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Capitalism And Social Democracy

by Adam Przeworski

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This is a study of the choices faced by socialist movements as they developed within capitalist societies. Professor Przeworski examines the three principal choices confronted by socialism: whether to work through elections; whether to rely exclusive... Read more
This is a study of the choices faced by socialist movements as they developed within capitalist societies. Professor Przeworski examines the three principal choices confronted by socialism: whether to work through elections; whether to rely exclusively on the working class; and whether to try to reform or abolish capitalism. He brings to his analysis a number of abstract models of political and economic structure, and illustrates the issues in the context of historical events, tracing the development of socialist strategies since the mid-nineteenth century. Several of the conclusions are novel and provocative. Professor Przeworski argues that economic issues cannot justify a socialist programme, and that the workers had good reasons to struggle for the improvement of capitalism. Therefore, the project of a socialist transformation, and the fight for economic advancement, were separate historical phenomena. Less

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File size9.02 X 6.02 X 0.75 in
Print pages280
PublisherCambridge University Press
Publication date December 26, 1986
LanguageEnglish
ISBN9780521336567
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Adam Przeworski
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Adam Przeworski is Carroll and Milton Petrie Professor of Politics and (by courtesy) of Economics at New York University....

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