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Ten Essays for a 21st Century Socialism
About this book
This book explores possible and realistic alternatives to a capitalism that is no longer sustainable, whether economically, socially, or for a habitable planet. Arguing that these alternatives can only be of socialist orientation, the author moves from a discussion of works that attempted to explain the failure of the socialisms of the 20th century, to a consideration of models for a new socialism.
Through consideration of issues including the role of public services, the functions of public enterprises, the creation of a socialized sector, planning, and different forms of democracy, this volume espouses a model of economic democracy capable of dealing with market mechanisms without being dominated by them, as new world geopolitics emerge.
A synthesis of proposals for socialist alternatives to today's hegemonic form of shareholder capitalism, Ten Essays for a 21st Century Socialism will appeal to scholars of sociology, political theory and economics with interests in contemporary socialism.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Endorsements
- Half-Title
- Series
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- Introduction
- 1 Models of socialism
- 2 Engels, from one socialism to another
- 3 Socialism and economic democracy
- 4 Public services and citizenship
- 5 Untangling the paradoxes of state ownership
- 6 The political institutions of socialism
- 7 The public sector in China and its evolution
- 8 Discussion on socialism
- 9 Socialism as a positive dialectic
- 10 Revolutionary transformation or how to walk on both legs
- Index