Book
Paperback/Softback
288 pages
978-0-415-65045-8 (ISBN)
Description
The major problems facing the world as it gets used to the twenty-first century are global inequality, poverty, war and militarism, oppression, exploitation and ecological sustainability. Far from solving these problems, economic and political neo-liberalism seems to be plunging us deeper into them. Diverse opposition movements have arisen over the years to combat these problems, which the groups generally consider to be the result of "globalization". These opposition movements suffer greatly from being opposed to lots of things without necessarily putting forward realistic alternative suggestions. This impressive new book seeks to analyze and develop serious alternatives to the status quo. With contributions from a wide range of scholars, this important book will provide a uniquely varied outlook. Students and academics involved in international politics and economics as well as general readers with an interest in the anti-globalization movement will find this work incredibly useful.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Weight
530 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-415-65045-8 (9780415650458)
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Persons
Robert Albritton is Professor of Political Science at York University, Toronto, Canada. Shannon Bell is Associate Professor of Political Science at York University, Toronto, Canada. John R. Bell is Professor in the General Arts and Sciences Program at Seneca College, Toronto, Canada. Richard Westra is Assistant Professor of International and Area Studies at Pukyong National University, Pusan, Republic of Korea.
Content
Introduction: towards democracy through socialisms PART I Governance and law 1 Socialism and individual freedom 2 Globalization's challenge to feminist political economy and the law: a socialist perspective PART II Reembedding 3 Earth democracy 4 The imperative of the social bond: after the triumph of markets 5 Adam Smith's green vision and the future of global socialism 6 Marx's anti-authoritarian ecocommunism PART III Pleasure 7 Hedonist revisionism 8 Post-porn\post-anti-porn: queer socialist pornography PART IV Development visions 9 The failure of African socialisms and their future 10 The "impasse" debate and socialist development PART V Political agency 11 Global alternatives and the meta-industrial class, Postscript on the surplus population PART VI Possible worlds 13 Socialism beyond market and productivism 14 From socialists to localists