Cultivating Socialism
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Cultivating The Masses
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Author : David L. Hoffmann
language : en
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Release Date : 2011-10-18
Cultivating The Masses written by David L. Hoffmann and has been published by Cornell University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-10-18 with History categories.
Under Stalin’s leadership, the Soviet government carried out a massive number of deportations, incarcerations, and executions. Paradoxically, at the very moment that Soviet authorities were killing thousands of individuals, they were also engaged in an enormous pronatalist campaign to boost the population. Even as the number of repressions grew exponentially, Communist Party leaders enacted sweeping social welfare and public health measures to safeguard people's well-being. Extensive state surveillance of the population went hand in hand with literacy campaigns, political education, and efforts to instill in people an appreciation of high culture. In Cultivating the Masses, David L. Hoffmann examines the Party leadership's pursuit of these seemingly contradictory policies in order to grasp fully the character of the Stalinist regime, a regime intent on transforming the socioeconomic order and the very nature of its citizens. To analyze Soviet social policies, Hoffmann places them in an international comparative context. He explains Soviet technologies of social intervention as one particular constellation of modern state practices. These practices developed in conjunction with the ambitions of nineteenth-century European reformers to refashion society, and they subsequently prompted welfare programs, public health initiatives, and reproductive regulations in countries around the world. The mobilizational demands of World War I impelled political leaders to expand even further their efforts at population management, via economic controls, surveillance, propaganda, and state violence. Born at this moment of total war, the Soviet system institutionalized these wartime methods as permanent features of governance. Party leaders, whose dictatorship included no checks on state power, in turn attached interventionist practices to their ideological goal of building socialism.
Cultivating Socialism
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Author : Rowan Lubbock
language : en
Publisher: University of Georgia Press
Release Date : 2024
Cultivating Socialism written by Rowan Lubbock and has been published by University of Georgia Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024 with Business & Economics categories.
"Launched in 2004, the Latin American regional institution of ALBA (Alianza Bolivariana para los Pueblos de Nuestra: Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America) sought to overcome the historical legacies of neo-colonial domination by consecrating the values of cooperation, inclusive development, and popular power. As part of a region-wide effort among states and social movements to break the socio-ecologically destructive effects of capitalist agriculture, the elevation of food sovereignty - based on the protections of rural livelihoods, land redistribution and sustainable agricultural production (agroecology) - became a cornerstone of ALBA's development policy. And yet, these regional aspirations barely saw the light of day, while Venezuela (the beating heart of ALBA) experienced the worst food crisis in its history. How did this come to pass? Based on extensive fieldwork in Venezuela, where the majority of ALBA's food policies reside, Cultivating Socialism provides the first in-depth study of the ways in which peasants, workers and states attempted to redress the inequities of commercialised agriculture, and the limits and contradictions encountered on the road to a regional food sovereignty regime. The politics of food sovereignty within ALBA thus offers important lessons for how we might think about emancipatory politics today, and for the future"--
Socialism
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Author : Hyman Frankel
language : en
Publisher: Arena books
Release Date : 2010-09-01
Socialism written by Hyman Frankel and has been published by Arena books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-09-01 with Political Science categories.
It is aimed at those, especially young people, who have just become involved politically, as well as those engaged in single issue movements, having come across the word 'socialism' and want to know more about it. It is not a detailed text book on the subject. The author was a full-time trade union official most of his working life (he is now retired) and was also involved politically on the left, so is able to write with some experience and knowledge on the subject. The book opens with an attempt to described capitalism as it is now, then deals with the basic ideas of socialism. It then takes the reader more deeply into the politics and economics of socialism from a Marxist standpoint. The remaining chapters deal with various social problems of today, including the growing gap between rich and poor and between rich and poor nations, feminism, racism, democracy, freedom and liberty under socialism, etc. It considers the road to socialism in the light of past attempts to set up socialist regimes, e.g. the Paris Commune of 1870-71 and the Russian Revolution from 1917 to the collapse of the Soviet system in 1989-91. It has a chapter on the history of the idea of socialism-communism in Britain and Europe. It also deals with the present and the future of the several new Latin American left-wing regimes and concludes with a discussion of the situation in Britain today in the light of the 'New' Labour government's swing to the right. It arrives at a conclusion that the future of socialism in Britain - if it has a future at all - lies with ordinary people and their battle for political and economic democracy, peace, liberty and justice.
Fabian Essays In Socialism
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Author : Sidney Webb
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1889
Fabian Essays In Socialism written by Sidney Webb and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1889 with Democracy categories.
The Origins Of Socialism In Cuba
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Author : James R. O'Connor
language : en
Publisher: Ithaca : Cornell University Press
Release Date : 1970
The Origins Of Socialism In Cuba written by James R. O'Connor and has been published by Ithaca : Cornell University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1970 with Business & Economics categories.
Study of the origins of the socialist economy in Cuba - gives political and economic background, and covers the nationalization of industry, human resources planning, rural development and regional planning, agrarian reform, industrial development, economic policy, etc. References and statistical tables.
Losing Freedom
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Author : Linden Blue
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2020-01-21
Losing Freedom written by Linden Blue and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-01-21 with Political Science categories.
Losing Freedom explores the myths of socialism while providing a wealth of diversely-sourced information showing that free enterprise and the free markets are the best answers to poverty and social injustice.
The 99 Percent Economy
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Author : Paul S. Adler
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2019-09-05
The 99 Percent Economy written by Paul S. Adler and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-09-05 with Political Science categories.
We live in a time of crises - economic turmoil, workplace disempowerment, unresponsive government, environmental degradation, social disintegration, and international rivalry. In The 99 Percent Economy, Paul S. Adler, a leading expert on business management, argues that these crises are destined to deepen unless we radically transform our economy. But despair is not an option, and Adler provides a compelling alternative: democratic socialism. He argues that to overcome these crises we need to assert democratic control over the management of both individual enterprises and the entire national economy. To show how that would work, he draws on a surprising source of inspiration: the strategic management processes of many of our largest corporations. In these companies, the strategy process promises to involve and empower workers and to ensure efficiency and innovation. In practice, this promise is rarely realized, but in principle, that process could be consolidated within enterprises and it could be scaled-up to the national level. Standing in the way? Private ownership of society's productive resources, which is the foundation of capitalism's ruthless competition and focus on private gain at the cost of society, the environment, and future generations. Adler shows how socialized, public ownership of our resources will enable democratic councils at the local and national levels to decide on our economic, social, and environmental goals and on how to reach them. The growing concentration of industry makes this socialization step ever easier. Democratic socialism is not a leap into the unknown, Adler shows. Capitalist industry has built the foundations for a world beyond capitalism and its crises.
Urban Food Production For Ecosocialism
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Author : Salvatore Engel-Di Mauro
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2021-09-05
Urban Food Production For Ecosocialism written by Salvatore Engel-Di Mauro and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-09-05 with Science categories.
This book explores the critical role of urban food production in strengthening communities and in building ecosocialism. It integrates theory and practice, drawing on several local case studies from seven countries across four continents: China, Cuba, Ghana, Italy, Tanzania, the UK, and the US. Research shows that the term "urban agriculture" overstates the limited food-growing potential in cities due to a shortage of land required for growing grains, the basic human food staple. For this reason, the book suggests "urban cultivation" as an appropriate term which indicates social and political progress achieved through combined labours of urbanites to produce food. It examines how these collaborative food-growing efforts help raise local social capital, foster community organisation, and create ecological awareness in order to promote urban food production while also ensuring environmental sustainability. This book illustrates how urban cultivation constitutes a potentially important aspect of urban ecosystems, as well as offers solutions to current environmental problems. It recentres attention to the global South and debunks Eurocentric narratives, challenging capitalist commercial food-growing regimes and encouraging ecosocialist food-growing practices. Written in an accessible style, this book is recommended reading about an emergent issue which will interest students and scholars of environmental studies, geography, sociology, urban studies, politics, and economics.
Socialism And The Worker
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Author : Friedrich A. Sorge
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1890
Socialism And The Worker written by Friedrich A. Sorge and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1890 with categories.
The Road To Power
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Author : Karl Kautsky
language : en
Publisher: Humanities Press International
Release Date : 1996
The Road To Power written by Karl Kautsky and has been published by Humanities Press International this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996 with History categories.
Karl Kautsky was the leading theorist, interpreter, and popularizer of Marxism in the generation after Marx and Engels. His Road to Power was a highly controversial political pamphlet in imperial Germany in 1909, and this book includes a new translation of this important document.