Capitalism and Social Democracy Paperback / softback
by Adam Przeworski
Part of the Studies in Marxism and Social Theory series
Paperback / softback
Description
This is a study of the choices faced by socialist movements as they developed within capitalist societies.
Professor Przeworski examines the three principal choices confronted by socialism: whether to work through elections; whether to rely exclusively on the working class; and whether to try to reform or abolish capitalism.
He brings to his analysis a number of abstract models of political and economic structure, and illustrates the issues in the context of historical events, tracing the development of socialist strategies since the mid-nineteenth century.
Several of the conclusions are novel and provocative.
Professor Przeworski argues that economic issues cannot justify a socialist programme, and that the workers had good reasons to struggle for the improvement of capitalism.
Therefore, the project of a socialist transformation, and the fight for economic advancement, were separate historical phenomena.
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Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:280 pages, Worked examples or Exercises
- Publisher:Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date:26/12/1986
- Category:
- ISBN:9780521336567
Information
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Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:280 pages, Worked examples or Exercises
- Publisher:Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date:26/12/1986
- Category:
- ISBN:9780521336567
