Far-left political ideologies and movements

Religion in Rebellions, Revolutions, and Social Movements demonstrates that, while religion is often a social force that maintains, if not legitimates, the sociopolitical order, it is also a decisive factor in economic, social, and political conflict.

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In this classic exposition of Marxist thought, Raya Dunayevskaya, with clarity and great insight, traces the development and explains the essential features of Marxs analysis of history.

Bringing together leading international scholars within the fields of social and political theory and philosophy, this book explores how we should understand work and its role(s) in our lives and wider society.

Originally published in 1985, Land Rent, Housing and Urban Planning looks at the crucial social relationships associated with land ownership, and how these have played a crucial role in the economic development of many societies.

The political outlook of young people in the countries of the former Soviet Union is crucial to their countries' future political development.

Geoff Pilling's work shows that Marxist theory is relevant to those struggling to understand the problems of capitalist society today, and that the work not only of Marx and Engels but that of later Marxist theorists, including Lenin is worth studying.

Hegel's Philosophy of Right (1820) articulated a startling new vision of modern society as an integrated whole governed by the principle of freedom-a vision that profoundly altered political theory and, through Hegel's influence on Marx, deeply changed the world in which we live.

Following the 1953 coup that toppled the democratically elected government of Mossadeq and restored the rule of the Shah in Iran, Mostafa Sho';aiyan became a key figure on the country's militant left.

The idea that socialism could be established in a single country was adopted as an official doctrine by the Soviet Union in 1925, Stalin and Bukharin being the main formulators of the policy.

We know from the cost of the 2007-09 crisis that transnational finance does not operate in a realm removed from our everyday lives.

China is currently encountering increasing social problems, together with the rise of mass discontent and public protest, despite having achieved enormous economic growth after nearly thirty years of market socialism and embracing globalization.

Shifting from the idea that our current 'environmental question' arises from the history of metaphysics and its focus on 'Being' over 'Life'-and the attendant explorations of the thought of Heidegger and Heraclitus-this book unfolds a philosophical and sociological proposal for transitioning toward the sustainability of life.

Laski's magnum opus, this volume outlines the history and functions of state institutions which (in the author's view) are desirable for the effective functioning of a democracy.

As part of its effort to expose Communist infiltration in the United States and eliminate Communist influence on movies, from 1947-1953 the House Committee on Un-American Activities subpoenaed hundreds of movie industry employees suspected of membership in the Communist Party.

The Egalitarian Conscience pays tribute to the highly influential work of Professor G.

In Can Common People Govern?

A unique chronicle of the hundred-year period when the Jewish people changed the world and it changed them ';A riveting, gossipy, action-packed, seam-bursting blast through 100 years of (mainly) European history Impressively wide-ranging in scope and unflaggingly fascinating.

This is the first comprehensive and comparative examination of Islamic radicalisation in the Muslim regions of the former Soviet Union since the end of Communism.

FROM THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE HOLOCAUST AND THE NAZI MIND 'You have to read it' Volodymyr Zelensky'Laurence Rees brilliantly combines powerful eye-witness testimony, vivid narrative and compelling analysis in this superb account' Professor Sir Ian Kershaw'In this fascinating study of two monsters, Rees is extraordinarily perceptive and original' Antony BeevorTwo tyrants.

This second edition of the highly respected Routledge Handbook of Russian Politics and Society both provides a broad overview of the area and highlights cutting-edge research into the country.

In the economic debate, power is defined and studied mainly as an interpersonal relation occurring out of perfect competition.

Marx claims that unselfishness is a child of (workplace) culture, whereas the gene is selfish.

Accounts of the relationships between states and terrorist organizations in the Cold War era have long been shaped by speculation, a lack of primary sources and even conspiracy theories.

This comparative survey of the secularization policies of the Soviet Union and China looks at the suppression, survival, and revival of religion in both countries.

Leadership Selection and Patron-Client Relations in the USSR and Yugoslavia (1983) examines the system of nomenklatura, the semi-secret network of quasi-bureaucratic rules and personal relationships through which careers in Soviet politics were managed.

When a totalitarian group seizes power, one of the first institutions it creates is a secret political police.

The book provides a theoretically and historically informed analysis of the global economic crisis.

The purpose of this book, first published in 1982, is to analyse certain crucial aspects of the great power triangle in order to establish a more complete picture of the role of China in the superpower balance.

First published in 1969, Modernization in Ghana and the U.

More than twenty-five years after the collapse of the Socialist bloc, the nature of the regimes in Eastern Europe between 1945 and 1989 continues to evade the attempts of political theorists and scholars of post-communism to define and classify them.

In Protectorate Cyprus, education was one of the most effective tools of imperial control and political manipulation used by the British.

Originally published in 1965, Reading Capital is a landmark of French thought and radical theory, reconstructing Western Marxism from its foundations.

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This book examines the communist movement in the Arab world from the time of the Russian revolution until after the collapse of the Soviet Union.

Can Marxism emerge from the long shadow cast by Stalinism, and challenge capitalism?

Capitalism, Institutions and Social Orders develops a novel political economy approach by establishing a dialogue between the Social Structures of Accumulation (SSA) theory and Ernesto Laclau's post-Marxism theory.

This book explores possible and realistic alternatives to a capitalism that is no longer sustainable, whether economically, socially, or for a habitable planet.

This book addresses recent changes in Central and Eastern Europe in order to critically consider the impact of illiberal conservatism on constitutionalism.