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Blends academic and activist perspectives to explore recent emancipatory struggles to win and transform state power.For decades, emancipatory struggles have been deeply influenced by the slogan "Change the world without taking power." Amid growing social inequalities and the return of right-wing authoritarianism, however, many now recognize the limits of disengaging from government and the state. From the Streets to the State chronicles many diverse and exciting projects to not only take state power but to fundamentally change it. A blend of scholars and activists explore issues like the nonsectarian relationships between new radical left parties, egalitarian social movements, and labor movements in Greece, Germany, Spain, Portugal, and Turkey. Contributors discuss municipal campaigns based in popular assemblies, solidarity economies, and independent political organizations fighting for racial, gender, and economic justice in cities such as Jackson, Vancouver, and Newcastle. This volume also studies the lessons learned from the Pink Tide in Latin America as well as the social movements of racialized and gendered workers transforming human rights across the United States. Finally, the book offers case studies from around the world surveying the role of state workers and public sector unions in radically democratizing public administration through coalitions between the providers and users of public services.
Paul Christopher Gray teaches political science and labor studies at Brock University, Canada.
Acknowledgments Part I: Changing the World... and Ourselves: The Radical Left and the Problems of State Power 1. From the Streets to the State: A Critical IntroductionPaul Christopher Gray2. D emocratizing the Party and the State: Transcending the Limits of the LeftLeo PanitchPart II: Confronting Leviathan: Parties, Social Movements, and the Capitalist State 3. Building "Parties of a New Type": A Comparative Analysis of New Radical Left Parties in Western EuropeXavier Lafrance and Catarina Príncipe4. Watching Over the Right to Turn Left: The Limits of State Autonomy in Pink Tide Venezuela and EcuadorThomas Chiasson-LeBel5. Casting Shadows: Chokwe Lumumba and the Struggle for Racial Justice and Economic Democracy in Jackson, MississippiKali Akuno6. T he Radical Democracy of the People’s Democratic Party: Transforming the Turkish StateErdem Yörük7. T oward a Radical Politics of Rights: Lessons about Legal Leveraging and Its LimitationsMichael McCann and George I. LovellPart III: In, against, and beyond the Behemoth: Projects for "Democratic Administration" 8. Market Failures, Failing States: Challenges for Democratization ProjectsGreg Albo9. Forging a "Social Knowledge Economy": Transformative Collaborations between Radical LeftGovernments, State Workers, and Solidarity EconomiesHilary Wainwright10. Femocratic Administration and the Politics of Transformation Tammy Findlay11. Beyond Service, beyond Coercion? Prisoner Co‑ops and the Path to Democratic AdministrationGreg McElligottContributorsIndex
