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  • The State We Need

    Keys to the Renaissance of Britain

    by Michael Meacher ...
    At a time when great issues are crying out for resolution - financial and economic stagnation, an increasingly polarised society, global paralysis over climate change, and spiritual emptiness and loss of vision throughout the West - politics is dominated by spin and manipulation. Too many people feel confused, cynical and angry ... and poorly represented by a remote political elite in Westminster. ... Read more

    $16.39 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Social Policy and Administration Revisited

    Studies in the Development of Social Services at the Local Level

    by David Donnison, Valerie Chapman, Michael Meacher, Angela Sears, Kenneth Urwin ...
    Series series National Institute Social Services Library
    Originally published in 1965, this standard work sets out to explore the questions: What is ‘social administration’, and how can people prepare themselves for this work? It shows the social services in continuous evolution in response to political, economic and social change, and it ends with a deeply thoughtful and thought-provoking analysis of the processes and causes of this evolution, and of ... Read more

    $47.99 USD

  • Destination Of The Species

    The Riddle of Human Existence

    by Michael Meacher ...
    There is really only one question for human beings that matters. What, if any, is the purpose of existence, and what are we here for? It is a question that has underlain religious conviction and philosophic inquiry throughout human history, and to which scientific rationalism in recent centuries has added some important insights. It highlights two contesting views of the nature of reality: is ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

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  • Communism

    A Very Short Introduction

    by Leslie Holmes ...
    Series series Very Short Introductions
    The collapse of communism was one of the most defining moments of the twentieth century. At its peak, more than a third of the world's population had lived under communist power. What is communism? Where did the idea come from and what attracted people to it? What is the future for communism? This Very Short Introduction considers these questions and more in the search to explore and understand ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • A Piece of the Pie

    The Battle over Nationalisation

    by Tim Cohen ...
    Nationalisation: Swear word for some, cure-all for others both within and outside the ruling party.Tim Cohen, a senior journalist with many years experience in both political and business reporting, traces the emergence of calls for nationalisation in South African politics. It is a subject which has become the most fiercely argued and passionate economic debate of modern-day South African ... Read more

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  • Marxist Theory, Black/African Specificities, and Racism

    by Babacar Camara ...
    This book deals with substantive issues that have the potential to enhance our understanding regarding how Marxist theory can be quite useful in interpreting Black specificities and the race paradigm. So far, Marxist theory has been excluded because it is supposedly class and economy reductionist, but the essence of this theory-dialectic-not only proves that it is a meaningful way of seeing racism ... Read more

    $46.99 USD

  • The Anti-Capitalist Dictionary

    Movements, Histories and Motivations

    by David E Lowes ...
    This dictionary is an alternative and a counter-balance to the many political dictionaries that ignore or marginalize the history and influence of anti-capitalist movements. It paints a rich picture of the ideas and issues that inform today's anti-capitalist activity.The Anti-Capitalist Dictionary is organised in an easily accessible alphabetical format, with self-contained, cross-referenced ... Read more

    $32.39 USD

  • Machiavelli's Florentine Republic

    by Michelle T. Clarke ...
    What do modern republics have to fear? Machiavelli's Florentine Republic reconstructs Machiavelli's answer to this question from the perspective of the Florentine Histories, his most probing meditation on the fate of republican politics in the modern age. It argues that his principle goal in narrating the defeat of Florentine republicanism is to debunk the views of leading humanists concerning the ... Read more

    $109.09 USD

  • Italian Critics of Capitalism

    by Norberto Bobbio, Luigi Einaudi, Amintore Fanfani, Franco Ferrarotti, Guglielmo Ferrero, Antonio Gramsci, Carlo Mongadini, Adriano Olivetti, Vilfredo Pareto, Luciano Pellicani, Bruno Rizzi, Carlo Rosselli, Ernesto Rossi ...
    Over the last hundred years the history of capitalism hardly supports the idea of a dynamic equilibrium between democracy and capitalism. The unprecedented triumph of global capitalism and its stronger power of transformation are changing the nature of political community and its institutions, transforming the conditions of democratic politics and governance. The writings collected in this volume ... Read more

    $47.79 USD

  • The Collapse of Communist Power in Poland

    Strategic Misperceptions and Unanticipated Outcomes

    by Jacqueline Hayden ...
    Based on extensive original research, including interviews with key participants, this book investigates the sudden and unforeseen collapse of communist power in Poland in 1989. It sets out the sequence of events, and examines the strategies of the various political groupings prior to the partially free election of June 1989.This volume argues that the specific negotiating strategies adopted by ... Read more

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  • The Development of Socialism, Social Democracy and Communism

    Historical, Political and Socioeconomic Perspectives

    by Mohamed Ismail Sabry ...
    This book examines how socioeconomic and institutional factors shaped the development of Socialism and its two contending variants of Social Democracy and Communism, investigating why each of these factions enjoyed varying levels of popularity in different societies between 1840 and 1945. It places a special focus on a number of factors including: inequality; industrialization; urbanization; ... Read more

    $111.59 USD

  • Moderation and Revolution

    by Andrea Micocci ...
    In the intellectuality of capitalism there are two alternative ways to conceive of reality: the moderate one, which mediates dialectically, and the revolutionary one, which also comprises ruptures with disappearance. The former conforms to, and helps shape, the metaphysics of capitalism itself. The second is akin to the mode of progressing of nature in general, and forms the basis for materialism. ... Read more

    $141.79 USD