Left-of-centre democratic ideologies

The spectres of Marx and Lenin have long loomed prominently in Africa and Asia and they still do so in the 21st century.

"e;Sometimes I feel myself to have been the last colonial.

This edited collection reassesses East-Central European art by offering transnational perspectives on its regional or national histories, while also inserting the region into contemporary discussions of global issues.

This book offers the very first collaborative analysis of various conditions and aspects of developmental citizenship in China and its practical and ideological implications for Chinese post-socialism.

Addressing the question of how neoliberal ideology has served to conflate the radical left with extremism, this book examines how the Arab left has asserted itself in the context of authoritarianism and Islamic extremism during and after the Arab uprisings.

This second volume of the highly successful, A History of Marxian Economics, covers the period from 1929 to the present.

The idea of socialism has given normative grounding and orientation to the outrage over capitalism for more than 150 years, and yet today it seems to have lost much of its appeal.

Postmodern Racial Dialectics is a collection of ten essays on African American philosophy.

Today's antisemitism is difficult to recognize because it does not come dressed in a Nazi uniform and it does not openly proclaim its hatred or fear of Jews.

What future is there for the left, faced with the challenges of the twenty-first century?

Socialism 101 is a comprehensive and accessible guide to the historical and modern applications of socialism.

The essays and letters of Ervin Szabo (1877-1918) present proof of his critical insight into Marxist theory and of his perceptive analysis of socialism around the turn of the century.

On 14 July 1889, the centenary of the French Revolution, socialist parties from all corners of Europe met in Paris.

The Party of Democratic Socialism is wrongly stigmatized as polarizing German politics on the left.

Offers new insights into both the successes and the limitations of Latin America''s left in the twentieth century.

First published in 1992.

This first volume will showcase the richness and diversity of the Owenite movement, which spanned decades (from Owen's first published books in 1813-16 to the late 1840s), political allegiances, genders and continents.

BEST NONFICTION BOOK OF THE 20TH CENTURY.

First published in English in 1924 this ambitious work, by the famous Marxist theoretician Karl Kautsky, aims to provide nothing less than an "e;exposition of the methods to introduce socialism"e; amongst the capitalist economies of Europe in the post-World War One era.

First Published in 1950, Trade Unions in the New Society examines the changing significance of trade unionism and the place they occupy in the democratic world.

Machiavelli believes republicans must be prepared to defend strict limits on elite power even when elites are ''good''.

Liberal Ideals and the Politics of Decolonisation explores the subject of liberalism and its uses and contradictions across the late British Empire, especially in the context of imperial dissolution and subsequent state- building.

First published in English in 1929, this is a reissue of Otto Ruhle's comprehensive biography of Karl Marx.

Presenting a detailed explanation of party politics in the European Union, this new book uses the Party of European Socialists (PES) as a key case study, and tests the relevance of existing theoretical work on the meaning, significance, and prospects for realising other 'Europarties'.

Liberal Ideals and the Politics of Decolonisation explores the subject of liberalism and its uses and contradictions across the late British Empire, especially in the context of imperial dissolution and subsequent state- building.

Reg Prentice remains the most high-profile politician to cross the floor of the House of Commons in the post-war period.

Examining the past, current, and potential future roles of the Communist Party in governing ChinaThe Chinese Communist Party and its polices touch nearly every aspect of life in China and dominate some.

This book, first published in 1935, examines the lives of seven revolutionary women: Charlotte Corday, Theroigne de Mericourt, Flora Tristan, Louise Michel, Vera Figner, Emma Goldman and Rosa Luxemburg.

From an Eastern nation on the global periphery to a European neoliberal democracy enmeshed in transnational networks, Poland has experienced a dramatic transformation in the last century.

This book examines the nature of the conflict between right-wing populism and multiculturalism: the West's defining conflict in the modern age.

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

Democratic planning allows us to effectively address the multiple crises of our time through cooperative modes of collective coordination.

George Orwell has had a profound influence on modern politics and culture.

Bernie Sanders' socialist advocacy in the United States, communist China's economic successes and a Marxist revival are inspiring many to muse about improved strategies for building superior socialist futures.

This promising addition to the growing literature on the history of late socialism charts the development of youth culture and politics in socialist Yugoslavia, focusing on the 1980s.

Today power is in the hands of Wall Street and Silicon Valley.

The first part of this fascinating book outlines the dreams of liberal economics and political scientists.

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

As New Labour's first period of government picks up steam, we find Bernard Donoughue working as a minister at the Ministry of Agriculture, Fishing and Food.

**A Guardian Book of the Summer 2025**** The instant top 5 Sunday Times bestseller from political commentator Ash Sarkar **'One of the boldest and most exciting thinkers of her generation' NAOMI KLEIN'Delivers its message with punch and panache .

Reg Prentice remains the most high-profile politician to cross the floor of the House of Commons in the post-war period.

A social and political history of Mexico''s first political system after the Revolution that demonstrates the critical influence of regional socialist parties.

Commemorating the 150th anniversary of W.

'[The Chartists] is lucid, well crafted, conversant with a mass of literature and highly accessible.

More than thirty years after the collapse of the USSR, the critique of state socialism is still used to deny alternatives to capitalism, irrespective of global capitalist ecological and social devastation.

Socialism has made a dramatic comeback in the 21st century.

To the surprise of many, the Dalai Lama recently declared that, 'I am a socialist'.

Fifty-five years after its founding at the dawn of the cold war, North Korea remains a land of illusions.

What configuration of institutions and policies is most conducive to human flourishing?

David Lane outlines succinctly yet comprehensively the development and transformation of state socialism.