Author: Peter GayPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Democracy
Languages : en
Pages : 366
Book Description
The Dilemma of Democratic Socialism
Author: Peter GayThe Dilemma of Democratic Socialism
Author: Alfred HarbagePublisher: Buccaneer Books
ISBN: 9780882548371
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 348
Book Description
The dilemma of democratic socialism
Author: Peter GayThe Dilemma of Democratic Socialism
Author: George H. AmberDilemmas of Pluralist Democracy
Author: Robert A. DahlPublisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 9780300173406
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 246
Book Description
“Continuing his career-long exploration of modern democracy, Dahl addresses a question that has long vexed students of political theory: the place of independent organizations, associations, or special interest groups within the democratic state.”—The Wilson Quarterly “There is probably no greater expert today on the subject of democratic theory than Dahl….His proposal for an ultimate adoption here of a ‘decentralized socialist economy,’ a system primarily of worker ownership and control of economic production, is daring but rational, reflecting his view that economic inequality seems destined to become the major issue here it historically has been in Europe.”—Library Journal “Dahl reaffirms his commitment to pluralist democracy while attempting to come to terms with some of its defects.”—Laura Greyson, Worldview “Anyone who is interested in these issues and who makes the effort the book requires will come away the better for it. And more. He will receive an explanation for our current difficulties that differs considerably from the explanation for our current difficulties that differs considerably from the explanation offered by the Reagan administration, and a prescription for the future which differs fundamentally from the nostrums emanating from the White House.”—Dennis Carrigan, The (Louisville, Kentucky) Courier-Journal
Would Democratic Socialism Be Better?
Author: Lane KenworthyPublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0197636837
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 241
Book Description
Interest in democratic socialism is on the rise, but this wide-ranging comparison of two systems shows that the Nordic model of capitalism achieves virtually everything that contemporary democratic socialists say we should want. Socialism is back in the conversation, and recent polls suggest the share of young Americans who have a favorable impression of socialism is about the same as the share that have a favorable view of capitalism. The case for a modern democratic socialism is that capitalism is bad, or at least not very good, and that socialism would be an improvement. To fully and fairly assess democratic socialism's desirability, Lane Kenworthy argues in Would Democratic Socialism Be Better?, we need to compare it to the best version of capitalism that humans have devised: social democratic capitalism. Kenworthy offers a close look at the evidence about how capitalist economies have performed on an array of outcomes. He finds that social democratic capitalism achieves virtually everything that contemporary democratic socialists say we should want.
Freedom and Equality (Routledge Revivals)
Author: Keith DixonPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1135155941
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 75
Book Description
Unashamedly polemical, this reissue of Freedom & Equality, first published in 1986, presents a strong and persuasively argued case for democratic socialism. In contrast to many recent books justifying conservatism and varieties of Marxism, Keith Dixon defends the two great principles underpinning democratic socialism – freedom and equality. He aims both to restore the idea of freedom to its proper place in the political vocabulary of the left and to defend a stark version of freedom as absence of constraint. Only this version of freedom, he argues, is consistent with the proper defence of civil liberties. Dixon also defends radical egalitarianism from its critics, who either repudiate its full force or reject it out of hand. He believes that freedom and equality are potentially realizable socialist goals, that democratic socialism is not necessarily linked with fraternalism, and – above all – that it should be based upon a firm and consistent conception of individuality.
Reinventing Democratic Socialism
Author: Robert CorfePublisher: Arena books
ISBN: 9780953846009
Category : Capitalism
Languages : en
Pages : 406
Book Description
This work reformulates the theory and practice of socialism in the view of the transformation of society over the past 60 years. Corfe aims to fulfill the hopes of those who feel that the Labour party, and socialism worldwide, has lost its way and is in need of a philosophy to point the way ahead.
The Dilemna of Democratic Socialism
Author: Peter GayThe Social Democratic Dilemma
Author: Stuart ThomsonPublisher: Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN: 9780312227869
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 318
Book Description
This leads to series of retreats for new social democracy when compared to the values of the past and to a problem of distinctiveness in the electoral marketplace."--Jacket.