Democratic eco-socialism as a real utopia : transitioning into an alternative world system / Hans A. Baer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Baer, Hans A., 1944- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Socialism.

Capitalism.

Democracy.

Social ecology.

Physical Description:

viii, 306 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Berghahn, 2018.

Summary:

As global economic and population growth continues to skyrocket, increasingly strained resources have made one thing clear: the desperate need for an alternative to capitalism. In Democratic Eco-socialism as a Real Utopia, Hans A. Baer outlines the urgent need to reevaluate historical definitions of socialism, commit to social equality and justice, and prioritize environmental sustainability. Democratic eco-socialism, as he terms it, is a system capable of mobilizing people around the world, albeit in different ways, to prevent on-going human socio-economic and environmental degradation, and anthropogenic climate change. Book jacket.

Contents:

Introduction

The contradictions of the capitalist world system at the beginning of the twentieth-first century

20th century attempts to create socialism: successes and failures

Techno-liberal and counter-cultural visions of the future

Efforts to re-conceptualize socialism

The role of anti-systemic movements in creating a socio-ecological revolution

Transitional systemic-challenge reforms

Conclusion: the future in the balance.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Baer, Hans A., 1944- Democratic eco-socialism as a real utopia.

ISBN:

9781785336959

1785336959

OCLC:

986237370