Carl Boggs: Social Movements and Political Power

<body bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000" link="#0000FF" vlink="#CC0000" alink="#CC0000"><center><hr width="350" size="1" align="center" noshade><hr width="350" size="1" align="center" noshade><p><a href="https://cdcshoppingcart.uchicago.edu/Cart/ChicagoBook.aspx?ISBN=9780877224471&&PRESS=temple" target="_top">Buy this book!</a> | <a href="https://cdcshoppingcart.uchicago.edu/Cart/Cart.aspx?PRESS=temple" target="_top">View Cart</a> | <a href="https://cdcshoppingcart.uchicago.edu/Cart/Cart.aspx?PRESS=temple" target="_top">Check Out</a></p><p><img src="438_reg.gif" height=200 border=1 vspace=4></p></center><h1>Social Movements and Political Power</h1> <H2>Emerging Forms of Radicalism in the West</H2> <h3>Carl Boggs</h3> <P>cloth 0-87722-447-1 $37.95, Nov 86, <FONT COLOR=#990033>Out of Print</FONT> <br>paper 0-87722-622-9 $33.95, Jan 89, <FONT COLOR=#990033>Available</FONT> <BR> 304 pp 6x9 </P><BLOCKQUOTE><I>"Boggs' account is informative, insightful, and provocative. His enthusiasm for new social movements does not blind him to their shortcomings."</I> <br>&#151<b><I>Political Science Quarterly</I></b><I></I></BLOCKQUOTE> <h2>Excerpt</h2><P>Excerpt available at <a href="http://www.temple.edu/tempress">www.temple.edu/tempress</a></p> <BR> <h2>Reviews</h2> <p><I>"A provocative book, one that deserves a wide reading among those who wish to understand the new movements. His analysis is an important contribution to understanding the transitions we are going through."</I> <br>&#151<b><I>Journal of the American Planning Association</I></b> <p><I>"Carl Boggs has written one of the most comprehensive, stimulating, and provocative books we have on the �new social movements� today. It deserves the highest praise for the issues it raises, its clarity of thought, and its splendid style. This is �must� reading on the subject."</I> <br>&#151<b>Murray Bookchin</b>, Emeritus Professor, Ramapo College <BR> <h2>Contents</h2><P> <p>Preface <p>1. The New Global Context of Social Movements <p>2. The Changing Universe of Political Opposition <br><i>The Historical Context &#149 The Varieties of Popular Movements &#149 Constituent Elements of A New Radicalism &#149 Marxism and New Social Movements &#149 From Social Movement to Political Strategy</i> <p>3. Eurosocialism and the Search for a Third Road <br><i>The Social-Democratic Impasse &#149 The Eurosocialist Alternative &#149 The Dilemmas of Structural Reformism &#149 The Consolidation of Bourgeois Hegemony</i> <p>4. The American Context: From New Left to New Populism <br><i>New Populism, Marxism, and the Left &#149 The Conquest of New Political Terrain &#149 The Limits of Democratic Reform &#149 Santa Monica: Institutionalization at the Grassroots &#149 Popular Revolt and the Search for Community &#149 New Populism and Beyond</i> <p>5. The Green Alternative in West Germany <br><i>New Movements and the Rise of the Greens &#149 Party of a New Type &#149 An Ecological Mode of Development &#149 New Cold War and the Peace Movement &#149 The Green Predicament &#149 The Diffusion of Green Politics</i> <p>6. Social Movements and Radical Change <br><i>The Global Dimension &#149 A New Phase of Class Politics &#149 State Power and Political Strategy &#149 Hegemony and Counterhegemony &#149 Toward a Post-Marxist Radicalism</i> <p>Notes <br>Acronyms <br>Index </P><BR> <H2>About the Author(s)</H2> <P><b>Carl Boggs</b> teaches political science at the University of Southern California.</P> <BR><H2>Subject Categories</H2> <p><A HREF="/tempress/political.html" TARGET="_top">Political Science and Public Policy</a> <BR><A HREF="/tempress/sociology.html" TARGET="_top">Sociology</a> <BR><A HREF="/tempress/history.html" TARGET="_top">History</a> </p> <p align="center"><a href="https://cdcshoppingcart.uchicago.edu/Cart/ChicagoBook.aspx?ISBN=9780877224471&&PRESS=temple" target="_top">Buy this book!</a> | <a href="https://cdcshoppingcart.uchicago.edu/Cart/Cart.aspx?PRESS=temple" target="_top">View Cart</a> | <a href="https://cdcshoppingcart.uchicago.edu/Cart/Cart.aspx?PRESS=temple" target="_top">Check Out</a></p><p><font face="Arial" size="1"><a href="copyright.html" onMouseOver="window.status='Web Copyright Policy';return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''" title="Web Copyright Policy">©</a> 2015 <a href="http://www.temple.edu" target="new" onMouseOver="window.status='Link to Temple University home page';return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''" title="Link to Temple University home page">Temple University</a>. All Rights Reserved. http://www.temple.edu/tempress/titles/438_reg.html</font></p>