| Which Socialism?: Marxism, Socialism and Democracy Revised Edition Contributor(s): Bobbio, Norberto (Author) |
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ISBN: 0745601286 ISBN-13: 9780745601281 Publisher: Polity Press OUR PRICE: $26.60 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: July 1988 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | Political Ideologies - Communism, Post-communism & Socialism |
| Dewey: 335 |
| Series: Marxism, Socialism and Democracy |
| Physical Information: 0.53" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (0.65 lbs) 248 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Can democracy provide a path to socialism? Can civil rights and democratic institutions be protected and developed in a socialist society? Does our view of the nature and value of democracy affect our understanding of socialism itself? In a world with regimes which profess to be socialist, which socialism is worth defending today? In this powerful and provocative volume, Norberto Bobbio re-examines the uneasy relation between socialism and democracy. He argues that Marxist theory has failed to provide an adequate account of the nature and role of the state in socialist society and defends the concept of representative democracy. Bobbio's arguments sparked off a lively debate in Italy; this volume includes a reply by Antonio Negri. The volume also includes an essay by Bobbio on Marxism and international relations, and his classic text on Gramsci's conception of civil society. |