The labour revolution [[electronic resource] /] / Karl Kautsky ; translated by H.J. Stenning

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910779688603321
• Autore: Kautsky Karl
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Abingdon, Oxon, : Routledge, 2011
• ISBN: 0-203-80769-3; 1-299-45967-6; 1-136-66374-6
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (290 p.)
• Collana: Routledge revivals
• Altri autori (Persone): StenningH. J
• Disciplina: 335.009409042
• Soggetti: Socialism; Proletariat; Middle class; Revolutions
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: First published in English in 1925 by George Allen and Unwin.; Includes index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; The Labour Revolution; Title Page; Copyright Page; PREFACE TO THE ENGLISH EDITION; Table of Contents; I. THE PROBLEM; II. THE POLITICAL REVOLUTION; I.THE MIDDLE CLASS REVOLUTION; II. THE LABOUR REVOLUTION; (a) Democracy; (b) Forcing the Pace of the Revolution; (c) The Counter-Revolution; (d) The Policy of Coalition; III. THE STATE OF THE TRANSITIONAL PERIOD; (a) Socialism and the State; (b) The Marxian Conception of the Transitional State; (c) Workers' Wages as Ministers' Salaries; (d) The Recall of Deputies; (e) Executive and Legislative Power; (f) Dictatorship; III. THE ECONOMIC REVOLUTIONI. CONSUMERS AND PRODUCERS; (a) Under Capitalism; (b) Under Socialism; II. THE DIVISION OF THE PRODUCT OF LABOUR; III. PROPERTY AND ORGANIZATION; IV. THE MIDDLE CLASS AND THE LABOUR REVOLUTION; (a) The Middle Class Economic Revolution; (b) The Labour Economic Revolution; (c) Confiscation or Compensation; V. THE ECONOMIC SCHEME; VI. BUREAUCRACY; VII. PRIVATE INITIATIVE; VIII. THE FORMS OF SOCIALIZATION; (a) Socialization and Social Reform; (b) The Starting-; Point of Socialization; (c) Productive Co-operation; (d) Guild Socialism; (e) The Jointly Controlled Organization(f) Socialism and Profit; (g) The Spread of Socialization; IX. AGRICULTURE; (a) Woods and Forests; (b) The Common Ownership of Land; (c) The Socialization of Large Estates; (d) The Socialization of Small Holdings; (e) Industry and Agriculture; X. MONEY; (a) Inflation; (b) The Abolition of Money; (c) Socialist Money; (d) The Banks; XI. CONCLUSION; INDEX
• Sommario/riassunto: First published in English in 1924 this ambitious work, by the famous Marxist theoretician Karl Kautsky, aims to provide nothing less than an ""exposition of the methods to introduce socialism"" amongst the capitalist economies of Europe in the post-World War One era. Looking back on the experiences of the German socialist movement and looking forwards to the likelihood of a Labour government in Great Britain, he discusses the problems facing a labour revolution in Europe, with particular reference to the role of the middle classes, the transitional period between capitalism and socialism, and