Marx's Concept of the Alternative to Capitalism

Marx's Concept of the Alternative to Capitalism
Author: Peter Hudis
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 249
Release: 2012-07-25
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 9004229868

In contrast to the traditional view that Marx's work is restricted to a critique of capitalism and does not contain a detailed or coherent conception of its alternative, this book shows, through an analysis of his published and unpublished writings, that Marx was committed to a specific concept of a post-capitalist society that informed his critique of value production, alienated labor and capitalist accumulation. Instead of focusing on the present with only a passing reference to the future, Marx's emphasis on capitalism's tendency towards dissolution is rooted in a specific conception of what should replace it. In critically re-examining that conception, this book addresses the quest for an alternative to capitalism that has taken on increased importance today.

Alternative Tracks

Alternative Tracks
Author: Gerald Berk
Publisher: JHU Press
Total Pages: 262
Release: 1997-07-23
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 9780801856365

Berk concludes that our understanding of historical political economy must take markets, technologies, and organizational forms as the contingent outcomes of such constitutional politics, rather than as premeditated contexts for state and economic development.

An Alternative History of Pittsburgh

An Alternative History of Pittsburgh
Author: Ed Simon
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Total Pages: 138
Release: 2021-05-04
Genre: History
ISBN: 1953368131

Ed Simon tells the story of Pittsburgh through this exploration of its hidden histories--the LA Review of Books calls it an "epic, atomic history of the Steel City." The land surrounding the confluence of the

The Alternative: Most of What You Believe About Poverty Is Wrong

The Alternative: Most of What You Believe About Poverty Is Wrong
Author: Mauricio L. Miller
Publisher: Lulu.com
Total Pages: 227
Release: 2017
Genre: Economic assistance, Domestic
ISBN: 1483472264

Clara Miller, President of the F. B. Heron Foundation: The Alternative, is not only important reading, it's imperative. Miller, a trained engineer, the one-time manager of a top social service organization and most importantly, the son of a remarkable single mother, has both lived and observed the failings embodied in our attitudes toward the poor and, as a result, the flaws in our systems meant to help people in poverty. He merges heart and soul with system thinking to yield a prescription featuring the real math, trust relationships and courage that can change the "us and them," to "upward together" and put American families in the driver's seat to build their futures.

EBOOK: Understanding Alternative Media

EBOOK: Understanding Alternative Media
Author: Olga Bailey
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education (UK)
Total Pages: 214
Release: 2007-12-16
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 0335235050

What are alternative media? What roles do alternative media play in pluralistic, democratic societies? What are the similarities and differences between alternative media, community media, civil society media and rhizomatic media? How do alternative media work in practice? This clear and concise text offers a one-stop guide through the complex political, social and economic debates that surround alternative media and provides a fresh and insightful look at the renewed importance of this form of communication. Combing diverse case studies from countries including the UK, North America and Brazil, the authors propose an original theoretical framework to help understand the subject. Looking at both ‘old’ and ‘new’ media, the book argues for the importance of an alternative media and suggests a political agenda as a way of broadening its scope. Understanding Alternative Media is valuable reading for students in media, journalism and communications studies, researchers, academics, and journalists.

The 3rd Alternative

The 3rd Alternative
Author: Stephen R. Covey
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 480
Release: 2012-04-24
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1451626274

Outlines a breakthrough approach to conflict resolution and creative problem solving that draws on the techniques of thinkers from a broad range of disciplines to explain how to incorporate diverse viewpoints for win-win solutions.

Between You & Me: Confessions of a Comma Queen

Between You & Me: Confessions of a Comma Queen
Author: Mary Norris
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Total Pages: 245
Release: 2015-04-06
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 0393246604

New York Times Bestseller Named a Best Book of the Year by NPR, Wall Street Journal, Publishers Weekly, Kirkus Reviews, and Library Journal "Hilarious…This book charmed my socks off." —Patricia O’Conner, New York Times Book Review Mary Norris has spent more than three decades working in The New Yorker’s renowned copy department, helping to maintain its celebrated high standards. In Between You & Me, she brings her vast experience with grammar and usage, her good cheer and irreverence, and her finely sharpened pencils to help the rest of us in a boisterous language book as full of life as it is of practical advice.

Alternative Globalizations

Alternative Globalizations
Author: James Mark
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Total Pages: 352
Release: 2020-02-11
Genre: History
ISBN: 025304653X

Globalization has become synonymous with the seemingly unfettered spread of capitalist multinationals, but this focus on the West and western economies ignores the wide variety of globalizing projects that sprang up in the socialist world as a consequence of the end of the European empires. This collection is the first to explore alternative forms of globalization across the socialist world during the Cold War. Gathering the work of established and upcoming scholars of the Soviet Union, Eastern Europe, and China, Alternative Globalizations addresses the new relationships and interconnections which emerged between a decolonizing world in the postwar period and an increasingly internationalist eastern bloc after the death of Stalin. In many cases, the legacies of these former globalizing impulses from the socialist world still exist today. Divided into four sections, the works gathered examine the economic, political, developmental, and cultural aspects of this exchange. In doing so, the authors break new ground in exploring this understudied history of globalization and provide a multifaceted study of an increasing postwar interconnectedness across a socialist world.

Alternative and Replacement Foods

Alternative and Replacement Foods
Author: Alexandru Mihai Grumezescu
Publisher: Academic Press
Total Pages: 500
Release: 2018-03-17
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 0128114983

Alternative and Replacement Foods, Volume 17, a volume in the Handbook of Food Bioengineering series, presents the most up-to-date research on synthetic and replacement food components for scientists and researchers. The book helps them understand the significant impact of these foods on the length and quality of life of consumers. It presents a solid resource that brings together multidisciplinary research and its relationship to various disciplines. Readers will find a broad range of potential outcomes discussed, such as food safety, human and animal health benefits, and the development of new and novel foods through the bio-fortification of nutrients in foods. Discusses how specialty food products improve diet and heath Summarizes advances in dietary supplements, probiotics and nutraceuticals Includes research advances on snacks, vegan diets, gluten-free foods and more Provides identification and research studies on anti-obesity foods Presents information on alternative protein sources

Contributions to Alternative Concepts of Knowledge

Contributions to Alternative Concepts of Knowledge
Author: Hebe Kuhn, Michael Vessuri
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
Total Pages: 274
Release: 2016-09-01
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 3838208943

In the past, the European social sciences labelled and discredited knowledge that did not follow the definition for scientific knowledge as applied by the European social sciences as an alternative concept of knowledge, as “indigenous” knowledge. Perception has changed with time: Not only has indigenous knowledge become an entrance ticket to the European social science world, but the indigenization of European theories is seen by some as the contribution of “peripheral” social sciences to join the theories of the “centers”. This book offers contributions to the discourses about alternative concepts of knowledge, inviting the reader to decide if they are alternative, indigenous, or European types of knowledge. However, in order to make this decision, the reader must know what the nature of the European concepts of science and of scientific knowledge is; this might be a motivation to read a book that presents thoughts claiming to be alternative concepts of knowledge, alternative to the European concept of science.