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43 produkter
Envisioning Real Utopias
Häftad, 2010
369 kr
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Rising inequality of income and power, along with recent convulsions in the finance sector, have made the search for alternatives to unbridled capitalism more urgent than ever. Yet few are attempting this task-most analysts argue that any attempt to rethink our social and economic relations is …
How to Be an Anticapitalist in the Twenty-First Century
Häftad, 2021
164 kr
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Capitalism has transformed the world and increased our productivity, but at the cost of enormous human suffering. Our shared values equality and fairness, democracy and freedom, community and solidarity can both provide the basis for a critique of capitalism, and help to guide us towards a …
Understanding Class
Häftad, 2015
5,0 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster: (1)
374 kr
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Few ideas are more contested today than "class." Some have declared its death, while others insist on its centrality to contemporary capitalism. It is said its relevance is limited to explaining individuals' economic conditions and opportunities, while at the same time argued that it is a …
Antikapitalism : strategier och möjligheter i det tjugoförsta århundradet
Kartonnage, 2020
4,0 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster: (5)
210 kr
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»Erik Olin Wright förtjänar en bred läsekrets. På drygt etthundrafemtio sidor belyser han kapitalismens brister, visar vad som skulle kunna förbättras och ger förslag till praktiska åtgärder. Boken har en ovanlig potential att nå både de övertygade och de skeptiska. Du kan ge den i present till en …
Class Counts
Comparative Studies in Class Analysis
Inbunden, 1996
2222 kr
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Class Counts combines theoretical discussions of the concept of class with a wide range of comparative empirical investigations of class and its ramifications in developed capitalist societies. What unites the topics is not a preoccupation with a common object of explanation, but rather a common …
Class Counts
Comparative Studies in Class Analysis
Häftad, 1996
812 kr
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Class Counts combines theoretical discussions of the concept of class with a wide range of comparative empirical investigations of class and its ramifications in developed capitalist societies. What unites the topics is not a preoccupation with a common object of explanation, but rather a common …
Approaches to Class Analysis
Häftad, 2005
649 kr
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Few themes have been as central to sociology as 'class' and yet class remains a perpetually contested idea. Sociologists disagree not only on how best to define the concept of class but on its general role in social theory and indeed on its continued relevance to the sociological analysis of …
Class Counts Student Edition
Inbunden, 2000
1593 kr
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This textbook provides students with a lively and penetrating exploration of the concept of class and its relevance for understanding a wide range of issues in contemporary society. Erik Olin Wright treats class as a common explanatory factor and examines three broad themes: class structure, class …
Class Counts Student Edition
Av Erik Olin Wright, John Roemer
Häftad, 2000
5,0 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster: (1)
732 kr
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This textbook provides students with a lively and penetrating exploration of the concept of class and its relevance for understanding a wide range of issues in contemporary society. Erik Olin Wright treats class as a common explanatory factor and examines three broad themes: class structure, class …
Approaches to Class Analysis
Inbunden, 2005
1628 kr
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Few themes have been as central to sociology as 'class' and yet class remains a perpetually contested idea. Sociologists disagree not only on how best to define the concept of class but on its general role in social theory and indeed on its continued relevance to the sociological analysis of …
Reconstructing Marxism
Essays on Explanation and the Theory of History
Av Erik Olin Wright, Elliott Sober m. fl.
Häftad, 1992
385 kr
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Reconstructing Marxism explores fundamental questions about the structure of Marxist theory and its prospects for the future. The authors maintain that the disintegration of the old theoretical unity of classical Marxism is in part responsible for what is commonly called the "crisis of Marxism." …
Interrogating Inequality
Essays on Class Analysis, Socialism and Marxism
Häftad, 1994
325 kr
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This lively new collection from one of America's leading sociologists covers a wide range of theoretical problems of interest to radical social scientists and political activists.The book opens with a fascinating autobiographical essay exploring the challenges and benefits of being a Marxist …
Class, Crisis and the State
Häftad, 1985
316 kr
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One of the major works of the new American Marxism, Wright's book draws a challenging new class map of the United States and other, comparable, advanced capitalist countries today. It also discusses the various classical theories of economic crisis in the West and their relevance to the current …
American Society
How It Really Works
Av Erik Olin Wright, Joel Rogers
Häftad, 2024
735 kr
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In American Society: How It Really Works, esteemed scholars Erik Olin Wright and Joel Rogers pull back the curtain on the complex inner workings of contemporary American society, revealing the ways in which it does—and doesn’t—support its core values. They also explore possible solutions to …
Stardust to Stardust: Reflections on Living and Dying
E-bok, 2020
211 kr
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Erik Olin Wright, one of the most important sociologists of his time, takes us along on his intimate and brave journey toward death, and asks the big questions about human mortality. Human life is a wild, extraordinary phenomenon: elements are brewed in the cen-ter of stars and exploding supernova, …
Stardust to Stardust
Reflections on Living and Dying
Häftad, 2023
225 kr
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Erik Olin Wright, one of the most important sociologists of his time, takes us along on his intimate and brave journey toward death, and asks the big questions about human mortality.Human life is a wild, extraordinary phenomenon: elements are brewed in the cen-ter of stars and exploding supernova, …
Understanding Class
E-bok, 2015
170 kr
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Few ideas are more contested today than "class." Some have declared its death, while others insist on its centrality to contemporary capitalism. It is said its relevance is limited to explaining individuals'' economic conditions and opportunities, while at the same time argued that it is a …
Alternatives to Capitalism
Proposals for a Democratic Economy
Av Erik Olin Wright, Robin Hahnel
Häftad, 2016
5,0 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster: (1)
268 kr
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What would a viable free and democratic society look like? Poverty, exploitation, instability, hierarchy, subordination, environmental exhaustion, radical inequalities of wealth and power-it is not difficult to list capitalism's myriad injustices. But is there a preferable and workable …
Alternatives to Capitalism
Proposals for a Democratic Economy
Av Erik Olin Wright, Robin Hahnel
E-bok, 2016
130 kr
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What would a viable free and democratic society look like? Poverty, exploitation, instability, hierarchy, subordination, environmental exhaustion, radical inequalities of wealth and power-it is not difficult to list capitalism''s myriad injustices. But is there a preferable and workable …
Class, Crisis and the State
E-bok, 2016
174 kr
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One of the major works of the new American Marxism, Wright''s book draws a challenging new class map of the United States and other, comparable, advanced capitalist countries today. It also discusses the various classical theories of economic crisis in the West and their relevance to the current …
How to Be an Anticapitalist in the Twenty-First Century
E-bok, 2019
90 kr
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Capitalism has transformed the world and increased our productivity, but at the cost of enormous human suffering. Our shared values equality and fairness, democracy and freedom, community and solidarity can both provide the basis for a critique of capitalism, and help to guide us towards a …
Legislature by Lot
Transformative Designs for Deliberative Governance
Av Erik Olin Wright, John Gastil
Häftad, 2019
326 kr
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Democracy means rule by the people, but in practice even the most robust democracies delegate most rule making to a political class. The gap between the public and its public officials might seem unbridgeable in the modern world, but Legislature by Lot presents a close examination of an inspiring …
Legislature by Lot
Transformative Designs for Deliberative Governance
Av Erik Olin Wright, John Gastil
E-bok, 2019
234 kr
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Democracy means rule by the people, but in practice even the most robust democracies delegate most rule making to a political class. The gap between the public and its public officials might seem unbridgeable in the modern world, but Legislature by Lot presents a close examination of an inspiring …
Envisioning Real Utopias
E-bok, 2020
174 kr
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Rising inequality of income and power, along with recent convulsions in the finance sector, have made the search for alternatives to unbridled capitalism more urgent than ever. Yet few are attempting this task-most analysts argue that any attempt to rethink our social and economic relations is …
Class, Crisis and the State
Häftad, 2025
184 kr
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The idea of "class interest"-the set of social objectives of a given class-has been well explored in socialist thought. But what about the ability to realize these objectives? The complex tension between class interest and achieving class objectives is the guiding theme of Class, Crisis and the …
Classes
Häftad, 2023
184 kr
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Questions of class, power and distribution have reemerged as central concerns in the public discourse. When we talk about class, we don't always know what is meant. Is class about income or affect or the ownership of the means of production? Perhaps it is about authority or autonomy? But what …
Classes
E-bok, 2023
174 kr
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Questions of class, power and distribution have reemerged as central concerns in the public discourse. When we talk about class, we don''t always know what is meant. Is class about income or affect or the ownership of the means of production? Perhaps it is about authority or autonomy? But what …
Associations and Democracy
The Real Utopias Project, Vol. 1
Av Joshua Cohen, Joel Rogers m. fl.
Häftad, 1995
423 kr
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Throughout the West, democracy is under fire. "Government is part of the problem, not the solution" is a common refrain. As the tasks of the state become more complex and the size of polities larger, the institutional forms of liberal democracy developed in the 19th century seem increasingly unable …
Equal Shares
Making Market Socialism Work
Av John E Roemer, Erik Olin Wright
Häftad, 1996
315 kr
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"Nice idea, but it doesn't work in practice." How often have socialists had this claim thrown back at them? And now, after the events of 1989, many of the Left are openly wondering what a defensible idea of socialism would be. This work addresses this question, taking as its point of departure John …
Recasting Egalitarianism
New Rules for Communities, States and Markets
Av Herbert Gintis, Samuel Bowles m. fl.
Häftad, 1999
265 kr
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In Recasting Egalitarianism, part of Verso's Real Utopias series, economists Samuel Bowles and Herbert Gintis diagnose the current malaise of the Left as a result of the obsolescence of its traditional economic models. They propose to rejuvenate the egalitarian project through a strategy of …
