This ambitious volume examines revolutionary situations during a non-revolutionary historical conjuncture–the neoliberal era. The last three decades have seen an increase in the number of political upheavals that challenge existing power structures, many of them taking the form of urban revolts. This book compellingly explores a series of such upheavals–in Eastern Europe, South Africa, Indonesia, Argentina, Bolivia, Venezuela, sub-Saharan Africa (including Congo, Zimbabwe, Burkina Faso) and Egypt. Each chapter studies the ways in which protest movements developed into insurgent challenges to state power, and the strategies that regimes have deployed to contain and repress revolt.
In addition to empirical chapters, the book engages in theorization of revolution, dealing with questions such as the patterning of revolution in contemporary history, the relationship between class struggle and social movements, and the prospects of socialist revolution in the twenty-first century.
Table of Content
Introduction — Colin Barker and Gareth Dale
Part 1: Theoretical Implications (1)
Chapter 1: Social Movements and the Possibility of Socialist Revolution — Colin Barker
Part 2: Revolutionary Situations, 1989-2019
Chapter 2: 1989: Revolution and Regime Change in Central and Eastern Europe — Gareth Dale
Chapter 3: The End of Apartheid in South Africa — Claire Ceruti
Chapter 4: Uprisings and Revolutions in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1985-2014 — Leo Zeilig, with Peter Dwyer
Chapter 5: ‘Reformasi’: Indonesians Bring Down Suharto — Tom O ‘Lincoln
Chapter 6: Bolivia ‘s Cycle of Revolt: Left-Indigenous Struggle, 2000-2005 — Jeffery R. Webber
Chapter 7: Argentina 2001: Our Year Of Rebellion — Jorge Orovitz Sanmartino
Chapter 8: The Pink Tide in Latin America: Where the Future Lay? — Mike Gonzalez
Chapter 9: The Tragedy of the Egyptian Revolution — Sameh Naguib
Part 3: Theoretical Implications (2)
Chapter 10: The Actuality of the Revolution — Neil Davidson
About the author
Colin Barker (1939-2019) taught sociology at Manchester Metropolitan University. He authored or edited several books, including Revolutionary Rehearsals.Gareth Dale teaches politics at Brunel University. He has published books on Karl Polanyi, East Germany, and green growth.Neil Davidson (1957-2020) taught sociology at Glasgow University. He authored many books on Scottish history and Marxist theory.More ebooks from the same author(s) / Editor
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