Socialism after communism : the new market socialism
In the wake of the transformation of Eastern Europe in 1989, there has been much testimony, long on rhetoric but a little lighter on evidence, which has insisted that socialism, in all its forms and invocations, is a spent force. This volume confronts the orthodoxy of "the end of socialism."
x, 249 pages ; 24 cm
9780745609447, 9780745614588, 9780271014784, 9780271014791, 0745609449, 0745614582, 0271014784, 0271014792
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Preface. Introduction. Part I: The Death of Socialism? . 1. Socialism's Disappearing Social Base. 2. The Declining Political Economy of Socialism. 3. The Ideological and Epistemological Crises of Socialism at 'The End of History'. Part II: The Case For Market Socialism. . 4. A Model of Market Socialism. Part III: Market Socialism Assessed. . 5. Market Socialism: 'A Contradiction in Terms'?. 6. The Political Economy of Labour Management. 7. Democracy and State under Market Socialism. 8. Feasible Socialism?. Conclusion. Notes. Bibliography. Index.