Class Politics Now
Culture, Organization, and Democracy in Late-Stage Capitalism
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Populist insurgencies. Creeping authoritarianism. Deepening class fragmentation. This is the volatile landscape created by late-stage capitalism. In the years since the 2008 financial crash, movements from Occupy, to the gilets jaunes, to the Fight for $15 have repeatedly mobilized working people against austerity, inequality, and precarity - and repeatedly failed to consolidate lasting power.
While most analyses of this late neoliberal working-class disempowerment stop at diagnosis, Class Politics Now offers concrete theory for showing how we can turn today's scattered progressive movements into durable collective power capable of challenging the status quo. Focusing on how class politics can be reconnected in practice, this book offers a framework for reconstructing transformative politics in the twenty-first century.
Chapter 1. Introduction: From Class Crisis to New Political Possibilities
- Chapter 2. Rethinking Working-Class Power: From Fragmentation to New Alliances
- Chapter 3. The Organizational Challenge: From Expertise to Solidarity
- Chapter 4. Democracy Reimagined: From Procedure to Transformation
- Chapter 5. Conclusion: The Road Ahead
At a moment when democracy is often reduced to elections, institutions, and political procedure, Class Politics Now asks us to consider democracy as something people must actively make. It provides an ambitious and necessary framework for thinking about how that work can happen.
Robert F. Carley is Associate Professor of International Affairs, Texas A&M University, College Station, USA.
Daniella Mascarenhas is Associate Professor of Political Science at Xavier University of Louisiana, USA.