Encyclopedia of Critical Political Science

Edited by Clyde W. Barrow, Professor of Political Science, The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, US

• Contents:Alphabetical list of entries xiiiList of editors, editorial advisorsand contributors xxiiPreface xlviWhat is critical political science? 1Clyde W. BarrowPART I THEORY,METHOD, ANDCRITIQUE1 Critique of pluralism 19Clyde W. Barrow2 Power structure analysis 25Joseph G. Peschek3 Critique of positivism andthe post-behavioral revolution 30Josh Berkenpas4 Critical theory 35Bradley J. Macdonald5 Ideology critique 40Joshua Simon6 Disciplinary history 46Emily HauptmannSECTION I: MARXISM7 Analytical Marxism 52Roberto Veneziani8 Black Marxism 57Azaan W. Akbar9 Historical Marxism 62Bryan D. Palmer10 Institutional Marxism 68Stephen Maher and ScottM. Aquanno11 Latino politics and Marxism 74Gilberto Garcia andRodolfo D. Torres12 Open Marxism 82Ana Cecilia Dinerstein,Frederick Harry Pitts, andPatrizia Zanoni13 Quantitative Marxism 88John Paul Dunne14 Structural Marxism 93Geoffrey Pfeifer15 Structural-functionalMarxism 98Rafael Khachaturian16 Systems-analytic Marxism 103Clyde W. BarrowSECTION II: THEORIESOF THE STATE17 What is the state? 110Clyde W. Barrow18 Marxist theories of the state I 112Rafael Khachaturian19 Marxist theories ofthe state II 120Clyde W. Barrow20 Transnational state 126Joel Z. Garrod21 Feminist theory and the state 131Gillian Youngs22 Theories of imperialismand empire 136Emanuele Saccarelli and LathaVaradarajan23 World-systems analysis 141Gregory P. Williams24 Critical political economy 146Angela Wigger25 Global studies 152Amentahru Wahlrab26 Critical border studies 157Sandro Mezzadra and Brett Neilson27 Critical pedagogy 162William W. Sokoloff28 Critical university studies 167Timothy V. Kaufman-Osborn29 Critique of intellectuals 172Russell Jacoby30 Critical legal studies 178Paul J. Baumgardner31 Feminist critiques ofpolitical science 183Mary E. Hawkesworth32 Critical race theory 191Adolphus Belk, Jr.33 Latinx politics 199Julio Orellana34 Ecology and environmental theory 205Timothy W. Luke35 Intersectionality 210Jennifer Leigh Disney36 Social movements analysis 217Anthony R. DiMaggio37 Autoethnography 222Sanford F. Schram38 Genealogy 227Michael Lipscomb39 Thorstein Veblen’s criticalsocial theory 232Scott R. Bowman40 Critical media studies 237Brian L. Ott and Robert L. Mack41 Critical film studies 242Michael Wayne42 Literary criticism I 247David Anshen43 Literary criticism II 253Philip Goldstein44 Science fiction 261George A. Gonzalez45 Art 266Mark Mattern46 Music 271Nancy S. LovePART II CRITICAL JOURNALS47 Capitalism, nature, socialism 278Salvatore Engel-Di Mauro48 Critical Sociology 281David Fasenfest49 democracy 285Olivier Ruchet50 Hypatia: A Journal ofFeminist Philosophy 288Bonnie Mann and Brooke Burns51 International FeministJournal of Politics 293Kathleen B. Jones andGillian Youngs52 Monthly Review 296Victor Wallis53 New Political Science:a journal of politics & culture 299Clyde W. Barrow and JocelynM. Boryzcka54 Review of Radical PoliticalEconomics 303Michael Keaney55 Science & Society 307Leandros Savvides56 Signs: journal of women inculture and society 309Mary E. Hawkesworth57 Socialism and Democracy 313Victor Wallis58 Socialist Register 317Greg Albo and Alan Zuege59 Socialist revolution/review 320Michael Scipioni60 Strategies: A Journal ofTheory, Culture, and Politics 321Bradley J. Macdonald61 Studies in PoliticalEconomy: A Socialist Review 323Rianne Mahon and Donald SwartzPART III CONCEPTS62 Academic repression 328Clyde W. Barrow63 Alienation 330Ruth Porter Groff64 Anarchism 333Todd May65 Antifascism 335Stanislav Vysotsky66 Capitalist class 337Kevin Funk67 Class 339Berch Berberoglu68 Colonialism 341Asma Abbas69 Commodity fetishism 343Julie E. Dowsett70 Communism 345Jake Lin71 Community self-defense 347scott crow72 Contradiction 350Bryant William Sculos73 Corporate liberalism 352Scott R. Bowman74 Corporate power 354Stan Luger75 Council communism 356Marcel Marius van der LindenSECTION I: CRISES OFCAPITALISM76 Economic crisis 359Mindy Peden77 Fiscal crisis 361Mindy Peden78 Legitimation crisis 362Mindy Peden79 Motivation crisis 364Clyde W. Barrow80 Rationality crisis 366Clyde W. Barrow81 Cultural imperialism 369Stacy MaddernSECTION II: DEBT82 Private debt 372G. Andrew Gonzalez83 Public debt 374Daniel Bin84 Student debt 377Robert E. KirschSECTION III: DEMOCRACY85 Deliberative democracy 380Stephanie Burkhalter86 Digital democracy 383Petros Iosifidis87 Economic democracy 385Mark Kaswan88 Participatory democracy 387Clement Fatovic89 Populist democracy 389Tracy L. R. Lightcap90 Radical democracy 391Michael Scipioni91 Dependency theory 393James Parisot92 Direct action 395Billie Murray93 Diversity of tactics 397Benjamin Abrams94 Domination 400William Clare Roberts95 Dual power 402Mark D. Steinberg96 Environmental justice 404David N. Pellow97 Ethnicity 406Natasha Altema-McNeely98 Exploitation 408Mark D. Wood99 Financialization 410Michael Keaney100 Gender 412Katie Temple101 General strike 414Robert Ovetz102 Hegemony 416Massimo Modonesi103 Ideology 418Nancy S. Love104 Immigration 421Carla Angulo-Pasel105 Indigenous movements 423Michael Lerma106 Inequality 425Tom Malleson107 Internal colonialism 429Pedro Gonsalves de AlcântaraFormiga108 Investment theory of partycompetition 431Joseph G. Peschek109 Lumpenproletariat 433Clyde W. Barrow110 Marriage equality 435Claire Snyder-Hall111 Mass strike 437Peter Hudis112 Migration 439Carla Angulo-Pasel113 Mode of production 441Joel Z. Garrod114 Mutual aid 444scott crow115 Nation and nationalism 446Berch Berberoglu116 Neo-colonialism 448Michael Keaney117 Objectification 450Willow Verkerk118 Petit bourgeoisie 452Katherine E. Young119 Policy-planning organizations 454Joseph G. Peschek120 Postcolonialism 456Michael Keaney121 Post-Marxism 458Clyde W. Barrow122 Postmodernism 460Stephen R.C. Hicks123 Poststructuralism 462Sarah Marie Wiebe124 Poverty 464Stephen Pimpare125 Proletariat 466Dave Beech126 Racialization 469Christopher Kyriakides andBeatrice Anane-Bediakoh127 Reification 471Mary E. Witlacil128 Ruling class 474Jokubas Salyga129 Socialism 477Bryant William Sculos130 Surplus value 480Dean Snyder131 Syndicalism 482Stacy Maddern132 Vanguard 484Alan ShandroPART IV PEOPLE133 Althusser, Louis 487Isaac Kamola134 Amin, Samir 489Prabhat Patnaik135 Anderson, Perry 491Gregory P. Williams136 Aronowitz, Stanley 493Jason Kosnoski137 Ashcraft, Richard E. 495William L. Niemi and Clyde W.Barrow138 Baran, Paul 498Dean Snyder139 Barber, Benjamin 500Clement Fatovic140 Barrow, Clyde W. 502William L. Niemi141 Bay, Christian 504Hamideh Sedhgi142 Berg, John 507William F. Grover143 Block, Fred 509Mathieu Charbonneau144 Boggs, Carl 511Carl Boggs145 Bookchin, Murray 514Maddy Koch146 Bronner, Stephen Eric 516Manfred B. Steger147 Carver, Terrell 518Bradley J. Macdonald148 Castells, Manuel 520Melisa Ross149 Chomsky, Noam 522Joseph G. Peschek150 Cleaver, Harry 524Robert Ovetz151 Cloward, Richard A. 527Michael Anthony Lewis152 Connolly, William E. 529Bradley J. Macdonald153 Davis, Angela Y. 531Bryant William Sculos154 Debord, Guy 534Gabriele Schimmenti155 Deleuze, Gilles 535Andrew Johnson156 Domhoff, G. William 537Joseph G. Peschek157 Du Bois, W.E.B. 539Lucien Ferguson158 Ehrenberg, John 541John Ehrenberg159 Eisenstein, Zillah 543Olga Patricia Velásquez Ocampo160 Enloe, Cynthia 545Vanessa Gauthier Vela161 Frantz, Fanon 547Irene Gendzier162 Federici, Silvia 549Jeta Mulaj163 Ferguson, Kathy E. 551Sofía Pérez Gil164 Foucault, Michel 553Clement Fatovic165 Fraser, Nancy 555Jason Kosnoski166 Freire, Paulo 557Melisa Ross167 Galbraith, John Kenneth 559Michael Keaney168 Garvey, Marcus 561Stacy Maddern169 Gindin, Sam 563Greg Albo and Alan Zuege170 Gorz, André 566Paolo Murrone171 Gouldner, Alvin 568James J. Chriss172 Grant, Judith 570Judith Grant173 Green, Philip 572Laura Green174 Guattari, Félix 574C.L. Welker175 Habermas, Jürgen 576Nancy S. Love176 Hall, Stuart 578Andrew Johnson177 Harrington, Michael 580Peter Dreier178 Hartsock, Nancy C.M. 583Augusta Nannerini179 Harvey, David 585Dean Snyder180 Hawkesworth, Mary 587Jennifer Leigh Disney181 hooks, bell 590Olivia Atkinson182 Jacoby, Russell 592Joseph G. Peschek183 Jameson, Fredric 595Jelle Versieren184 Jessop, Bob 597Umut Özsu185 Katsiaficas, George 600Victor Wallis186 Kesselman, Mark 602Kenton Worcester187 Kolko, Gabriel 604Eli Cook188 Laclau, Ernesto 606Melisa Ross189 Lefebvre, Henri 608Alex Farrington190 Love, Nancy S. 610Chad Lavin191 Luke, Timothy W. 612Sarah M. Surak192 Lustig, R. Jeffrey 614Mark B. Brown193 Lyotard, Jean-François 616Kiff Bamford194 Macdonald, Bradley J. 618Clyde W. Barrow195 MacKinnon, Catharine A. 620Julie E. Dowsett196 Macpherson, C.B. 622Phillip Hansen197 Magdoff, Harry 624Stacy Maddern198 Marcuse, Herbert 626Robert E. Kirsch199 McConnell, Grant 629G. William Domhoff200 McCoy, Charles A. 632Clyde W. Barrow201 Miliband, Ralph 634William F. Grover202 Mills, C. Wright 636A. Javier Treviño203 Mills, Charles W. 638Taylor Rogers204 Mouffe, Chantal 640Melisa Ross205 Newton, Huey P. 642Omari L. Dyson206 Nkrumah, Kwame 644Jeffrey S. Ahlman207 O’Connor, James 646Michael Keaney208 Ollman, Bertell 648Clyde W. Barrow209 Olson, Laura Katz 651Michael Stein210 Panitch, Leo V. 653Greg Albo and Alan Zuege211 Parenti, Michael 656Dusten R. Pettengill212 Pateman, Carole 658Mark Kaswan213 Peschek, Joseph G. 660William F. Grover214 Petchesky, Rosalind 662Manal A. Jamal215 Peterson, V. Spike 664Meredith Reid Sarkees216 Petras, James 667Henry Veltmeyer217 Piven, Frances Fox 669Margaret Groarke218 Polanyi, Karl 671David J. Plante219 Poulantzas, Nicos 673Jacinta Gorriti220 Reed, Jr., Adolph L. 675Daniel T. Kirsch221 Reinaga, Fausto 677Ximena Cordova222 Rensenbrink, John 679Clyde W. Barrow223 Robinson, Cedric J. 681William L. Niemi224 Robinson, William I. 682Michael Keaney225 Roelofs, H. Mark 684Clyde W. Barrow226 Roelofs, Joan 686Joan Roelofs227 Sarkees, Meredith Reid 688Nancy E. McGlen228 Schram, Sanford 690Roni Strier and Guy Feldman229 Sedghi, Hamideh 692Sofía Pérez Gil230 Singer, J. David 694Meredith Reid Sarkees231 Skinner, Quentin 696Kari Palonen232 Snyder-Hall, Claire 698Claire Snyder-Hall233 Steger, Manfred 700Isaac Kamola234 Surkin, Marvin 702Marvin Surkin235 Sweezy, Paul M. 704Ludo Cuyvers236 Therborn, Göran 707Jelle Versieren237 Torres, Rodolfo D. 709Christopher Kyriakides238 Ture, Kwame 711Beatrice Anane-Bediakoh239 Wallerstein, Immanuel 713Gregory P. Williams240 Wallis, Victor 716Chris Agee241 West, Cornel 718Mark D. Wood242 Williams, Raymond 720Joseph G. Peschek243 Williams, William Appleman 722James Parisot244 Wolin, Sheldon 724Olivier Ruchet245 Wright, Erik Olin 726Göran Therborn246 Young, Iris Marion 728Juliana Santos de Carvalho247 Zeitlin, Maurice 730Victor Wallis248 Zinn, Howard 732Alix L. Olson

'The Encyclopedia of Critical Political Science is a wide ranging, informative overview of the multifaceted challenges to mainstream theories, concepts, and methodologies in the social sciences and humanities. Through a series of short but insightful entries, the work traces the origins and development of progressive perspectives, analyses competing interpretations of constructs such as socialism and poverty, reviews leading journals that promote radical scholarship, and provides profiles of notable scholars and activists who have advanced groundbreaking critiques of and alternatives to conventional viewpoints and practices. Clyde Barrow’s Encyclopedia, which is bound to incite lively discussion among readers, is highly recommended.'