Critical Political Studies: Debates and Dialogues from the LeftMcGill-Queen's Press - MQUP, 2002 - 432 pages A collective picture of modern capitalism suggests that economic prospects, political costs, and implications for human development and freedom under this system are grim indeed. However the possibility of an alternative viewpoint, and an alternative system, provide grounds for optimism. The authors in Critical Political Studies challenge the neo-liberal, pro-market ideology that has arisen in the age of the so-called "post-communist" new world order, wrestling with the implications of globalization, democratization, and the politics of radical social change Written as a tribute to the remarkable intellectual career of Colin Leys, the debates in this book deal with some of the most pressing problems confronting the majority of citizens in both first world and third world contexts. Their contributions provide the confidence to pursue new possibilities that permit a more optimistic, if critical, outlook. Topics covered include contemporary debates about globalization and the nation state, African development, prospects for British socialism after Blair, social movements, and current issues in political and social theory. Contributors include Laurie Adkin (University of Alberta), Abigail Bakan, Bruce Berman (Queen's University), Manfred Bienefeld (Carleton University), Alex Callinicos (University of York, UK), Bonnie Campbell (University of Quebec at Montreal), Michael Chege (University of Florida), Radhika Desai (University of Victoria), Lauren Dobell (PhD candidate, Oxford University), Phil Goldman (Queen's University), Banu Helvacioglu (Bilkent University, Turkey), Robert Jessop (University of Lancaster, UK), Colin Leys (emeritus, Queen's University), Eleanor MacDonald, Marguerite Mendell (Concordia University), Leo Panitch (York University), Anne Phillips (London School of Economics and Political Science), and John Saul (Atkinson College, York University). |
Contents
Reflections | 11 |
FROM THATCHER TO BLAIR | 37 |
Tony Blair and the British Left | 40 |
Rethinking the Labour Partys Transition from Socialism | 57 |
Alex Callinicos | 67 |
POLITICS IN AFRICA | 89 |
The State in Kenya | 113 |
Constructing a Development Agenda for Namibia | 135 |
WORLD ECONOMY IDEOLOGIES | 203 |
An Essay in Law and Politics | 258 |
The Rise and Fall of New Social Movement Theory? | 281 |
Discourses and Strategies | 319 |
POLITICAL THEORY AND | 345 |
Moral Selves | 368 |
Carl Schmitt Chantal Mouffe | 387 |
Accounting | 409 |
Political Dimensions of the Adjustment Experience | 156 |
Introducing Race as a Variable into the Political Economy | 179 |
Critically Studying Politics | 425 |
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