Title: Revolutionary rehearsals in the neoliberal age : 1989-2019 /
Authors: Barker, Colin; Dale, Gareth; Davidson, Neil, 1957-
Year: 2021
Subjects: Revolutions History; Revolutions History; Revolutions Philosophy; Revolutions; Revolutions Philosophy
Abstract: "This ambitious volume examines revolutionary situations during a non-revolutionary historical conjuncture--the neoliberal era. The last three decades have seen an increase in the number of political upheavals that challenge existing power structures, many of them taking the form of urban revolts. This book compellingly explores a series of such upheavals--in Eastern Europe, South Africa, Indonesia, Argentina, Bolivia, Venezuela, sub-Saharan Africa (including Congo, Zimbabwe, Burkina Faso) and Egypt. Each chapter studies the ways in which protest movements developed into insurgent challenges to state power, and the strategies that regimes have deployed to contain and repress revolt. In addition to empirical chapters, the book engages in theorization of revolution, dealing with questions such as the patterning of revolution in contemporary history, the relationship between class struggle and social movements, and the prospects of socialist revolution in the twenty-first century."--
Contents: Part 1: Theoretical Implications : Social Movements and the Possibility of Socialist Revolution / Colin Barker -- Part 2: Revolutionary Situations, 1989-2019 : 1989: Revolution and Regime Change in Central and Eastern Europe / Gareth Dale -- The End of Apartheid in South Africa / Claire Ceruti -- Uprisings and Revolutions in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1985-2014 / Leo Zeilig, with Peter Dwyer -- "Reformasi": Indonesians Bring Down Suharto / Tom O 'Lincoln -- Bolivia 's Cycle of Revolt: Left-Indigenous Struggle, 2000-2005 / Jeffery R. Webber -- Argentina 2001: Our Year Of Rebellion / Jorge Orovitz Sanmartino -- The Pink Tide in Latin America: Where the Future Lay? / Mike Gonzalez -- The Tragedy of the Egyptian Revolution / Sameh Naguib -- Part 3: Theoretical Implications : The Actuality of the Revolution / Neil Davidson.