Critical political studies : debates and dialogues from the left / / edited by Abigail B. Bakan and Eleanor MacDonald

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910823285303321
• Autore: Bakan Abigail B.
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Montreal : , : McGill-Queen's University Press, , 2002; ©2002
• ISBN: 1-282-85957-9; 9786612859571; 0-7735-6956-1
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xiv, 432 pages)
• Altri autori (Persone): BakanAbigail B <1954-> (Abigail Bess); LeysColin; MacDonaldEleanor <1959->
• Disciplina: 320.9/049
• Soggetti: World politics - 1989-; Economic history - 1990-; Political science - History - 20th century
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Essays from a conference held in honour of Colin Leys, Nov. 1996.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: Front Matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Biography: Colin Temple Leys -- Introduction From Colin Leys to Counter-Hegemony: Debates and Dialogues from the Left -- National Politics in a Global Economy: Reflections on the British Experience -- Introduction -- From Thatcher to Blair: British Politics at the Turn of the Millennium -- Revisiting Thatcherism and Its Political Economy: Hegemonic Projects, Accumulation Strategies, and the Question of Internationalization -- Rethinking the Labour Party’s Transition from Socialism to Capitalism -- Tony Blair and the British Left -- Introduction -- Politics in Africa: Trajectories, Transitions, and Contradictions -- Afropessimism/optimism: The Antinomies of Colin Leys1 -- Caught in the Contradictions: The State in Kenya, 1945–2000 -- Constructing a Development Agenda for Namibia1 -- Political Dimensions of the Adjustment Experience of Côte d’Ivoire -- Introducing Race As a Variable Into the Political Economy of Kenya Debate: An Incendiary Idea -- Introduction -- World Economy: ; Ideologies, Perspectives, and Strategies for Change -- Development Theory: A New Hegemonic Ideology? -- Capital, Marxism, and the World Economy: APEC and the MAI1 -- Amnesty: An Essay in Law and Politics -- The Rise and Fall of New Social Movement Theory? -- The Social Economy in Québec: Discourses and Strategies -- Introduction -- New Theoretical Challenges: Political Theory and the Theory of Politics -- Politics in Isolation? Recent Developments in Political Theory -- An Ethical Politics of Our Times: Moral Selves or Solidarity? -- Fetishizing Phantoms: Carl Schmitt, Chantal Mouffe, and “The Political”1 -- Incredulity and Poetic Justice: Accounting for Postmodern Accounts -- Afterword -- About the Authors
• Sommario/riassunto: Written as a tribute to the remarkable intellectual career of Colin Leys, the debates in this book deal with some of the most pressing problems confronting the majority of citizens in both first world and third world contexts. Their contributions provide the confidence to pursue new possibilities that permit a more optimistic, if critical, outlook. Topics covered include contemporary debates about globalization and the nation state, African development, prospects for British socialism after Blair, social movements, and current issues in political and social theory. Contributors include Laurie Adkin (University of Alberta), Abigail Bakan, Bruce Berman (Queen's University), Manfred Bienefeld (Carleton University), Alex Callinicos (University of York, UK), Bonnie Campbell (University of Quebec at Montreal), Michael Chege (University of Florida), Radhika Desai (University of Victoria), Lauren Dobell (PhD candidate, Oxford University), Phil Goldman (Queen's University), Banu Helvacioglu (Bilkent University, Turkey), Robert Jessop (University of Lancaster, UK), Colin Leys (emeritus, Queen's University), Eleanor MacDonald, Marguerite Mendell (Concordia University), Leo Panitch (York University), Anne Phillips (London School of Economics and Political Science), and John Saul (Atkinson College, York University).