Marxism and social movements [electronic resource] / edited by Colin Barker ... [et al.].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Barker, Colin, 1939-

Series:

Historical materialism book series ; 46.

Historical materialism book series, 1570-1522 ; v. 46

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Communism.

Social movements.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (481 p.)

Place of Publication:

Leiden : Brill, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Marxism and Social Movements is the first sustained engagement between social movement theory and Marxist approaches to collective action. The chapters collected here, by leading figures in both fields, discuss the potential for a Marxist theory of social movements; explore the developmental processes and political tensions within movements; set the question in a long historical perspective; and analyse contemporary movements against neo-liberalism and austerity. Exploring struggles on six continents over 150 years, this collection shows the power of Marxist analysis in relation not only to class politics, labour movements and revolutions but also anti-colonial and anti-racist struggles, community activism and environmental justice, indigenous struggles and anti-austerity protest. It sets a new agenda both for Marxist theory and for movement research. Contributors include: Paul Blackledge, Marc Blecher, Patrick Bond,Chik Collins, Ralph Darlington, Neil Davidson, Ashwin Desai, Jeff Goodwin, Chris Hesketh, Gabriel Hetland, Elizabeth Humphrys, Christian Høgsbjerg, David McNally, Trevor Ngwane, Heike Schaumberg and Hira Singh.

Contents:

pt. 1. Theoretical frameworks

pt. 2. How social movements work

pt. 3. Seeing the bigger picture.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

90-04-25143-X

OCLC:

851696813

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004251434 DOI