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...David Siegel Abstract Marx argued that transitions to capitalism require the violent dispossession of direct producers from their means of production. Many scholars have gone beyond the violence of transition to argue that state force is continuously used to maintain market relations. A major...

...Adam Jones © 1992 Caucus for a New Political Science 1992 Adam Jones BEYOND THE BARRICADES: THE SANDINISTA PRESS AND POLITICAL TRANSITION IN NICARAGUA Very rapidly [after the 1990 election defeat], we ended up with the conclusion that no matter that the FSLN had lost-we as journalists had won...

.../07393148.2018.1449068 SYMPOSIUM Trajectory of Asian American Nonpartisanship: Transitory, Transitional, or End State? Loan K. Lea,b and Paul OngC alnstitute for Good Government and Inclusion, Oakland, CA, USA; bDepartment of Ethnic Studies, Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, CA, USA; (Luskin School of Public Affairs...

..., 1980 issue of First World. Richard Healey, James Turner, and Ronald Daniels of the National Black Independent Political Party were helpful in criticizing early drafts of the essay. © 1981 Caucus for a New Political Science 1981 Manning Marable COMMON PROGRAM: Transitional Strategies for Black...

...Judson Abraham Abstract As environmental legislation threatens energy-related jobs, unions may seek to assure just transitions for their workers. Just transitions are programs to guarantee decent, well-paying new jobs or early retirement for workers displaced by environmental regulations. Militant...

...Bryant William Sculos Abstract This article argues that demands and movements for universal basic income (UBI) are important components of a “transitional program,” comprised of transitional demands, suitable for the twenty-first century. Transitional demands do two things: (1) they genuinely...

...Kim Yong Cheol Abstract The political legacies the Gwangju Uprising produced played a pivotal role in checking military intervention in politics during the democratic transition as well as in establishing the principle of civilian supremacy during the democratic transition period. By fostering...

... as transitional. A solution to the world’s ecological crisis is only possible via the transition towards a stationary state — a zero growth economy at the world level which protects the interests of the global South. © 2010 Caucus for a New Political Science 2010 Nezu Political Science, Volzl1ne 32, Number 2...

... by peaceful means.” Since that time, Marxist political theorists have debated whether a transition to socialism can be achieved by parliamentary means alone or whether the transition to socialism requires the use of illegal or even violent tactics. This paper argues that with the resurgence of a socialist...

...Rossen Vassilev Abstract Post-Communist Bulgaria has fared rather poorly in the transition to a capitalist economy. By nearly every macroeconomic standard, it is in worse shape now than in the Communist past. Macroeconomic statistics show that the per capita GNP is sharply down, the social-safety...

...Jennifer Leigh Disney Abstract Mozambique and Nicaragua have each experienced a transition from a Marxist—Leninist, revolutionary state to a liberal—democratic—capitalist, multi-party state in the 1990s. However, in Mozambique, the historic party of the revolution, FRELIMO, remains the party...

..., PBNYC’s neighborhood-level forums remained largely unchanged, but, in order to sustain growth, administrative shifts altered the institution’s basic design. This article examines how and why this transition affected the degree of popular control afforded by PBNYC, specifically within its cross-district...

... transitions in the Third World by promoting civilian-elected regimes. {IIINew Political Science, Volume 25, Number 3, September 2003 Carfax Publishing Taylor & Francis Group Organic Intellectuals and the Discourse on Democracy: Academia, Foreign Policy Makers, and Third World Intervention Christopher I...

..., but also constitutes the assets by assigning value. It follows that the value of an asset can only be determined when it can be expressed in money, and that asset values can only be made comparable when they can be related to this general money-form. Furthermore, the transition from a specific object...

... of global justice, while creating problems of its own. It is argued that emerging dynamics of climate justice are pre-figuring paradigmatic transition, forcing broad-scale transformations in the terms of political contestation. © 2009 Caucus for a New Political Science 2009 New Political Science...

... politics is in transition from the traditional totalism into a conditional democracy. Second, in comparison to economic liberalization, the extent and degree of political liberalization is much lower. In this paper, the author tries to develop a new theory and assessment criteria to explain and evaluate...

...” and the transition some on the Left have made from pacifism and peace activism in the 1980s to advocacy of military intervention to prevent “genocide” in the post-Cold War period. The “pacifist warrior” is a contradiction in terms but encapsulates the problems faced by cosmopolitans in judging between moral...

...Joseph de la Torre Dwyer Abstract For more than 150 years, feminists have debated the comparative merits of capitalism and socialism for women’s emancipation. This article explores the transition in Cuba as President Raid Castro experiments with market liberalization to shed light on that debate...

... Society/Urban Planning Studio (RGS/UPS). RGS/UPS emerged in a transition period in the development of Puerto Rican institutions. It combined several characteristics of groups organized during those years. It was founded by grassroots community youth; it was also a professionally staffed organization...

... property, and as the agent of change. Culture, Change, and Development: Thinking Cultural Transitions Ayany's text raises fundamental questions about history, about how historical change occurs, and about how such change affects our understanding, appreciation, and practice of culture. He appears certain...