Axel Van Den Berg: 2 books
The Immanent Utopia
From Marxism on the State to the State of Marxism
Language: English
Release Date: January 16, 2018
The spectacular growth in the 1970s and 1980s of the Marxist literature on politics and the state in capitalist society was hailed at the time as cumulative proof of Marxism's success in producing an effective theory of the political superstructure. More generally, it was seen as confirmation of the...
Combating Poverty
Quebec's Pursuit of a Distinctive Welfare State
Language: English
Release Date: August 28, 2017
Combating Poverty critically analyses the growing divergence between Quebec and other large Canadian provinces in terms of social and labour market policies and their outcomes over the past several decades. While Canada is routinely classified as a single, homogeneous ‘liberal market’ regime,...