Wright, Erik Olin

Class, crisis, and the state by Erik Olin Wright( Book )

47 editions published between 1978 and 2016 in 6 languages and held by 938 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

One of the major works of the new American Marxism, Wright's book draws a challenging new class map of the United States and other, comparable, advanced capitalist countries today. It also discusses the various classical theories of economic crisis in the West and their relevance to the current recession, and contrasts the way in which the major political problem of bureaucracy was confronted by two great antagonists'Weber and Lenin. A concluding essay brings together the practical lessons of these theoretical analyses, in an examination of the problems of left governments coming to power in capitalist states

Classes by Erik Olin Wright( Book )

40 editions published between 1985 and 2015 in 4 languages and held by 802 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Class counts : comparative studies in class analysis by Erik Olin Wright( Book )

20 editions published between 1996 and 2000 in English and Undetermined and held by 678 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The results of these studies are then evaluated in terms of how they confirm certain expectations within the Marxist tradition of class analysis and how they pose challenging surprises

Class structure and income determination by Erik Olin Wright( Book )

15 editions published between 1976 and 1982 in English and Undetermined and held by 672 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The politics of punishment : a critical analysis of prisons in America by Erik Olin Wright( Book )

12 editions published between 1973 and 1981 in English and held by 650 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The Debate on Classes by Erik Olin Wright( Book )

18 editions published between 1989 and 1998 in English and Spanish and held by 469 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Approaches to class analysis by Erik Olin Wright( Book )

19 editions published between 2005 and 2009 in English and held by 438 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Few themes have been as central to sociology as 'class' and yet class remains a perpetually contested idea. Sociologists disagree not only on how best to define the concept of class but on its general role in social theory and indeed on its continued relevance to the sociological analysis of contemporary society. Some people believe that classes have largely dissolved in contemporary societies; others believe class remains one of the fundamental forms of social inequality and social power. Some see class as a narrow economic phenomenon whilst others adopt an expansive conception that includes cultural dimensions as well as economic conditions. This book explores the theoretical foundations of six major perspectives of class with each chapter written by an expert in the field. It concludes with a conceptual map of these alternative approaches by posing the question: 'If class is the answer, what is the question?'

Envisioning real utopias by Erik Olin Wright( Book )

19 editions published between 2010 and 2015 in 4 languages and held by 376 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Rising inequality of income and power, along with the recent convulsions in the finance sector, have made the search for alternatives to unbridled capitalism more urgent than ever. Yet there has been a global retreat by the Left: on the assumption that liberal capitalism is the only game in town, political theorists tend to dismiss as utopian any attempt to rethink our social and economic relations. As Fredric Jameson first argued, it is now easier for us to imagine the end of the world than an alternative to capitalism. Erik Olin Wright's Envisioning Real Utopias is a comprehensive assault on the quietism of contemporary social theory. Building on a lifetime's work analyzing the class system in the developed world, as well as exploring the problem of the transition to a socialist alternative, Wright has now completed a systematic reconstruction of the core values and feasible goals for Left theorists and political actors. Envisioning Real Utopias aims to put the social back into socialism, laying the foundations for a set of concrete, emancipatory alternatives to the capitalist system. Characteristically rigorous and engaging, this will become a landmark of social thought for the twenty-first century

Deepening democracy : institutional innovations in empowered participatory governance by Archon Fung( Book )

14 editions published between 2003 and 2011 in English and held by 335 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The institutional forms of liberal democracy developed in the 19th century seem increasingly ill-suited to the problems we face in the 21st. This dilemma has given rise to a deliberative democracy, and this text explores four contemporary cases in which the principles have been at least partially instituted

Reconstructing Marxism : essays on explanation and the theory of history by Erik Olin Wright( Book )

13 editions published in 1992 in English and Spanish and held by 322 WorldCat member libraries worldwide