Late Modernity, Individualization and Socialism: An Associational Critique of Neoliberalism

ISBN-13: 9781137003416 / Angielski / Twarda / 2013 / 232 str.

Matt Dawson

Opis

Influenced most notably by Emile Durkheim and Zygmunt Bauman, Dawson outlines how this long neglected stream of socialist theory can help us more fully understand, and possibly move beyond, the problems of neoliberalism and our conceptions of political individualism.

Spis treści

Introduction PART I: THEORETICAL BACKGROUND 1. The Political Sociology of Late Modernity 2. Libertarian Socialism: The Genesis of an Idea PART II: RECONCILING LATE MODERNITY AND LIBERTARIAN SOCIALISM 3. The Increased Politicization of Everyday Life 4. The Late Modern State 5. Neoliberalism and Economic Democracy 6. Late Modern Activism and Associationalism Conclusion

O autorze

This book examines the intersections between international law and national policies, and nuclear proliferation and disarmament, offering a way out if policy makers of leading countries can summon the vision and political will to move away from the nuclear precipice and ensure humanity's future.