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Trade Review'Das Werk Achards ist eine erwünschte Ergänzung auf dem verhältnismäßig wenig erhellten Gebiet der Begriffs- und Terminusforschung, ohne Zweifel wird es zu den Standarduntersuchungen dieses Bereiches gehören.' Unto Paananen, Gnomon, 1983. 'There are good incidental perceptions...' Michael Winterbottom, The Classical Review, 1982. '...there are a certain number of valuable observations...' Elizabeth Rawson, Classical Philology, 1984.

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Book SynopsisXun Zi, one of the principal thinkers of the pre-imperial period and as such still widely read, ought to appear on any reading list on Chinese intellectual history. Dr. Sato's volume deals with the origin and formation of Xun Zi’s political thought, with close focus on the intellectual activity of the Jixia Academy and its impact on this synthesizer’s theory on rituals and social norms. The author convincingly deals with the problems of textual authenticity and biography. The main part of the work treats the shift of intellectual inquiry from an argument of ethical matters to an analysis of the principle(s) of socio-political mechanism, thus showing Xun Zi as a formative synthesizer of the two main streams of early Chinese intellectual discourse.Trade Review“...Masayuki Sato's new books stands out for its unparalleled use of Japanese scholarship and will, for that reason alone, be valuable to scholars and students interested in Xunzi.” – in: Journal of Asian Studies, 2004

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Book SynopsisAccounting for participation, separation of powers and democratic accountability, federalism gains momentum in times when traditional democratic legitimacy of institutional decision-making is challenged. Its ability to include multiple interests makes federalism a means to ensure good governance. Based on a multidisciplinary analysis, the book tackles the question of whether federalism as a pragmatic governance tool provides answers to current challenges and what those answers are. Thirty-three leading experts critically examine to what extent federalism serves this purpose in compound states, looking at different countries and policies. The volume revolves around five sub-themes: ‘federalism, democracy and governance’, ‘participation mechanisms and procedures’, ‘policy areas compared’, ‘institutional innovation and participatory democracy’ and ‘federalism: from theory to governance’.Table of ContentsIntroduction: The Idea and the Aim of this Book Elisabeth Alber and Francesco Palermo; Part I: Federalism, Democracy and Governance 1. Multilevel Governance and the Reconfiguration of Political Space:Theoretical Considerations from a Multinational Perspective Alain-G. Gagnon; 2. The Interdependence of Federalism and Democracy in Australia Cheryl Saunders; 3. Political Identity and American Federalism G. Alan Tarr; 4. Policy Coercion and Administrative Cooperation in American Federalism John Kincaid; Part II: Participation Mechanisms and Procedures Part II A: Asymmetries and Identities 5. ‘Fragile Federations’ and the Dynamics of Devolution Nico Steytler and Jaap de Visser; 6. The Unsettled Settlement: Scottish Independence or United Kingdom Devolution? Michael Burgess; 7. Constitutional Semantics and Autonomy within Indian Federalism Ajay Kumar Singh; 8. Genesis of Federalism, Regional Development, and Regional Policy of Post–Soviet Russia Viacheslav E. Seliverstov; Part II B: Intergovernmental Relations 9. Can We Talk About Federalism and Federalization Without Co-Governance? ‘Participation’ of the Autonomous Communities in Spanish Central Government Decision-Making Mercè Corretja Torrens and Mireia Grau Creus; 10. Intergovernmental Relations in Australia: New Modes, Old Realities Alan Fenna and John Phillimore; 11. Intergovernmental Decision-Making in Financial Affairs in Germany: Institutions, Formal and Informal Rules, and Peculiarities Gisela Färber; 12. Fiscal Federalism and Federal Decisions: The Case of Argentina and Its Evolution in the Last Two Decades Miguel Angel Asensio; Part III: Policy Areas Compared 13. Multilevel Governance of Immigration: An Emerging Trend for Europe to Follow? Karl Kössler; 14. Challenging Institutional Models: The Case of Environmental Protection and Management Mariachiara Alberton and Francesco Palermo; 15. ‘South Africa Inc.’: The Rise of the Developmental State and the Corporatization of Intergovernmental Relations Derek Powell and Phindile Ntliziywana; 16. Benchmarking as a New Mode of Coordination in Federal Systems Alan Fenna and Felix Knüpling; 17. Federalism as Decision-Making: Security Structures, Procedures and Policies Christian Leuprecht, Mario Kölling and Todd Hataley; 18. Regionalization in Central and Eastern Europe: Limits and Perspectives of an Externally Driven Process Sara Parolari and Martina Trettel; 19. Varieties of Decentralization, Institutional Complementarities, and Economic Growth: Evidence in OECD Countries Andrea Filippetti and Agnese Sacchi; Part IV: Institutional Innovation and Participatory Democracy 20. Participatory Initiatives and New Instruments of Direct Democracy in Austrian Federalism Peter Bußjäger; 21. Theoretical Framework and Constitutional Implications: Participatory Democracy as Decision-Making in Multilayered Italy Matteo Nicolini; 22. Framing Subnational ‘Institutional Innovation’ and ‘Participatory Democracy’ in Italy: some Findings on Current Structures, Procedures, and Dynamics Elisabeth Alber and Alice Valdesalici; 23. Subnational Institutional Innovation and Participatory Democracy: the Case of Switzerland Nicolas Schmitt; Part V: Federalism: From Theory to Governance 24. Regulating Pluralism: Federalism as Decision-Making and New Challenges for Federal Studies Francesco Palermo; Index.

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Book SynopsisBritish Communism and the Politics of Race explores the role that the Communist Party of Great Britain played within the anti-racism movement in Britain from the 1940s to the 1980s. As one of the first organisations to undertake serious anti-colonial and anti-racist activism within the British labour movement, the CPGB was a pioneering force that campaigned against racial discrimination, popular imperialism and fascist violence in British society. The book examines the balancing act that the Communist Party negotiated in its anti-racist work, between making appeals to the labour movement to get involved in the fight against racism and working with Britain's ethnic minority communities, who often felt let down by the trade unions and the Labour Party. Transitioning from a class-based outlook to an embrace of the new social movements of the 1960s–70s, the CPGB played an important role in the anti-racist struggle, but by the 1980s, it was eclipsed by more radical and diverse activist organisations.Table of ContentsAcknowledgements Introduction  Themes  Shifting Away from the Centrality of Class  Thinking Intersectionally about the CPGB and the Politics of ‘Race’  Situating the Party’s Anti-racism within the Wider Scholarship  A Note on Methodology  Book Structure 1 The End of Empire and the Windrush Moment, 1945–60  The Communist Party’s Anti-colonial Traditions  The CPGB and the Era of Decolonisation  Left Nationalism and the Postwar CPGB  The Response of the Communist Party to Commonwealth Migration  The Campaign Against Polish Resettlement  The Legacy of the ‘Battle of Cable Street’ and the CPGB’s Postwar Anti-fascism  Anti-fascist Action against the Fascist Revival of the Union Movement, 1945–51  The Impact of Commonwealth Migrants upon the Party’s Anti-colonial/Anti-racist Outlook  The Nationality Branches  Conclusion 2 Anti-racism and Building the ‘Mass Party’, 1960–9  The Communist Party, Labour and Immigration Controls  The Principle of Immigration Controls  The Campaign for Legislation against Racial Discrimination  The Race Relations Acts Under Labour, 1965–8  The CPGB’s Concept of ‘Race’ in the Post-Colonial Era  The Movement for Colonial Freedom and Moderate Anti-racism  The Beginnings of the ‘British Upturn’ and the Radicalism of ‘1968’  The Trade Unions and Race  The Rise of New Social Movements and Black Radicalism  The Link with International Issues  Capitulating to Racism: Labour and the Commonwealth Immigrants Act 1968  Integration and ‘Good Race Relations’: The 1968 Race Relations Act  Powellism and the Rise of the National Front  Conclusion 3 The Crisis Emerges, 1970–5  The 1971 Immigration Act and Opposition to the Conservative Government  The Communist Party and the Reaction of the Trade Unions to the Immigration Act  Facing the Limits of Industrial Militancy  The Ugandan Asian ‘Controversy’ and the Rise of the National Front under the Conservatives  The ‘No Platform’ Strategy  Red Lion Square and the Death of Kevin Gately  The Trade Union Response to Fascism and Racism in the 1970s  Asian Workers and the Trade Unions in the Early 1970s: Mansfield Hosiery Mills and Imperial Typewriters  Conclusion 4 The Great Moving Right Show, 1976–9  The Building of the Broad Democratic Alliance  The Grunwick Strike  Intersectionality and the British Labour Movement  Policing the Labour Movement  The NF’s Shift to the Streets and the Rise of the Asian Youth Movements  The Rise of the SWP and the Revival of Militant Anti-fascism  The ‘Battle of Lewisham’  ‘The National Front is a Nazi Front’: The Anti-Nazi League, 1977–9  Rock Against Racism  The ANL and the Wider British left  Southall and the Death of Blair Peach  ‘Feeling Rather Swamped’: Thatcher and the Exploitation of Popular Racism  Conclusion 5 Babylon’s Burning: Into the 1980s  Further Defeats for the CPGB  The Police and the Black Communities  From Southall to Brixton: The Violent Reaction to the Police Under Thatcher  ‘Crisis in the Inner Cities’: The Communist Party’s Reaction  The 1981 Riots as Social Protest  Lord Scarman’s Report and the Denial of Institutional Racism  The Broad Democratic Alliance and Municipal Anti-racism  The ‘Limits’ of Trade Unionism in the 1980s  The Push for Black Sections/Caucuses within the Labour Movement  The End of the Party  Conclusion Conclusion References Index

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Book SynopsisValue and Crisis brings together selected essays written by Alfredo Saad-Filho, one of the most prominent Marxist political economists today. This book examines the labour theory of value from a rich and innovative perspective, from which fresh insights and new perspectives are derived, with applications for the nature of neoliberalism, financialisation, inflation, monetary policy, and the contradictions, limitations and crises of contemporary capitalism.Trade Review"Alfredo Saad-Filho has has done Marxism a great favour by providing us with some of the clearest theoretical work on neoliberalism to date. The book would be appropriate for a course on international political economy, as well as in Marxist study groups. Value and Crisis is one of the finest works of Marxist scholarship on neoliberalism, and should be studied by every student of Marxism." - Fabian Van Onzen, Lone Star College, in: Marx & Philosophy Review of Books (2019) [Full review]Table of ContentsAcknowledgements Introduction  1 Method  2 The Theory of Value  3 Systems of Accumulation  4 Neoliberalism  5 Outline of the Book Part 1: Essays on the Theory of Value 1 Marxist Economics  1 The Method and Approach of Marxist Political Economy  2 The Labour Theory of Value  3 Commodities, Labour and Value  4 Capital and Capitalism  5 From Value to Surplus Value  6 Profit and (Increasing) Exploitation  7 Marxist Political Economy, Laws of Development and Contemporary Capitalism  8 Conclusion 2 The Relevance of Marx’s Theory of Value  1 Interpretations of Marx’s Theory of Value   1.1 Traditional Marxism   1.2 Sraffian Analyses   1.3 Value Form Theories   1.4 The ‘New Interpretation’  2 Value Theory and Class Analysis   2.1 Principles   2.2 Implications  3 Conclusion 3 Labour, Money and ‘Labour-Money’: A Review of Marx’s Critique of John Gray’s Monetary Analysis  1 Labour, Money, Exploitation  2 Marx on Labour and Money  3 Money, Value, and Price  4 The Other Functions of Money  5 Labour-Money in Retrospect  6 Conclusion 4 Capital Accumulation and the Composition of Capital  1 Capital and Exploitation  2 Understanding the Composition of Capital  3 Production and the Composition of Capital  4 Capital Accumulation  5 Conclusion 5 The ‘Transformation Problem’  1 The ‘Problem’  2 Alternative Interpretations   2.1 Neoclassical and Sraffian   2.2 Value-Form Theories   2.3 Dynamic Analysis  3 Marx’s Transformation: A Review  4 The Transformation and its Method  5 Conclusion 6 Transforming the Transformation Problem: Why the ‘New Interpretation’ is a Wrong Turning  1 The ‘New Interpretation’: A Simple Formal Presentation  2 Value of Money  3 Value of Labour Power  4 Structure, Sequence and Dynamics  5 Conclusion 7 The Supply of Credit Money and Capital Accumulation: A Critical View of Post-Keynesian Analysis  1 The Fundamental Process of Endogenous Money Creation  2 Commodity and Credit Money Systems  3 Money and Inflation  4 Two Steps Forward – One Step Back   4.1 The Origin and Role of Money in the Economy   4.2 Horizontal Money Supply   4.3 Inflation  5 Conclusion: What is Important for the Way Ahead? 8 Inflation Theory: A Critical Literature Review and a New Research Agenda  1 Conflict and Inflation   1.1 Conflict Theories   1.2 Assessment  2 Monopolies, Underconsumption, and Inflation   2.1 Inflation Theory   2.2 Assessment  3 Credit, Extra Money, and Inflation   3.1 Money and Credit   3.2 Extra Money Inflation   3.3 Inconvertibility and Inflation   3.4 Assessment  4 Conclusion Part 2: Essays on Contemporary Capitalism 9 Anti-capitalism: A Marxist Introduction  1 Capitalism and Anti-Capitalism  2 September 11 and Beyond  3 Four Pressing Issues   3.1 Neoliberalism   3.2 Globalisation   3.3 Corporate Power   3.4 Democracy  4 The Way Ahead  5 Leaving Capitalism Behind 10 Neoliberalism  1 Neoliberal Ideas  2 Policy Shifts and Institutional Changes  3 Classes and Class Struggle  4 Neoliberalism, Financialisation and Globalisation  5 Contradictions and Limitations 11Thirteen Things You Need to Know About Neoliberalism  1 A New Stage  2 An Ideology?  3 A Reaction?  4 Markets and States  5 Financialisation  6 Policy Changes  7 The Balance of Power  8 Scholarship, Policy and Practice  9 Two Phases  10 Variegated Neoliberalism  11 Everyday life  12 Growth, Volatility and Crises  13 Alternatives 12 Democracy Against Neoliberalism  1 Capitalism and Democracy  2 Democracy in the Age of Neoliberalism  3 The Limitations of Neoliberal Democracy  4 Economic and Political Imbalances  5 Globalism and (Nation-)States  6 New Authoritarianism  7 Transcending Neoliberalism through Radical Democracy  8 Conclusion 13 Monetary Policy and Neoliberalism  1 Monetary Policy for Mature Neoliberalism  2 Inflation Targeting and Central Bank Independence  3 The New Monetary Policy Consensus in Practice  4 The Performance of Inflation-Targeting Regime and Central Bank Independence  5 Costs of the New Monetary Policy Consensus   5.1 The Cost of High Interest Rates   5.2 The Cost of Conflicts between Inflation Targeting and Balance of Payments Equilibrium   5.3 The Cost of Financial Instability   5.4 The Cost of Central Bank ‘Independence’  6 The Impact of the Global Crisis  7 Conclusion 14 Neoliberal Development and Its Critics  1 Neoliberalism and Its Critics  2 Neoliberalism and Development  3 Neoliberalism, Politics and Development  4 Conclusion 15 CrisisinNeoliberalism or CrisisofNeoliberalism?  1 Neoliberalism and Financialisation  2 Financialisation and Social Discipline  3 Neoliberalism’s Contradictions  4 Not Moving Forward  5 Coming Out of Left Field References Index

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Book SynopsisProgressive theorists and activists insist that contemporary capitalism is deeply flawed from a normative point of view. However, most accept the liberal egalitarian thesis that the serious shortcomings of market societies (financial excess, inequality, and so on) could be overcome with proper political regulation. Building on Marx's legacy, Tony Smith argues in Beyond Liberal Egalitarianism that advocates of this thesis (Rawls, Habermas, Stiglitz, et al.) lack an adequate concept of capital and the state. These theorists also fail to comprehend new developments in world history ensuring that the 'destructive' aspects of capitalism increasingly outweigh whatever 'creative' elements it might continue to possess. Smith concludes that a normative social theory adequate to the twenty-first century must explicitly and unequivocally embrace socialism.Trade Review"The appearance of this book, especially in the current era of the dominance of normative social and political theory in departments of analytic philosophy, is most welcome." - Arash Abazari, Sharif University of Technology, in: Journal of Moral Philosophy 18/2 (2021)Table of ContentsPreface List of Figures 1 Liberal Egalitarianism  Introduction  Well-being  Autonomous Agency  Access to Resources  The Development of Essential Capabilities  Democratic Will-Formation 2 Towards a Liberal Egalitarian Normative Theory of Institutions  The Household  Market Production and Distribution  The State  Civil Society: The Public Sphere and Voluntary Associations  The Regime of Global Governance 3 Misunderstandings, False Starts, Further Questions  Some Marxian Objections to Liberal Egalitarianism  Liberal Egalitarian Criticisms of Marx  Conclusion 4 The Beginning Level of Marxian Theory  The Beginning Level of Theoretical Abstraction (1): The Commodity, Value, Abstract Labour  The Beginning Level of Theoretical Abstraction (2): Money  Normative Considerations  Conclusion 5 Marx’s Concept of Capital  Marx’s Concept of Capital (1): Capital as a ‘Dominant Subject’  Ontological and Normative Implications of the General Formula of Capital  Normative Implications  Marx’s Concept of Capital (2): Capital as a ‘Pseudo-Subject’ 6 Human Flourishing and the Structural Tendencies of Capitalism  The Capital/Wage Labour Relationship  Overaccumulation Crises  Financial Crises  Environmental Crises  Severe Global Inequality and Poverty  Conclusion 7 A Liberal Egalitarian Response to the Marxian Challenge  The Critique of Economism  A Reform Agenda 8 Towards A Marxian Theory of ‘The Political’  Five Theses on the Capitalist State  A Critical Examination of Liberal Egalitarian Proposals  Conclusion 9 Competing Perspectives on Neoliberalism  A Liberal Egalitarian Narrative  Beyond Liberal Egalitarianism: A Marxian Critique of Neoliberalism  Conclusion 10 Two Modified Versions of Liberal Egalitarianism  ‘Neo-Schumpeterian’ Liberal Egalitarianism  The Normative Promise of ‘Commons-Based Peer Production’ 11 Modified Liberal Egalitarianism and the Present Moment in World History  Prospects for a New ‘Golden Age’  The Prospects of Commons-Based Peer Production  Conclusion 12 Property-Owning Democracy: A Liberal Egalitarianism Beyond Capitalism?  Property-Owning Democracy (1)  Property-Owning Democracy (2)  Property-Owning Democracy (3) 13 Beyond Liberal Egalitarianism  The Argument Thus Far  Beyond Liberal Egalitarianism Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisIt is often remarked that critical – and especially Marxist – state theory began to lose its central place in the study of comparative politics in the 1980s. Ironically, this shift occurred just as neoliberal policies were transforming the social form and spatial scales of the state, radically restructuring the practices of state economic intervention, and extending the capabilities of the coercive arms of the state. This volume addresses the ‘impoverishment of state theory’ over the last decades and insists on the continued salience of class analysis to the study of states. The book’s title, State Transformations, reflects several central themes in the comparative study of states: the neoliberal restructuring of capitalist states, the changing economic and political architecture of imperialism, and the prospects of a democratic transformation of capitalist states. The essays collected here on these themes are in honor and memory of Leo Panitch, whose influential body of work has shaped debates on the state, imperialism, and socialism over the past four decades. Contributors are: Clyde W. Barrow, Caio Bugiato, Frank Deppe, Ruth Felder, Ana Garcia, Sam Gindin, Doug Henwood, Martijn Konings, Colin Leys, Sebnem Oguz, Bryan D. Palmer, Dennis Pilon, Larry Savage, Charles Smith, Michalis Spourdalakis and Hilary WainwrightTable of ContentsAcknowledgements List of Illustrations Notes on Contributors Introduction State TransformationsIntroduction: State Transformations   Greg Albo, Stephen Maher and Alan Zuege part 1 State Theory and Capitalist Democracy 1 From the Canadian State to the Making of Global Capitalism   Clyde W. Barrow 2 Beyond the Impasse of State Theory   Martijn Konings 3 Working-Class Politics Matters Identity, Class, Parties   Dennis Pilon and Larry Savage part 2 Imperialist Restructuring and Global Capitalism 4 Globalization as Internationalization of Capital Understanding Imperialism and State Restructuring   Sebnem Oguz 5 The State and Imperialism in International Relations Theory   Ana Garcia and Caio Bugiato 6 Bringing Class Back in The State, the ‘Pink Tide’, and the Case of Argentina   Ruth Felder part 3 From Neoliberalism to Political Crisis 7 The Rebirth of Nationalism and the Crisis of the European Union   Frank Deppe 8 The UK’s Organic Crisis   Colin Leys 9 The Coronacrisis A Body Blow to the Rotting American State   Doug Henwood 10 The State, Trade Union Freedoms, and the Impasse of Working-Class Power in Canada   Charles Smith part 4 Transforming Class Politics and the State 11 Transformative Agency from a Time of Revolt to a Time of Pandemic   Hilary Wainwright 12 Class Politics and Strategies for Party Building   Michalis Spourdalakis 13 Notes toward a Plausible Socialism   Sam Gindin 14 Between the State and the Streets A Study in Socialist Sobriety   Bryan D. Palmer  Postscript   Greg Albo, Stephen Maher and Alan Zuege References Index

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Book SynopsisWhat explains the rise of populist nationalism in the contemporary phase of globalized development? Drawing on Karl Polanyi’s study of the great transformation, The Rise of the Capital-state and Neo-nationalism argues that populist nationalism is a societal reaction to the pro-market structural changes in the political economies of nation-states – conceptualized as the capital-state transformation. Oleksandr Svitych shows that there is an inextricable link between free market reforms, declining state legitimacy, and identity-based mobilization. Examining four case studies (Australia, France, Hungary, and South Korea) through a mixed method approach, the book finds that discontented voters gravitate toward populist neo-national political forces and embrace identity-based solutions – often in exclusivist and scapegoating forms – to harness their anxieties and insecurities triggered by the capital-state restructuring. Populist nationalism of both the left and the right has emerged to compensate for the real and perceived inability of the state to shield citizens from the corrosive effects of market fundamentalism. The Rise of the Capital-state and Neo-nationalism contributes to our understanding of the dynamics of the interrelated nature of state, capital, and identity politicization through a broader social theoretical perspective. This work was supported by European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No. 822682: "Populist rebellion against modernity in 21st-century Eastern Europe: neo-traditionalism and neo-feudalism – POPREBEL".Trade Review“Oleksandr Svitych’s The Rise of the Capital State and Neo-nationalism is an extraordinary contribution to our understanding of the current phenomena of populism and nationalism spreading across the globe. Instead of limiting his analysis to simple economic or cultural explanations, the author deftly combines both in a synthetic interpretation of the present conjuncture indebted to the insights of Karl Polanyi's The Great Transformation. Svitych distinguishes between right-wing neoliberalism, the response on the Right from authoritarian and neo-nationalist populists who favor some protection from market fundamentalism, and the more cosmopolitan, democratic, and egalitarian populism on the Left. His research and results illuminate the pathologies and possibilities in the current drift toward illiberal democracy and greater authoritarianism. This book is essential reading for understanding the dangers presented by demagogues and opportunists ready to exploit the genuine discontents of those left behind by capitalist globalization and the degradation of the welfare state.” ——Ronald Grigor Suny, William H. Sewell, Jr. Distinguished University Professor of History, Professor of Political Science, University of Michigan | Emeritus Professor of Political Science and History, The University of Chicago “The rise of ‘populist’ political movements is a striking feature of modern politics. This book challenges simple interpretations of populism by digging deeper into the underlying political economic influences. It astutely blends political economic theory, statistical analysis, and country-specific case studies. It recasts conventional understandings of neoliberalism by considering the features of the ‘capital-state’ that have led people to seek alternatives in neo-nationalist movements. It extends Polanyi’s theory of the ‘double movement’ to show how cultural considerations have shaped these responses in different countries. Systematic, cogent and clearly written, this book has all the hallmarks of first-class social science. It deserves to be widely read by academics, students and citizens concerned with the future of democracy.” ——Frank Stilwell, Professor Emeritus of Political Economy, University of Sydney “Why have nationalist movements, of reactionary and leftist stripes, thrived in our era of market-fundamentalist globalisation? And why have they gained traction in some countries but not others? Drawing on Polanyian theory, case study research and comparative statistical analysis, Oleksandr Svitych offers answers in this thought-provoking book. ——Gareth Dale, Reader in Political Economy, Brunel University “Populism, nationalism, and radicalism have been on the rise across the world. Svitych's book shows that the rise of all three are intimately connected to each other and that their combination in the hands of skillful political entrepreneurs amounts to a novel political project, neo-nationalism. In particular, Svitych shows how politicians exploit the state's retreat from regulating the market and the accompanying re-embedding of social life in a market society. The more society revolves around the market, the more opportunities for political entrepreneurs to combine populist, nationalist, and radical rhetorics to appeal to the legitimate grievances of ordinary citizens. By combining historical case-studies with large-n analysis and by synthesizing political science with Polanyian political economy, Svitych's book provides a valuable and timely explanation of how neo-nationalist politics gained ground around the world. ——Kurtulus Gemici, One Hundred Talent Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, Zhejiang UniversityTable of ContentsAcknowledgments List of Figures and Tables 1 Introduction A New Polanyian Moment  1 The Argument  2 Book Outline 2 Bringing the Nation Back In  1 What’s New in Neo-nationalism?  2 Enter Populism and Radicalism  3 Competing Neo-nationalisms  4 Toward a Polanyian Explanation 3 The Rise of the Capital-State  1 A New Polanyian Moment  2 Theorizing State Transformation under Globalization  3 The Rise of the Capital-State  4 Capital-State Index  5 The Greatest Transformation 4 Capital-State and Neo-nationalism Global Trends  1 Neo-nationalism as a Protective Reaction  2 Regression Analysis  2.1 Aggregate Analysis  2.2 Panel Data Analysis  3 Interactive Models  4 Conclusion 5 The Post-socialist Capital-State Movement for a Better Hungary  1 The Post-socialist Capital State  2 Perceptions of the Transformation  2.1 Nostalgic  2.2 Deprived  2.3 Status-Frustrated  3 Jobbik: Appeal and Politicization  4 Institutional Change, Social Demand, and Political Supply 6 The Liberal Capital-State One Nation Party  1 Perceptions of the Transformation  2 One Nation Party: Closed Supply 7 The Post-dirigiste Capital-State National Front  1 The Post-dirigiste Capital-State  2 Perceptions of the Transformation  3 National Front: Appeal and Politicization 8 The Developmental Capital-State Korean Progressivism  1 Institutional Change and Continuity  2 Progressivism in Lieu of Neo-nationalism 9 Conclusion The Pandemic and Beyond  1 The Neo-nationalist Blowback against the Capital-State  2 Contributions and Implications  3 The covid Capital-State and Neo-nationalism Appendices Glossary Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisHongkongers’ Fight for Freedom: Voices from the 2019 Anti-extradition Movement documents this momentous episode in the history of Hong Kong through the voices of its participants. Drawing on the interviews of 56 participants, this book portrays how normally acquiescent Hongkongers joined the Movement en masse, driven by government intransigence, police brutality and flagrant injustice. It also conveys the deep emotions and strong sense of commitment and identity which evolved in the process. The Movement was a courageous effort by its citizens to defend their freedoms, but sadly, it also marked the beginning of the city’s sharp descent into Chinese tyranny. While a curtain of silence now enshrouds Hong Kong, it is imperative that these voices of resistance be preserved and heard.Table of ContentsPreface Acknowledgements Author Statement List of Figures 1 The Prelude 1 A Story of the Secondary School Student Part 1 The Study 2 Motivations for Participation 1 To Stop the Amendments 2 Anger and Shock Mobilised Actions 3 The Movement of No Return 1 The Tragic Night of 7.21: No Rioters without a Tyrannical Regime 2 To Resist by Any Means Necessary 4 Be Water: Dying For the Political Demands 1 “No Central Stage”: Each Finds His or Her Own Role in the Movement 2 Be Water: Ever-Changing Positions 5 Radiating the Movement: Multiple Roles of Backup Support 1 We Provide Supplies to Save Our Children 2 We Are Drivers Covering the Young People to Leave the Scene 3 Using Social Media for Advocating: We Are People’s Reporters 4 We Are Here to Accompany the Young People 5 We Provide Legal Assistance and Do Fundraising 6 “Hong Kong” vs “Mainland China”: Identity and Resistance 1 Foundation of Identity: Political and Social Values 2 Rejecting Immigrants and Tourists from China and Objecting to Profit Transfer to China 3 Between Chinese and Hong Kong Identity 4 “Today’s Xinjiang, Tomorrow’s Hong Kong” 7 What It Means 1 Political Motivation 2 Radicalisation of the Movement and Changes in Participants’ Roles 3 Emotions and Feelings Driving the Movement 4 Lest We Forget Part 2 The Stories 8 Brick, a University Graduate: “Since Then, the Fights Defined Me” 9 Streambreaker at His Seventeen: “If You Ask Me What Has Been Sacrificed … It’s Probably My Future” 10 Loafer and His Brother Were Arrested: “From That Day On, We Became a Family of ‘Martyrs’” 11 Henry: as a Hongkonger, I Did “What I Had To Do” 12 Elsa: “How a Guardian for Kids Ended Up in Handcuffs” 1 Before All This Came About 2 It All Began With Protecting Our Kids 3 First Successful Mediation 4 Building Team Spirit and Rapport 5 The Single ‘Pig-Mouth’ Upgraded 6 Tears on the Battlefield 7 The Battle of the Chinese University 8 The Battle of the Polytechnic University 9 Walking Together to the End 13 Lessons from Hong Kong 1 The Changed Face of Hong Kong 1.1 The Judicial System 1.2 The Media and Freedom of Expression 1.3 The Shrinking of Civil Society 1.4 Censorship and ccp Propaganda 2 The Iron Fist Closing on a Recalcitrant “New, Young Nation” 2.1 “Society of Social Movements” (Lee, 2021, p. 1) 2.2 Localism in the Protest Culture 2.3 “Hong Kong” vs “Chinese” 3 The 2019 Hong Kong Protests and the Changing World Order 4 Actors or Pawns in History? References Index

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Book SynopsisWhat explains the rise of populist nationalism in the contemporary phase of globalized development? Drawing on Karl Polanyi’s study of the great transformation, The Rise of the Capital-state and Neo-nationalism argues that populist nationalism is a societal reaction to the pro-market structural changes in the political economies of nation-states – conceptualized as the capital-state transformation. Oleksandr Svitych shows that there is an inextricable link between free market reforms, declining state legitimacy, and identity-based mobilization. Examining four case studies (Australia, France, Hungary, and South Korea) through a mixed method approach, the book finds that discontented voters gravitate toward populist neo-national political forces and embrace identity-based solutions – often in exclusivist and scapegoating forms – to harness their anxieties and insecurities triggered by the capital-state restructuring. Populist nationalism of both the left and the right has emerged to compensate for the real and perceived inability of the state to shield citizens from the corrosive effects of market fundamentalism. The Rise of the Capital-state and Neo-nationalism contributes to our understanding of the dynamics of the interrelated nature of state, capital, and identity politicization through a broader social theoretical perspective. This work was supported by European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No. 822682: "Populist rebellion against modernity in 21st-century Eastern Europe: neo-traditionalism and neo-feudalism – POPREBEL". *The Rise of the Capital-state and Neo-Nationalism is now available in paperback for individual customers.Trade Review“Oleksandr Svitych’s The Rise of the Capital State and Neo-nationalism is an extraordinary contribution to our understanding of the current phenomena of populism and nationalism spreading across the globe. Instead of limiting his analysis to simple economic or cultural explanations, the author deftly combines both in a synthetic interpretation of the present conjuncture indebted to the insights of Karl Polanyi's The Great Transformation. Svitych distinguishes between right-wing neoliberalism, the response on the Right from authoritarian and neo-nationalist populists who favor some protection from market fundamentalism, and the more cosmopolitan, democratic, and egalitarian populism on the Left. His research and results illuminate the pathologies and possibilities in the current drift toward illiberal democracy and greater authoritarianism. This book is essential reading for understanding the dangers presented by demagogues and opportunists ready to exploit the genuine discontents of those left behind by capitalist globalization and the degradation of the welfare state.” ——Ronald Grigor Suny, William H. Sewell, Jr. Distinguished University Professor of History, Professor of Political Science, University of Michigan | Emeritus Professor of Political Science and History, The University of Chicago “The rise of ‘populist’ political movements is a striking feature of modern politics. This book challenges simple interpretations of populism by digging deeper into the underlying political economic influences. It astutely blends political economic theory, statistical analysis, and country-specific case studies. It recasts conventional understandings of neoliberalism by considering the features of the ‘capital-state’ that have led people to seek alternatives in neo-nationalist movements. It extends Polanyi’s theory of the ‘double movement’ to show how cultural considerations have shaped these responses in different countries. Systematic, cogent and clearly written, this book has all the hallmarks of first-class social science. It deserves to be widely read by academics, students and citizens concerned with the future of democracy.” ——Frank Stilwell, Professor Emeritus of Political Economy, University of Sydney “Why have nationalist movements, of reactionary and leftist stripes, thrived in our era of market-fundamentalist globalisation? And why have they gained traction in some countries but not others? Drawing on Polanyian theory, case study research and comparative statistical analysis, Oleksandr Svitych offers answers in this thought-provoking book. ——Gareth Dale, Reader in Political Economy, Brunel University “Populism, nationalism, and radicalism have been on the rise across the world. Svitych's book shows that the rise of all three are intimately connected to each other and that their combination in the hands of skillful political entrepreneurs amounts to a novel political project, neo-nationalism. In particular, Svitych shows how politicians exploit the state's retreat from regulating the market and the accompanying re-embedding of social life in a market society. The more society revolves around the market, the more opportunities for political entrepreneurs to combine populist, nationalist, and radical rhetorics to appeal to the legitimate grievances of ordinary citizens. By combining historical case-studies with large-n analysis and by synthesizing political science with Polanyian political economy, Svitych's book provides a valuable and timely explanation of how neo-nationalist politics gained ground around the world. ——Kurtulus Gemici, One Hundred Talent Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, Zhejiang UniversityTable of ContentsAcknowledgments List of Figures and Tables 1 Introduction A New Polanyian Moment  1 The Argument  2 Book Outline 2 Bringing the Nation Back In  1 What’s New in Neo-nationalism?  2 Enter Populism and Radicalism  3 Competing Neo-nationalisms  4 Toward a Polanyian Explanation 3 The Rise of the Capital-State  1 A New Polanyian Moment  2 Theorizing State Transformation under Globalization  3 The Rise of the Capital-State  4 Capital-State Index  5 The Greatest Transformation 4 Capital-State and Neo-nationalism Global Trends  1 Neo-nationalism as a Protective Reaction  2 Regression Analysis  2.1 Aggregate Analysis  2.2 Panel Data Analysis  3 Interactive Models  4 Conclusion 5 The Post-socialist Capital-State Movement for a Better Hungary  1 The Post-socialist Capital State  2 Perceptions of the Transformation  2.1 Nostalgic  2.2 Deprived  2.3 Status-Frustrated  3 Jobbik: Appeal and Politicization  4 Institutional Change, Social Demand, and Political Supply 6 The Liberal Capital-State One Nation Party  1 Perceptions of the Transformation  2 One Nation Party: Closed Supply 7 The Post-dirigiste Capital-State National Front  1 The Post-dirigiste Capital-State  2 Perceptions of the Transformation  3 National Front: Appeal and Politicization 8 The Developmental Capital-State Korean Progressivism  1 Institutional Change and Continuity  2 Progressivism in Lieu of Neo-nationalism 9 Conclusion The Pandemic and Beyond  1 The Neo-nationalist Blowback against the Capital-State  2 Contributions and Implications  3 The covid Capital-State and Neo-nationalism Appendices Glossary Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisDavid E. Newton holds a BA in Chemistry, an MA in Education from the University of Michigan, USA and an EdD in Science Education from Harvard University, USA.

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