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U.S. Labor Movement In The 20th And Early 21st Century - A Critical Analysis

by Adam Barrington

145,74€ + 10% CARD

 This book provides a critical analysis of the labor movement in the United States in the 20<sup>th</sup> and early 21<sup>st</sup> century. It explores ideological trends within the labor movement and its conflicts with capital and the state. It identifies class-collaborationism between the conservative labor bureaucracy and the capitalist class as the primary source of U.S. labor’s precariousness and fragility. It argues that the U.S. labor movement at its most radical and militant stage was an effective force for change against the power structure in the early 20th century. At the opposite end, it also argues that today’s institutionalized labor movement led by the AFL-CIO hinders labor’s historic struggle against capital and aids in the maintenance of the existing capitalist order. The book concludes by assessing the prospects for the future development of militant working-class activism and identifies essential components of an emerging radical labor movement that is capable of effectively challenging the capitalist system in the period ahead.
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Social Movements And The Struggles For Rights, Justice And Democracy In Paraguay

158,99€ + 10% CARD

 <p>Paraguay is an under-examined, but remarkably fascinating country, where war, dictatorship, and elite capture have produced cycles of popular mobilization and repression. Yet, its social movements are less known to international audiences. This book analyzes Paraguay’s principal social movements since the transition to democracy and examines how, in the context of a weak state, authoritarian political elite, and a deficient democratization process, they contribute to progressive policy, socio-economic development, and democracy. Using critical perspectives in sociology, anthropology, geography, and political science, we bring together scholars, activists, and practitioners of social critique and community organizing. They reflect on movements involving peasant, indigenous and agrarian rights to land and livelihoods, LGBTQ and feminist struggles, labor union struggles, and student demands for access to quality education and social development, while exploring how the particularisms of Paraguay result in differences from other Latin American movements and how overarching regional tendencies may explain the similarities.</p><p>This volume is the first English-language book on social movements in Paraguay. As such, it aims to provide a deeper understanding Paraguay’s principal social movements since the transition to democracy. This volume contributes to analyzing how social movements within the context of aweak state, authoritarian political elite, and a deficient democratization process contribute to progressive public policy, socio-economic development, and democracy. In addition, this book focuses on how Paraguayan social movements are similar to or different from their Latin American counterparts, how the particularism of Paraguay explains these variations and how overarching regional tendencies explain the similarities.</p>The contribution of this volume is twofold: to provide new empirical examples in the study of Latin American social movements and theircontribution to development and democracy, as well as to validate or challenge social movement theories by employing empirical studies of Paraguayan social movements. Each chapter delves into the background to a specific movement, while closely analyzing the movement in the post-Lugo era (2012-2021). Together the chapters in this book contribute to a better understanding of social movements in Paraguay and Latin America thus dialoguing with the existing literature and social movement theories and considering how such studies can further our understanding of social movements in Paraguay and in Latin America in general. Finally, the study of different social movements within the Paraguayan context takes into consideration the links that each movement has forged with other such movements in Latin America, including the contributions that Paraguayan social movements have made to regional networks.<p></p>
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Student Movements In Late Neoliberalism - Dynamics Of Contention And Their Consequences

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 More specifically, its eleven chapters explore the role of students as political actors: their ability to build effective organizations, to make political alliances with other actors, and to win public consensus, as well as their impact on cultural, political, and policy outcomes.
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Student Movements In Late Neoliberalism - Dynamics Of Contention And Their Consequences

145,09€ + 10% CARD

 More specifically, its eleven chapters explore the role of students as political actors: their ability to build effective organizations, to make political alliances with other actors, and to win public consensus, as well as their impact on cultural, political, and policy outcomes.
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Student Movements In Late Neoliberalism - Dynamics Of Contention And Their Consequences

148,70€ + 10% CARD

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 More specifically, its eleven chapters explore the role of students as political actors: their ability to build effective organizations, to make political alliances with other actors, and to win public consensus, as well as their impact on cultural, political, and policy outcomes.
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Capitalism, Class And Revolution In Peru, 1980-2016

by Jan Lust

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 In an analysis of political, economic, and social development in Peru in the years between 1980 and 2016, this book explores the failure of the socialist Left to realize its project of revolutionary social transformation.
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Capitalism, Class And Revolution In Peru, 1980-2016

by Jan Lust

92,74€ + 10% CARD

 In an analysis of political, economic, and social development in Peru in the years between 1980 and 2016, this book explores the failure of the socialist Left to realize its project of revolutionary social transformation.
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Capitalism, Class And Revolution In Peru, 1980-2016

by Jan Lust

94,62€ + 10% CARD

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 In an analysis of political, economic, and social development in Peru in the years between 1980 and 2016, this book explores the failure of the socialist Left to realize its project of revolutionary social transformation.
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Labor Activists And The New Working Class In China - Strike Leaders’ Struggles

by P. Leung

59,61€ + 10% CARD

 This project provides an in-depth study of the role of worker-activist leaders in industrial strikes in China, a country where labor rights face significant challenges from state and industry suppression and by current lack of formal organization.
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Social Movements In Latin America - Neoliberalism And Popular Resistance

by J. Petras

26,49€ + 10% CARD

 The authors trace out the development of capitalism and U.S. imperialism in Latin America in the latest phase of this development, from the installation of the new world order of neoliberal globalization in the early 1980s to the present when U.S. imperialism is held at bay, neoliberalism is in decline, and capitalism is in crisis.
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Challenging Neoliberalism At Turkeyâ€™S Gezi Park - From Private Discontent To Collective Class Action

by E. Gurcan e E. Peker

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 In Challenging Neoliberalism at Turkey's Gezi Park, GÃ¼rcan and Peker explore the events of May 31, 2013, when what began as a localized demonstration against the demolition of Gezi Park, a public park in Istanbul turned into a nationwide protest cycle with an unprecedented form and scale never before seen in Turkey's history.
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Social Movements In Latin America - Neoliberalism And Popular Resistance

by J. Petras

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 The authors trace out the development of capitalism and U.S. imperialism in Latin America in the latest phase of this development, from the installation of the new world order of neoliberal globalization in the early 1980s to the present when U.S. imperialism is held at bay, neoliberalism is in decline, and capitalism is in crisis.
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Politics Of Agrarian Reform In Brazil - The Landless Rural Workers Movement

by Wilder Robles

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 The Politics of Agrarian Reform in Brazil examines the interrelationships among peasant mobilization, agrarian reform and cooperativism in contemporary Brazil. Specifically, it addresses the challenges facing peasant movements in their pursuit of political and economic democracy. The book takes as a point of reference the Landless Rural Workers Movement (MST), the most dynamic force for progressive social change in Latin America today. Robles and Veltmeyer argue that the MST has effectively practiced the politics of land occupation and the politics of agricultural cooperativism to consolidate the food sovereignty model of agrarian reform. However, the rapid expansion of the corporate-led agribusiness model, which is supported by Brazil''s political elite, has undermined the MST''s efforts. The authors argue that despite intense peasant mobilization, agrarian reform remains an unfulfilled political promise in Brazil.
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The Politics Of Agrarian Reform In Brazil - The Landless Rural Workers Movement

by Wilder Robles

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 The Politics of Agrarian Reform in Brazil examines the interrelationships among peasant mobilization, agrarian reform and cooperativism in contemporary Brazil.
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Challenging Neoliberalism At Turkey'S Gezi Park - From Private Discontent To Collective Class Action

by E. Gurcan e E. Peker

59,61€ + 10% CARD

 In Challenging Neoliberalism at Turkey's Gezi Park, Gurcan and Peker explore the events of May 31, 2013, when what began as a localized demonstration against the demolition of Gezi Park, a public park in Istanbul turned into a nationwide protest cycle with an unprecedented form and scale never before seen in Turkey's history.
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Labor Activists And The New Working Class In China - Strike Leadersâ€™ Struggles

by P. Leung

60,82€ + 10% CARD

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 This project provides an in-depth study of the role of worker-activist leaders in industrial strikes in China, a country where labor rights face significant challenges from state and industry suppression and by current lack of formal organization.
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Social Movements In Latin America - Neoliberalism And Popular Resistance

by J. Petras

60,82€ + 10% CARD

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 The authors trace out the development of capitalism and U.S. imperialism in Latin America in the latest phase of this development, from the installation of the new world order of neoliberal globalization in the early 1980s to the present when U.S. imperialism is held at bay, neoliberalism is in decline, and capitalism is in crisis.
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Social Movements In Latin America - Neoliberalism And Popular Resistance

by J. Petras

60,82€ + 10% CARD

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 The authors trace out the development of capitalism and U.S. imperialism in Latin America in the latest phase of this development, from the installation of the new world order of neoliberal globalization in the early 1980s to the present when U.S. imperialism is held at bay, neoliberalism is in decline, and capitalism is in crisis.
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Teacher Power In The Digital Age - The Fight For The Soul Of American Public Education In The Early 21st Century

by Matt Reichel

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Social Movements And The Struggles For Rights, Justice And Democracy In Paraguay

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Social Movements And The Struggles For Rights, Justice And Democracy In Paraguay

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The U.S. Labor Movement In The 20th And Early 21st Century - A Critical Analysis

by Adam Barrington

133,83€

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 This book provides a critical analysis of the labor movement in the United States in the 20th and early 21st century.
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Challenging Neoliberalism At Turkey'S Gezi Park - From Private Discontent To Collective Class Action

by Efe Can Gurcan e Efe Peker

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 In Challenging Neoliberalism at Turkey's Gezi Park, Gurcan and Peker explore the events of May 31, 2013, when what began as a localized demonstration against the demolition of Gezi Park, a public park in Istanbul turned into a nationwide protest cycle with an unprecedented form and scale never before seen in Turkey's history.

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