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Thinking Beyond Neoliberalism

Alternative Societies, Transition, and Resistance

Palgrave Macmillan
  • Brings together leading academics to address the problematic of social transition
  • Is the first scholarly book to systematically engage with the possibilities for, and modes of, transition
  • Provides introductory essays on the possibilities for transition beyond neoliberalism

Part of the book series: Political Philosophy and Public Purpose (POPHPUPU)

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Table of contents (11 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
  2. The Future in the Present

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 27-27
    2. Mapping Alternative Economies

      • Luke Martell
      Pages 29-48
  3. Institutional Transition and Resistance

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 195-195
  4. Conclusion

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 249-249
    2. Conclusion: Observations from the Precipice

      • Onur Acaroğlu, Neal Harris
      Pages 251-262
  5. Back Matter

    Pages 263-268

About this book

This book brings together leading academics and activists to address the possibilities for qualitative social change beyond neoliberalism, providing introductory essays on alternative societies, transition, and resistance. Bringing together discussions on universal basic income, actually existing communism, parecon, circular economies, workers co-operatives, ‘fully automated luxury communism,' trade unionism, and party politics, the volume provides one of the first scholarly interventions to systematically evaluate possibilities for transition and resistance across theoretical, political, and disciplinary traditions.

Reviews

“The volume offers an interesting range of perspectives on future possibilities beyond the present and the aftermath of neoliberalism. It is of interest to students, academics, and activists concerned with radical social and political transformation in contemporary societies.”

– Gerard Delanty, Professor of Sociology and Professor of Social and Political Thought, University of Sussex, UK

“This collection convenes contributions aiming to analyse, fight, and overcome the most threatening danger for humankind and democracy today: neoliberalism. The contributors make clear that there are arenas of struggle and resistance, spaces of hope, and actors invested in an emancipatory trajectory against the neoliberal processes of marketisation and commodification that leave the world in the hands of racketeers who are responsible for the unimaginable wealth of the few, and the extreme poverty of the many.”

–Heinz Sünker, Rudolf-Carnap-Senior-Research-Professor, Bergische Universität of Wuppertal, Germany

Thinking Beyond Neoliberalism is an excellent volume that moves us beyond the dogmatic confines of neoliberalism to imagine possibilities for transition. The interdisciplinary tone and the fearless attempt to engage with the big questions of our time makes this book essential reading for anyone interested in building a better world.”

–Susanne Soederberg, Professor of Global Development Studies, Queen’s University, Canada

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Social Sciences, Oxford Brookes University, Oxford, UK

    Neal Harris

  • Faculty of Health, Education and Society, University of Northampton, Northampton, UK

    Onur Acaroğlu

About the editors

Neal Harris is a Lecturer in Sociology at Oxford Brookes University, UK.

Onur Acaroğlu is an Instructor at Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey, and a co-founder of the Free University of London (FUL), UK.

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Softcover Book USD 139.99
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