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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An great book,
By Manoel Galdino (Săo Paulo, SP Brazil) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Capitalism and Social Democracy (Studies in Marxism and Social Theory) (Hardcover)
This book bring to us a different marxism, becausePrzeworski uses neoclassical economic tools in his book. He studies the social democracy under a strategic choice of the labours' party in Europe: participate in the political game.
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Gramcsi and modern economics,
By Samppa Sirno (Tampere, Finland) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Capitalism and Social Democracy (Studies in Marxism and Social Theory) (Paperback)
Przeworskis book is an attemp to revitalize maybe the most reliable of marxist theories: Antonio Gramcsis theory of hegemony. Even if the rest of the marxist theory is dead, there still is an hegemonic project, namely that of the right wing. That is why Przeworkis answer, to use modern economic theories to descripe the old project of the left, namely the welfare state is very important if left is to go on counter attac against neoliberalism. And Przeworski even offers alternative economic theory to present day free market thinking. The left has alternatives and you can learn from the past in building them.
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Simply, A Masterpiece,
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If you are an absent-minded student of politics, read any of Huntington's books, and you'll like it. If you are just an ordinary student of political science, read any of text books, and you'll learn something from it. But If you think you are a serious student of social sciences, read any of Przeworski's books, and you'll be impressed with disillusionment. <Capitalism and Social Democracy> is the masterpiece among his works, increadibly smart, highly sophisticated, and provocative. Had Karl Marx read this book, he would have had no choice but to revise his famous book.
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legitimizing wages, workers voting socialist, economic militancy, surplus labor power, strength among workers, societal product, major socialist parties, immediate producers, electoral progress, class compromise, labor endowments, wealth endowments Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Swedish Social Democrats, Great Britain, Labour Party, United States, Communist Manifesto, French Socialists, Second International, World War, Erfurt Programme, Total Left Belgium, Western European, Erfurt Congress, First International, Rosa Luxemburg, Market Economics, The Problem Defined New!
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The crucial choice was whether to participate. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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Swedish Social Democrats, Great Britain, Labour Party, United States, Communist Manifesto, French Socialists, Second International, World War, Erfurt Programme, Total Left Belgium, Western European, Erfurt Congress, First International, Rosa Luxemburg, Market Economics, The Problem Defined New!
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- Rosa Luxemburg, Volume I by J. P. Nettl on page 51, page 54, and Back Matter
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- Problems for Democracy (Value Inquiry Book S.) by Mary Lenzi (Editor) John Kultgen (Editor) on page 137, page 138, and Back Matter
- Socialism (Key Concepts in Critical Theory) by Michael W. Howard in Front Matter, page 89, and Back Matter
- The Quest for Evolutionary Socialism: Eduard Bernstein and Social Democracy by Manfred B. Steger in Front Matter, page 233, and Back Matter
- Class Counts: Comparative Studies in Class Analysis (Studies in Marxism and Social Theory) by Erik Olin Wright in Front Matter, and Back Matter
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