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What's Left? : Radical Politics in the Postcommunist Era
author
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Derber, Charles.; Ferroggiaro, Karen Marie
publisher
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University of Massachusetts Press
isbn10 | asin
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0870239538
print isbn13
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9780870239533
ebook isbn13
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9780585258348
language
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English
subject
Socialism, Radicalism, Right and left (Political science) , Post-communism.
publication date
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1995
lcc
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HX73.D46 1995eb
ddc
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320.5/31
subject
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Socialism, Radicalism, Right and left (Political science) , Post-communism.
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What's Left?
Radical Politics in the Postcommunist Era
Charles Derber with Karen Marie Ferroggiaro Jdcqueline A. Ortiz Cassie Schwerner James A. Veld-McConnell
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Copyright 1995 by The University of Massachusetts Press All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America LC 94-36925 ISBN 0-87023-953-8 (cloth); 954-6 (pbk.) Designed by David Ford Set in Adobe Stone Serif and Adobe Kabel by Keystone Typesetting, Inc. Printed and bound by Thomson-Shore, Inc.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Derber, Charles. What's left?: radical politics in the postcommunist era / Charles Derber; with Karen Marie Ferroggiaro... [et al.]. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references. ISBN 0-87023-953-8. ISBN 0-87023-954-6 (pbk.: alk. paper) 1. Socialism. 2. Radicalism. 3. Right and left (Political science). 4. Post-communism. I. Ferroggiaro, Karen Marie, 1964- . II. Title. HX73.D46 1995 320.5'31-dc20 94-36925 CIP
British Library Cataloguing in Publication data are available.
This book is published with the support and cooperation of the University of Massachusetts Boston.
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To activists and scholars working for social justice
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CONTENTS
Preface
ix
Introduction
1
Part I. On the Death of the Left
1 Deconstructing the Death of the Left: The End of Ideology Revisited
17
2 Beyond Socialism and Identity Politics: The U.S. Left after the Fall
32
3 Reflections on the Death of Marxism: A Paradigm in Crisis
46
4 Reframing Revolution: The Rebirth of the Latin American Left
86
Part II. A Postcommunist Left Agenda
5 Four Futures of the Left: Defining the Next Stage
109
6 Beloved Comrades: A History of the Left as Community
120
7 The Value(s) of the Left: Toward a Democratic Community
145
8 If Not Socialism, What? The Social Market and Economic Democracy
168
9 Coming Glued: Left Communitarianism vs. Communitarianism of the Professional Middle Class
196
Notes
215
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PREFACE
This book grew out of a Boston College graduate seminar on civil society and progressive politics led by Charles Derber. The contributors to this volume worked collectively to help frame the book's argument, meeting over almost two years to discuss our ideas, data, and writing. Each contributor researched and wrote her or his own chapter, although drafts were discussed and edited by other contributors, with Derber taking the lead. Derber wrote the introduction and the five chapters in part 2, while the other contributors each wrote one chapter in part 1. This volume thus reflects the spirit of community that we advocate for the Left and the nation.
We owe a special debt to S. M. Miller and Patricia Bergin, both of whom participated regularly in the discussions in which this book took shape. Miller's lifelong concern with questions of political vision and strategy informed all of our thinking, and his insights are sprinkled generously throughout the volume. Bergin contributed extensively to our discussions, helping us develop our thinking about civil society, particularly in the context of political developments in Eastern Europe. She also provided systematic, detailed, and valuable feedback on much of the manuscript, especially part 1.
We also want to thank Richard Flacks, Stanley Aronowitz, and Alan Wolfe for reading and offering comments and suggestions on the manuscript. In addition, we thank Dan Feeney for his contributions to our early discussions, and Bill Gamson, David Karp, Eve Spangler, John Williamson, and Diane Vaughn for their encouragement. A special thanks to Elena Kolesnikova for reading and commenting on the manuscript and patiently sustaining the principal author.
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Finally, this project reflects our goal to be activist-scholars, which is to say that we hope academics will use their talents and skills toward the betterment of society. In this spirit, we are assigning the royalties of this book to Resist, an organization that helps fund grassroots community groups fighting for justice throughout the United States.
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