Communism category: 1567 books
Socialism 101
From the Bolsheviks and Karl Marx to Universal Healthcare and the Democratic Socialists, Everything You Need to Know about Socialism
Language: English
Release Date: September 3, 2019
Socialism 101 is a comprehensive and accessible guide to the historical and modern applications of socialism.
In today’s political climate, more and more presidential candidates are espousing socialist—or democratic socialist—policies. Once associated with oppression, socialism is now...
Why Control Immigration?
Strategic Uses of Migration Management in Russia
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2018
Migration management in Russia is a window into how public policy, the federal system, and patronage are used to manage conflicting demands. This multi-level balancing act demonstrates the importance of high-level politics, institutional interests and constraints, and the conditions under which government...
by Edward Ashbee
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2015
The right and the recession considers the ways in which conservative activists, groupings, parties and interests in the US and Britain responded to the financial crisis and the 'Great Recession' that followed in its wake. The book looks at the tensions and stresses between different ideas, interests...
Comrade
An Essay on Political Belonging
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2019
When people say 'comrade', they change the world
Between mass participation in two world wars and mass participation in Communist parties, in the 20th century millions of people across the globe addressed each other as 'comrade'. Now, it's more common to hear talk of 'allies' on the left than...
by Joseph Rothschild
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2017
East Central Europe Between The Two World Wars is a sophisticated political history of East Central Europe in the interwar years. Written by an eminent scholar in the field, it is an original contribution to the literature on the political cultures of Poland, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Yugoslavia, Romania, Bulgaria, Albania, and the Baltic states.
Union Power
The United Electrical Workers in Erie, Pennsylvania
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2017
If you're lucky enough to be employed today in the United States, there's about a one-in-ten chance that you're in a labor union. And even if you’re part of that unionized 10 percent, chances are your union doesn't carry much economic or political clout. But this was not always the case, as historian...
World Bank Group interactions with environmentalists
Changing international organisation identities
Language: English
Release Date: July 19, 2013
This book shows how environmentalists have shaped the world’s largest multilateral development lender, investment financier and political risk insurer to take up sustainable development.
Shaken Authority
China's Communist Party and the 2008 Sichuan Earthquake
Language: English
Release Date: May 9, 2017
In Shaken Authority, Christian P. Sorace examines the political mechanisms at work in the aftermath of the 2008 Sichuan earthquake and the broader ideological energies that drove them. Sorace takes Communist Party ideas and discourse as central to how that organization formulates policies, defines...
The Colour Revolutions in the Former Soviet Republics
Successes and Failures
Language: English
Release Date: July 12, 2010
During the first decade of the 21st century, a remarkable phenomenon swept through the former Soviet Union changing the political, social and cultural landscape. Popularly known as the ‘Colour Revolutions’, these non-violent protests overthrew autocratic regimes in three post-soviet republics:...
The Chinese Communist Party as Organizational Emperor
Culture, reproduction, and transformation
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2009
The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is the largest and one of the most powerful, political organizations in the world today, which has played a crucial role in initiating most of the major reforms of the past three decades in China. China’s rapid rise has enabled the CCP to extend its influence throughout...
by Ian Jeffries
Language: English
Release Date: March 7, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: March 7, 2011
This book provides a comprehensive overview of political developments in Russia since late 2000, following on from where the author’s previous publication, The New Russia, left off. It covers all aspects of politics including the following: the highly centralized nature of power in Russia; central...
Under Siege
The Independent Labour Party in Interwar Britain
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2017
During the period between the two world wars, the Independent Labour Party (ILP) was the main voice of radical democratic socialism in Great Britain. Founded in 1893, the ILP had, since 1906, operated under the aegis of the Labour Party. As that party edged nearer to power following World War I, forming...
by Restore Oklahoma Public Education
Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 2011
Complete with supporting links and end notes for our reference material, our research details how the public education system is being used as a vehicle to spread Socialism and Marxism to our youth. Oklahoma is the focus, but rest assured this is happening in every state. We point out the Federally...
The Beginning of History
Value Struggles and Global Capital
Language: English
Release Date: December 20, 2006
Francis Fukuyama may declare the 'end of history', and neoliberal capital embraces this belief. However, the diverse struggles for commons and dignity around the planet reveal a different reality: that of the beginning of history. The clash between these two perspectives is the subject matter of this...