The Many Faces Of Socialism

Author : Paul Hollander
Publisher : Transaction Publishers
Page : 372 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 1983-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 1412828023

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The Many Faces of Socialism by Paul Hollander Pdf

Dealing with topics and perspectives generally neglected by American sociologists, Hollander focuses on the nature of socialism and the reasons for Marxism's appeal among Western intellectuals. In his new introduction to updated essays, never before published in book form, he also addresses issues of enduring interest in both socialist and pluralistic societies. These include relationships between the private and the public, techniques of social and political control, the timeless tension between professed value and observed behavior, and the way systems struggle for a sense of purpose in the contemporary world.

Author : Morton A. Kaplan
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 1978
Category : Political Science
ISBN : UOM:39015003520445

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The Many Faces of Communism by Morton A. Kaplan Pdf

Author : E. Jones John E. Jones,John E. Jones
Publisher : Trafford Publishing
Page : 118 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781426901751

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Faces of Capitalism and Socialism by E. Jones John E. Jones,John E. Jones Pdf

The Faces of Capitalism and Socialism is the result of more than ten years of research and study into the changes in the public perceptions of capitalism, socialism, and the actual changes that have taken place with the evolution of capitalism and socialism since the 1950s. How the evolution of capitalism and socialism have affected human progress is reviewed based on the actual results produced in a number of countries. The book briefly introduces various economic systems, political ideologies, and their history; and goes on to examine in depth the present condition of capitalism and socialism in a number of countries around the world. How we have been deceived to believe what we think is right and ended up believing that black was white is covered in a chapter on propaganda. The numerous sources of information used in this book were obtained primarily through the internet, and many of these sights provide reliable and objective news and reports not available in commercial media. Democracy as it is perceived in a number of countries is reviewed in the last chapter. 179

Author : Thomas DiLorenzo
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2016-07-18
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781621575979

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The Problem with Socialism by Thomas DiLorenzo Pdf

A book to challenge the status quo, spark a debate, and get people talking about the issues and questions we face as a country!

Author : John Toye
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 201 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2017-09-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780191034947

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The Many Faces of Socioeconomic Change by John Toye Pdf

Development is not a purely economic phenomenon; it also has a strong sociological element. The Many Faces of Socioeconomic Change explores how economic socio-cultural and political aspects of human progress have been studied since the time of Adam Smith. Surveying narratives of how development occurs, from early evolutionary models to recent types of development theory, it outlines the main long-term changes in how socioeconomic development has been envisaged through time. The Many Faces of Socioeconomic Change presents the argument that socioeconomic development emerged with the creation of grand evolutionary sequences of social progress that were the products of Enlightenment and mid-Victorian thinkers. By the middle of the twentieth century, when interest in accelerating development gave the topic a new impetus its scope narrowed to a set of economically based strategies. After 1960, however, faith in such strategies began to wane, in the face of indifferent results and a general faltering of confidence in economists' boasts of scientific expertise. In the twenty first century, development research is being pursued using research methods that generate disconnected results. As a result, it seems unlikely that any grand narrative will be created in the future and that Neo-liberalism will be the last of this particular kind of socioeconomic theory. With a broad scope of content and clear exposition of academic thinking this book guides the reader through the way in which the policy adopted as a consequence of modern theories has been less effective because of the neglect or a misunderstanding of the social context within which they operate.

Author : Gustave Le Bon
Publisher : BoD - Books on Demand
Page : 450 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2022-12-21
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9791041941179

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The Psychology of Socialism by Gustave Le Bon Pdf

Author : James Otteson
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 239 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2014-10-06
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781107017313

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The End of Socialism by James Otteson Pdf

The End of Socialism explores the difficulties socialism faces and examines the extent to which its moral ideals can guide policy.

Author : C. M. Hann
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 331 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2003-09-02
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781134889396

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Socialism by C. M. Hann Pdf

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.

Author : John E. Roemer
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0674339460

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A Future for Socialism by John E. Roemer Pdf

In this text, Roemer proposes a new future of socialism based on a redefinition of market socialism. The Achille's heel of socialism has always been maintaining innovation and efficiency in an economy in which income is equally distributed. Roemer points out that large capitalist firms have already solved a similar problem: in those firms, profits are distributed to numerous shareholders, yet they continue to innovate and compete. The author argues for a modified version of socialism, not necessarily based on public ownership, but founded on equality of opportunity and political influence.

Author : Ágnes Heller,Ferenc Féhér
Publisher : Transaction Publishers
Page : 598 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 1991-01-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1412824788

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The Grandeur and Twilight of Radical Universalism by Ágnes Heller,Ferenc Féhér Pdf

This volume provides theoretical construction to the extraordinary events that resulted in the collapse of communism worldwide. The authors attribute a great deal of the problems of totalitarianism to its blind acceptance of a Marxist philosophy of practice. With the failure of communist practice, the collapse of the Marxist paradigm was quick to follow. At its roots, this volume is a critique of the idea that we can have "scientific knowledge" of the social and political future.

Author : John Nichols
Publisher : Verso Books
Page : 439 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2011-03-21
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781781683781

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The "S" Word by John Nichols Pdf

During the Cold War it became a dirty word in the United States, but "socialism" runs like a red thread through the nation's history, an integral part of its political consciousness since the founding of the republic. In this unapologetic corrective to today's collective amnesia, John Nichols calls for the proud return of socialism in American life. He recalls the reforms lauded by Founding Father Tom Paine; the presence of Karl Marx's journalism in American letters; the left leanings of founders of the Republican Party; the socialist politics of Helen Keller; the progressive legacy of figures like Chaplin and Einstein. Now in an updated edition, The "S" Word makes a case for socialist ideas as an indispensable part of American heritage. A new final chapter considers the recent signs of a leftward sea change in American politics in the face of increasing and historic levels of inequality. Today, corporations-like other rich "individuals"-pay fewer taxes than they did in the 1950s, while our infrastructure crumbles and the seas rise. The "S" Wordaddresses a nation that can no longer afford to put capital before people.

Author : Leo Panitch,Sam Gindin
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2018-05-12
Category : Socialism
ISBN : 0850367409

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The Socialist Challenge Today by Leo Panitch,Sam Gindin Pdf

In what direction should the left move in the 21st century? Panitch and Gindin stress the need for renewing working-class politics through new kinds of socialist parties, so as to render them fit for realizing collective democracy, social equality, sustainable ecology and human solidarity.

Author : Gary B. Magee,Wayne Geerling
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 372 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2022-03-31
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9789811906640

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Socialism with a Human Face by Gary B. Magee,Wayne Geerling Pdf

East Germany’s economic history is typically told as a story of the unravelling of an inherently flawed system. Yet, while the system’s inefficiency is undeniable, its economic history was much richer than its comparatively poor economic performance suggests. For many who lived there, it was a system that, over its forty years, was capable of achievements and generally functioned at bearable levels. This book combines the insights of behavioural economics with archival research to peel away layers of rhetoric and assumptions about the East German economy and explore aspects of that underlying functionality. Through a series of cases studies that examine the establishment of socialist workplaces, the searches for productivity growth and efficiency, and the emergence of financial crisis, the book considers the system from the perspective of the humans who operated it and made the decisions that made it work. Unencumbered by political preconceptions, it offers a more realistic understanding of East German economic history than that derived from stagnant debates about the clash of systems. The new perspectives and approaches presented demonstrate that, extracted from its Cold War context, East Germany’s economic history can be analysed for what it was, rather than for what it symbolised.

Author : Peter J. S. Duncan,Elisabeth Schimpfössl
Publisher : UCL Press
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2019-10-14
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781787353831

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Socialism, Capitalism and Alternatives by Peter J. S. Duncan,Elisabeth Schimpfössl Pdf

In 1989 the Berlin Wall came down. Two years later the Soviet Union disintegrated. The collapse of communism in Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union discredited the idea of socialism for generations to come. It was seen as representing the final and irreversible victory of capitalism. This triumphal dominance was barely challenged until the 2008 financial crisis threw the Western world into a state of turmoil. Through analysis of post-socialist Russia and Central and Eastern Europe, as well as of the United Kingdom, China and the United States, Socialism, Capitalism and Alternatives confronts the difficulty we face in articulating alternatives to capitalism, socialism and threatening populist regimes. Beginning with accounts of the impact of capitalism on countries left behind by the planned economies, the volume moves on to consider how China has become a beacon of dynamic economic growth, aggressively expanding its global influence. The final section of the volume poses alternatives to the ideological dominance of neoliberalism in the West. Since the 2008 financial crisis, demands for social change have erupted across the world. Exposing the failure of neoliberalism in the United Kingdom and examining recent social movements in Europe and the United States, the closing chapters identify how elements of past ideas are re-emerging, among them Keynesianism and radical socialism. As those chapters indicate, these ideas might well have potential to mobilise support and challenge the dominance of neoliberalism.

Author : G. A. Cohen
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 93 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2009-08-24
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781400830633

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Why Not Socialism? by G. A. Cohen Pdf

A compelling case for why it's time for socialism Is socialism desirable? Is it even possible? In this concise book, one of the world's leading political philosophers presents with clarity and wit a compelling moral case for socialism and argues that the obstacles in its way are exaggerated. There are times, G. A. Cohen notes, when we all behave like socialists. On a camping trip, for example, campers wouldn't dream of charging each other to use a soccer ball or for fish that they happened to catch. Campers do not give merely to get, but relate to each other in a spirit of equality and community. Would such socialist norms be desirable across society as a whole? Why not? Whole societies may differ from camping trips, but it is still attractive when people treat each other with the equal regard that such trips exhibit. But, however desirable it may be, many claim that socialism is impossible. Cohen writes that the biggest obstacle to socialism isn't, as often argued, intractable human selfishness—it's rather the lack of obvious means to harness the human generosity that is there. Lacking those means, we rely on the market. But there are many ways of confining the sway of the market: there are desirable changes that can move us toward a socialist society in which, to quote Albert Einstein, humanity has "overcome and advanced beyond the predatory stage of human development."