Critical Political Studies

by Bakan, Abigail B.; Macdonald, Eleanor

• ISBN13: 9780773522510
• ISBN10: 0773522514
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2002-07-01
• Publisher: McGill Queens Univ Pr

Summary

Written as a tribute to the remarkable intellectual career of Colin Leys, the debates in this book deal with some of the most pressing problems confronting the majority of citizens in both first world and third world contexts. Their contributions provide the confidence to pursue new possibilities that permit a more optimistic, if critical, outlook. Topics covered include contemporary debates about globalization and the nation state, African development, prospects for British socialism after Blair, social movements, and current issues in political and social theory. Contributors include Laurie Adkin (University of Alberta), Abigail Bakan, Bruce Berman (Queen's University), Manfred Bienefeld (Carleton University), Alex Callinicos (University of York, UK), Bonnie Campbell (University of Quebec at Montreal), Michael Chege (University of Florida), Radhika Desai (University of Victoria), Lauren Dobell (PhD candidate, Oxford University), Phil Goldman (Queen's University), Banu Helvacioglu (Bilkent University, Turkey), Robert Jessop (University of Lancaster, UK), Colin Leys (emeritus, Queen's University), Eleanor MacDonald, Marguerite Mendell (Concordia University), Leo Panitch (York University), Anne Phillips (London School of Economics and Political Science), and John Saul (Atkinson College, York University).

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	ix
Key to Abbreviations	xi
Biography: Colin Temple Leys	xiii
Introduction: From Colin Leys to Counter-Hegemony: Debates and Dialogues from the Left	3	(8)
Abigail B. Bakan
Eleanor MacDonald
National Politics in a Global Economy: Reflections on the British Experience	11	(30)
Colin Leys
PART ONE: FROM THATCHER TO BLAIR: BRITISH POLITICS AT THE TURN OF THE MILLENNIUM
Revisiting Thatcherism and Its Political Economy: Hegemonic Projects, Accumulation Strategies, and the Question of Internationalization	41	(16)
Robert D. Jessop
Rethinking the Labour Party's Transition from Socialism to Capitalism	57	(10)
Leo Panitch
Tony Blair and the British Left	67	(27)
Alex Callinicos
PART TWO: POLITICS IN AFRICA: TRAJECTORIES, TRANSITIONS, AND CONTRADICTIONS
Afropessimism/optimism: The Antinomies of Colin Leys	94	(19)
John S. Saul
Caught in the Contradictions: The State in Kenya, 1945-2000	113	(22)
Bruce J. Berman
Constructing a Development Agenda for Namibia	135	(21)
Lauren Dobell
Political Dimensions of the Adjustment Experience of Cote d'Ivoire	156	(23)
Bonnie Campbell
Introducing Race as a Variable into the Political Economy of Kenya Debate: An Incendiary Idea	179	(29)
Michael Chege
PART THREE: WORLD ECONOMY: IDEOLOGIES PERSPECTIVES, AND STRATEGIES FOR CHANGE
Development Theory: A New Hegemonic Ideology?	208	(24)
Manfred Bienefeld
Capital, Marxism, and the World Economy: APEC arid the MAI	232	(26)
Abigail B. Bakan
Amnesty: An Essay in Law and Politics	258	(23)
Phil Goldman
The Rise and Fall of New Social Movement Theory?	281	(38)
Laurie E. Adkin
The Social Economy in Quebec: Discourses and Strategies	319	(31)
Marguerite Mendell
PART FOUR: POLITICAL THEORY AND THE THEORY OF POLITICS
Politics in Isolation? Recent Developments in Political Theory	350	(18)
Anne Phillips
An Ethical Politics of Our Times: Moral Selves or Solidarity?	368	(19)
Banu Helvacioglu
Fetishizing Phantoms: Carl Schmitt, Chantal Mouffe, and ``The Political''	387	(22)
Radhika Desai
Incredulity and Poetic Justice: Accounting for Postmodern Accounts	409	(16)
Eleanor MacDonald
Afterword: Critically Studying Politics	425	(2)
Abigail B. Bakan
Eleanor MacDonald
About the Authors	427