Left-of-centre democratic ideologies

Despite the fact that socialist parties have proved to be a major political force across the world, this has not been the case in Asian countries.

In its broadest sense, this book is concerned with the attempt by workers in Britain during the period 1760-1871 to engage in collective action in circumstances of conflict with their employers during a time when the nation and many of its traditional economic structures and customary modes of working were undergoing rapid and unsettling change.

In its broadest sense, this book is concerned with the attempt by workers in Britain during the period 1760-1871 to engage in collective action in circumstances of conflict with their employers during a time when the nation and many of its traditional economic structures and customary modes of working were undergoing rapid and unsettling change.

Almost 80 years after Leon Trotsky founded the Fourth International, there are now Trotskyist organizations in 57 countries, including most of Western Europe and Latin America.

Almost 80 years after Leon Trotsky founded the Fourth International, there are now Trotskyist organizations in 57 countries, including most of Western Europe and Latin America.

Communism comes from the future, but its hopes haunt our past.

This book is a study of the making of foreign policy of China, a rising power in the 21st century.

This book is a study of the making of foreign policy of China, a rising power in the 21st century.

This book re-examines aspects of historical socialism, and includes case studies of education within twenty-first century socialist and post-socialist contexts shaped by the trajectories of historical socialism.

This book re-examines aspects of historical socialism, and includes case studies of education within twenty-first century socialist and post-socialist contexts shaped by the trajectories of historical socialism.

Antonio Gramsci was an Italian Marxist thinker whose radical ideas on how to build an alternative world from below remain vigorously relevant today.

Antonio Gramsci was an Italian Marxist thinker whose radical ideas on how to build an alternative world from below remain vigorously relevant today.

First published in 1982.

First published in 1982.

This book provides an innovative analysis and interpretation of the overall trajectory of the Western European radical left from 1989 to 2015.

The liberal representative model of democracy is in a crisis.

The liberal representative model of democracy is in a crisis.

Volume II offers a world-encompassing overview of movements and parties that wanted to promote social justice by social reform – the conquering and transforming of state power.

A comprehensive, systematic analysis of the North Korean economy, exposing its hidden workings through quantitative data analysis and surveys.

A comprehensive, systematic analysis of the North Korean economy, exposing its hidden workings through quantitative data analysis and surveys.

The first detailed reconstruction of the late work of John Rawls, further developing his ideas of ''justice-as-fairness''.

The first detailed reconstruction of the late work of John Rawls, further developing his ideas of ''justice-as-fairness''.

A study of the German minority in the Serbian Banat during World War II, its self-perception and its collaboration with the Nazis.

A study of the German minority in the Serbian Banat during World War II, its self-perception and its collaboration with the Nazis.

This book explains why leaders chose social democracy, revolution, or moderate syndicalism to mobilize workers, and why it matters.

This book situates ''government as practice'' as a prism for critical thinking on democratic politics in postcolonial India.

A major new study of the political and intellectual origins of modern humanitarianism from the 1950s to the 1980s.

A major new study of the political and intellectual origins of modern humanitarianism from the 1950s to the 1980s.

Using network analysis and quantitative and qualitative data, this book explains why candidates use clientelistic strategies to mobilize poor voters.

Using network analysis and quantitative and qualitative data, this book explains why candidates use clientelistic strategies to mobilize poor voters.

This study examines fully the role that the historic European left has played in developing and espousing anti-Semitic views.

This is the first major historical study of Tanzania''s socialist experiment: the ujamaa villagization initiative of 1967–75.

This is the first major historical study of Tanzania''s socialist experiment: the ujamaa villagization initiative of 1967–75.

Radicals in America offers the first complete and continuous history of left-wing social movements in the United States from the Second World War to the present.

This study examines fully the role that the historic European left has played in developing and espousing anti-Semitic views.

Radicals in America offers the first complete and continuous history of left-wing social movements in the United States from the Second World War to the present.

Examines the policies and performance of left-wing governments that have risen to power in Latin America during the last decade.

An overview of socialist planning that explains the underlying theory and its limitations, also placing developments in their historical perspective.

The End of Socialism explores the difficulties socialism faces and examines the extent to which its moral ideals can guide policy.

An overview of socialist planning that explains the underlying theory and its limitations, also placing developments in their historical perspective.

The End of Socialism explores the difficulties socialism faces and examines the extent to which its moral ideals can guide policy.

In this book, the most thorough account of Marx''s theory of alienation yet to have appeared in English, Professor Ollman reconstructs the theory from its constituent parts and offers it as a vantage point from which to view the rest of Marxism.

An English translation of important text in the history of socialism.

A 1993 translation of Bernstein''s classic defence of democratic socialism.

First published in 1975, this book is concerned with the facts and implications of the case of Lin Piao and his army, as well as with the broader question of military intervention in the authoritarian polity of developing countries.

First published in 1975, this book is concerned with the facts and implications of the case of Lin Piao and his army, as well as with the broader question of military intervention in the authoritarian polity of developing countries.

Does contemporary anti-capitalism tend towards, as Slavoj Zizek believes, nihilism, or does it tend towards, as Michael Hardt and Antonio Negri believe, true egalitarian freedom?

Does contemporary anti-capitalism tend towards, as Slavoj Zizek believes, nihilism, or does it tend towards, as Michael Hardt and Antonio Negri believe, true egalitarian freedom?

This book is an extensive investigation of the complexities, ambiguities and shortcomings of contemporary digital activism.

This book is an extensive investigation of the complexities, ambiguities and shortcomings of contemporary digital activism.