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Late Modernity, Individualization and Socialism

An Associational Critique of Neoliberalism

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  • © 2013

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Authors:
  1. Matt Dawson

    1. University of Glasgow, UK

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-vi
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  2. Introduction

    1. Introduction

      • Matt Dawson
      Pages 1-9

  3. Theoretical Background

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 11-11
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    2. The Political Sociology of Late Modernity: Political Individualization

      • Matt Dawson
      Pages 13-61

    3. Libertarian Socialism: The Genesis of an Idea

      • Matt Dawson
      Pages 62-83

  4. Reconciling Late Modernity and Libertarian Socialism

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 85-85
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    2. No Choice but to Choose: The Increased Politicization of Everyday Life

      • Matt Dawson
      Pages 87-104

    3. Privatization without Pluralism: The Late Modern State

      • Matt Dawson
      Pages 105-129

    4. Responsibility without Power: Neoliberalism and Economic Democracy

      • Matt Dawson
      Pages 130-152

    5. Signs of the Alternative: Late Modern Activism and Associationalism

      • Matt Dawson
      Pages 153-175

  5. Conclusion

    1. Conclusion

      • Matt Dawson
      Pages 176-185

  6. Back Matter

    Pages 186-222
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Influenced most notably by Émile Durkheim and Zygmunt Bauman, Dawson outlines how this long neglected stream of socialist theory can help us more fully understand, and possibly move beyond, the problems of neoliberalism and our conceptions of political individualism.

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  • University of Glasgow, UK

    Matt Dawson

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