1st Edition
Varieties of Alternative Economic Systems Practical Utopias for an Age of Global Crisis and Austerity
Chapter 1) Introduction to practical utopias
Robert Albritton and Richard Westra
Part I
Socialism and ecology
Chapter 2) Radical social democracy: a phase of transition to democratic socialism
Saeed Rahnema
Chapter 3) Ecosocialism for a new era
Pat Devine
Chapter 4) Ecological community: a practical utopia
Ann E. Davis
Chapter 5) Soviet planning and the labor-time calculation model: implications for 21st-century socialism
Seongjin Jeong
Part II
Positive practicalities: leaping ahead
Chapter 6) Provisioning under austerity: meeting human needs in the future
Barbara Hopkins
Chapter 7) World government is a necessity
Robert Albritton
Chapter 8) Alternative principles of labor: liberation from labor and liberation through work
Gui-yeon Jang
Chapter 9) Building a (very) new road to socialism: Cuba in the 21st century
Al Campbell
Chapter 10) South African commoning of medicines and water beyond human rights
Patrick Bond
Part III
New thinking towards a new future
Chapter 11) Foundations and pathways to a progressive, socialist eco-sustainable future
Richard Westra
Chapter 12) A posthumanist economics
Karin Schönpflug and Christine M. Klapeer
Biography
Richard Westra received his Ph.D. in Political Studies from Queen’s University, Canada, in 2001. Currently he is Designated Professor in the Graduate School of Law, Nagoya University, Japan.
Robert Albritton is Professor Emeritus, Departments of Political Science and Social and Political Thought at York University, Canada. He is a prolific writer who has authored or edited 12 books and scores of articles in journals and book collections.
Seongjin Jeong is a leading Marxian economist in South Korea. He has written widely on Marxism, socialism and the Korean economy. He is currently a Professor of Economics at Gyeongsang National University and editor of Marxism 21.
