{"product_id":"what-is-the-state-for-9781946511874","title":"What Is The State For","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCan the nation-state serve social justice? Should social movements work inside or outside the state? What would a just state look like, and how can we get there?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eLeading a forum in the latest issue of\u003cem\u003eBoston Review\u003c\/em\u003e,\u003cstrong\u003eOlúfẹmi O. Táíwò\u003c\/strong\u003eidentifies fossil capital as the principal obstacle to a more just world. We face an uphill battle against carbon?s capture of the state system, he argues, but state politics remains our best path forward. Respondents?\u003cstrong\u003eThea Riofrancos\u003c\/strong\u003e,\u003cstrong\u003eMariame Kaba\u003c\/strong\u003e\u0026amp;\u003cstrong\u003eAndrea Ritchie\u003c\/strong\u003e,\u003cstrong\u003eIshac Diwan\u003c\/strong\u003e\u0026amp;\u003cstrong\u003eBright Simons\u003c\/strong\u003e,\u003cstrong\u003eMartin O?Neill\u003c\/strong\u003e\u0026amp;\u003cstrong\u003eJoe Guinan\u003c\/strong\u003e,\u003cstrong\u003eGianpaolo Baiocchi\u003c\/strong\u003e,\u003cstrong\u003eClaudio Lomnitz\u003c\/strong\u003e, and\u003cstrong\u003eTara Raghuveer\u003c\/strong\u003e?explore the strategies, possibilities, and limitations of efforts to address the climate crisis and transform the state in the image of justice.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eElsewhere in the issue,\u003cstrong\u003eLeila Farsakh\u003c\/strong\u003eexamines the history and fate of the quest for Palestinian statehood, while\u003cstrong\u003eJoshua Craze\u003c\/strong\u003ereports on the global rise of militias that vie for power with the states that created them.\u003cstrong\u003eAstra Taylor\u003c\/strong\u003eand\u003cstrong\u003eLeah Hunt-Hendrix\u003c\/strong\u003emake the case for a ?solidarity state? premised on participation, parity, pluralism, and peace.\u003cstrong\u003eJanice Fine\u003c\/strong\u003eand\u003cstrong\u003eHana Shepherd\u003c\/strong\u003etake us inside a compelling new model of labor law enforcement that is reshaping state and local governments across the country. And\u003cstrong\u003eBonnie Tenneriello\u003c\/strong\u003edocuments the way prisons neutralize reform, following hard-won legislation to end solitary confinement that has done no such thing.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePlus,\u003cstrong\u003eRichard Pithouse\u003c\/strong\u003etalks with\u003cstrong\u003eS?bu Zikode\u003c\/strong\u003e, leader of the Abahlali baseMjondolo movement, about how South Africa?s poorest citizens are doing thirty years after apartheid;\u003cstrong\u003eJonathan S. Blake\u003c\/strong\u003ereviews recent books by Philip Pettit, Charles S. Maier, and Natasha Wheatley; and\u003cstrong\u003ePeter E. Gordon\u003c\/strong\u003etraces the rise and fall of theory?s engagement with ?real questions of suffering and social transformation.?\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Haymarket Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49536365396311,"sku":"9781946511874","price":16.96,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781946511874.jpg?v=1731902089","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/what-is-the-state-for-9781946511874","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}