The Socialist Good Life

The Socialist Good Life
Author: Cristofer Scarboro
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Total Pages: 237
Release: 2020-06-02
Genre: History
ISBN: 0253047803

“First-class, rigorously researched, richly documented, and thought-provoking” essays on the consumer experience in socialist Eastern Europe (Graham H. Roberts, author of Material Culture in Russia and the USSR). As communist regimes denigrated Western countries for widespread unemployment and consumer excess, socialist Eastern European states simultaneously legitimized their power through their apparent ability to satisfy consumers’ needs. Moving beyond binaries of production and consumption, the essays collected here examine the lessons consumption studies can offer about ethnic and national identity and the role of economic expertise in shaping consumer behavior. From Polish VCRs to Ukrainian fashion boutiques, tropical fruits in the GDR to cinemas in Belgrade, The Socialist Good Life explores what consumption means in a worker state where communist ideology emphasizes collective needs over individual pleasures.

Socialist Planning

Socialist Planning
Author: Michael Ellman
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 439
Release: 2014-10-23
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1107074738

An overview of socialist planning that explains the underlying theory and its limitations, also placing developments in their historical perspective.

The Socialist Party of America

The Socialist Party of America
Author: Jack Ross
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
Total Pages: 825
Release: 2015-04-15
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1612344917

At a time when the word “socialist” is but one of numerous political epithets that are generally divorced from the historical context of America’s political history, The Socialist Party of America presents a new, mature understanding of America’s most important minor political party of the twentieth century. From the party’s origins in the labor and populist movements at the end of the nineteenth century, to its heyday with the charismatic Eugene V. Debs, and to its persistence through the Depression and the Second World War under the steady leadership of “America’s conscience,” Norman Thomas, The Socialist Party of America guides readers through the party’s twilight, ultimate demise, and the successor groups that arose following its collapse. Based on archival research, Jack Ross’s study challenges the orthodoxies of both sides of the historiographical debate as well as assumptions about the Socialist Party in historical memory. Ross similarly covers the related emergence of neoconservatism and other facets of contemporary American politics and assesses some of the more sensational charges from the right about contemporary liberalism and the “radicalism” of Barack Obama.

The Socialist Network

The Socialist Network
Author: Nesta Helen Webster
Publisher: Tab Books
Total Pages: 190
Release: 1926
Genre: Political Science
ISBN:

The object of this book is not to provide a history of Socialism, but merely an account of the Socialist organizations of modern times. It gives accounts of persons connected with, or giving rise to, concrete societies or groups. Contents: origins of modern Socialism; Marxian Socialism, prewar period; anarchism and syndicalism; the war and pacifism; Russian revolution; world Bolshevism; Bolshevism in Great Britain; capture of trade unionism; Bolshevisation of British trade unionism; subsidiary Communist organizations; pacifism, postwar; youth movements; Socialism and Christianity.

The Socialist Manifesto

The Socialist Manifesto
Author: Bhaskar Sunkara
Publisher: Basic Books
Total Pages: 288
Release: 2019-04-30
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1541674006

A "razor-sharp" introduction to this political and economic ideology makes a galvanizing argument for modern socialism (Naomi Klein) -- and explains how its core tenets could effect positive change in America and worldwide. In The Socialist Manifesto, Bhaskar Sunkara explores socialism's history since the mid-1800s and presents a realistic vision for its future. With the stunning popularity of Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Americans are embracing the class politics of socialism. But what, exactly, is socialism? And what would a socialist system in America look like? The editor of Jacobin magazine, Sunkara shows that socialism, though often seen primarily as an economic system, in fact offers the means to fight all forms of oppression, including racism and sexism. The ultimate goal is not Soviet-style planning, but to win rights to healthcare, education, and housing, and to create new democratic institutions in workplaces and communities. A primer on socialism for the 21st century, this is a book for anyone seeking an end to the vast inequities of our age.

Socialism

Socialism
Author: Oscar Douglas Skelton
Publisher:
Total Pages: 366
Release: 1911
Genre: Socialism
ISBN:

Revolution, Not Reform

Revolution, Not Reform
Author: Jordan Levi
Publisher: Blue Lotus Entertainment, LLC
Total Pages: 80
Release: 2019-09-21
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1734086122

With civilization on the brink of collapse, a lot of the blame has been put on the average citizen, but there's been nowhere near enough discussion about timely solutions and what they can do to help. Among the discussion that does happen is a renewed interest in the idea of socialism. But hasn't that already been attempted? Is Bernie Sanders trying to turn America into the next Venezuela, or could socialism actually save humanity?

Remains of Socialism

Remains of Socialism
Author: Maya Nadkarni
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Total Pages: 153
Release: 2020-07-15
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1501750194

In Remains of Socialism, Maya Nadkarni investigates the changing fates of the socialist past in postsocialist Hungary. She introduces the concept of "remains"—both physical objects and cultural remainders—to analyze all that Hungarians sought to leave behind after the end of state socialism. Spanning more than two decades of postsocialist transformation, Remains of Socialism follows Hungary from the optimism of the early years of transition to its recent right-wing turn toward illiberal democracy. Nadkarni analyzes remains that range from exiled statues of Lenin to the socialist-era "Bambi" soda, and from discredited official histories to the scandalous secrets of the communist regime's informers. She deftly demonstrates that these remains were far more than simply the leftovers of an unwanted past. Ultimately, the struggles to define remains of socialism and settle their fates would represent attempts to determine the future—and to mourn futures that never materialized.