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

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910811882403321
• Autore: Baer Hans A. <1944->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: New York, [New York] ; ; Oxford, [England] : , : Berghahn, , 2018; ©2018
• ISBN: 1-78533-696-7
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (306 pages) : illustrations, tables
• Classificazione: ME 3000
• Disciplina: 335
• Soggetti: Socialism; Capitalism; Democracy; Social ecology
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 The Contradictions of the Capitalist World System at the Beginning of the Twenty-First Century -- Chapter 2 Twentieth-Century Attempts to Create Socialism: Successes and Failures -- Chapter 3 Technoliberal and Countercultural Visions of the Future -- Chapter 4 Eff orts to Reconceptualize Socialism -- Chapter 5 The Role of Anti-systemic Movements in Creating a Socio-ecological Revolution -- Chapter 6 Transitional System-Challenging Reforms -- Chapter 7 Conclusion: The Future in the Balance -- References -- Index
• Sommario/riassunto: 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 Baer outlines the urgent need to reevaluate historical definitions of socialism, commit to social equality and justice, and prioritize environmental sustainability. Democatic 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.