2009 Camp Center

It is no wonder, then, that we are having so much difficulty convincing others to follow our lead toward a tolerant social order, a liberal political order, and a freer economic order.

A permutation of radical left activism and reformism solves best

G. WILLIAM DOMHOFF is a distinguished research professor at the University of California-Santa Cruz, In These Times, January 2010, He is the author of four books that were among the top 50 bestsellers in sociology in the second half of the 20th century: Who Rules America? (1967), The Higher Circles (1970), The Powers That Be (1979), and Who Rules America Now? (1983). More recently, he is the author of Who Rules America: Challenges to Corporate and Class Dominance, Sixth Edition (2010) and co-author of The Leftmost City: Power and Progressive Politics in Santa Cruz (2009). 

For liberals and leftists to successfully make change together, they must first reach an understanding, if not agreement, on four major areas:

* electoral strategy

* the crucial role of social movements

* the need for innovative economic models

* the definition of "us" vs. "them"

Here is a step-by-step approach for helping liberals and progressives find common ground. I am proposing a way for leftists to cooperate with liberals to generate short-term advances while at the same time competing with them for the allegiance of the majority to a strong egalitarian vision. In doing so I am claiming the fault is not in our values, but in our strategies. I am suggesting a "liberal egalitarianism." Yes, it's a long shot, but thinking big is worthwhile in moments of great crisis.

There are some new articles in the journal 'Development & Change' (requires subscription access) on capitalism and climate change

Online ISSN: 1467-7660    Print ISSN: 0012-155X
Development and Change
Volume40, Issue6,2009.

Debate: Capitalism and Climate Change
 
 1011-1038  Capitalism and Climate Change: Can the Invisible Hand Adjust the Natural Thermostat?

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Socialism research links

Updates

Unheralded Battle: Capitalism, the Left, Social Democracy, and Democratic Socialism
Sheri Berman
Dissent, Volume 56, Number 1, Winter 2009, pp. 67-73

General

The Culture of Modern Capitalism
Joel Mokyr
Technology and Culture, Volume 50, Number 2, April 2009, pp. 441-448

Social Stratification and Welfare Regimes for the Twenty-first Century: Revisiting The Three Worlds of Welfare Capitalism
Lyle A. Scruggs
James P. Allan
World Politics, Volume 60, Number 4, July 2008, pp. 642-664

America Beyond Capitalism : A Socialist Stew Prepared for Liberals and Conservatives
Ollman, Bertell.
The Good Society, Volume 15, Number 3, 2006, pp. 28-30

An Apology for Democratic Capitalism.Preview  By: Novak, Michael. First Things: A Monthly Journal of Religion & Public Life, Jan2009 Issue 189, p39-42, 4p

Capitalism is hamstrung by greed.  By: Whiteley Sr., Paul L.. Christian Science Monitor, 12/23/2008, Vol. 101 Issue 20, p8-8, 1/9p; (AN 35848909)

Twenty years of capitalism: was it worth it?Preview  By: Kekic, Laza. Economist, 12/20/2008 World in 2009, p94-95, 2p

Capitalism, uneven and combined development and the transhistoric.Preview  By: Ashman, Sam. Cambridge Review of International Affairs, Mar2009, Vol. 22 Issue 1, p29-46, 18p;

The Economic Sociology of Capitalism.Preview  By: Heerwig, Jennifer A.. Science & Society, Apr2009, Vol. 73 Issue 2, p294-296,

CAPITALISM AND GLOBAL QUEERING.Preview  By: Jackson, Peter A.. GLQ: A Journal of Lesbian & Gay Studies, 2009, Vol. 15 Issue 3, p357-395,

The End of Work: Theological Critiques of Capitalism – By John Hughes.Preview  By: Johnson, Kelly. Modern Theology, Jul2009, Vol. 25 Issue 3, p521-523,

Is Sustainable Capitalism an Oxymoron?Preview  By: Schweickart, David. Perspectives on Global Development & Technology, 2009, Vol. 8 Issue 2, p559-580, 22

Global Capitalism and the Transformation of State Socialism.Preview  By: Lane, David. Studies in Comparative International Development, Jun2009, Vol. 44 Issue 2, p97-117,

Antagonistics: Capitalism and Power in an Age of War.Preview  By: Eaton, George. New Statesman, 5/25/2009, Vol. 138 Issue 4950, p50-50,

Capitalism for the People?  By: Schulman, Jason. New Political Science, Jun2009, Vol. 31 Issue 2, p247-253, 7p

Gender

Gender, Inequality, and Capitalism: The "Varieties of Capitalism" and Women
Margarita Estévez-Abe
Social Politics: International Studies in Gender, State and Society, Volume 16, Number 2, Summer 2009, pp. 182-191 (Article)

How Gendering the Varieties of Capitalism Requires a Wider Lens
Jill Rubery
Social Politics: International Studies in Gender, State and Society, Volume 16, Number 2, Summer 2009, pp. 192-203 (Article)

Gender, Inequality, and Capitalism: The "Varieties of Capitalism" and Women
Margarita Estévez-Abe
Social Politics: International Studies in Gender, State and Society, Volume 16, Number 2, Summer 2009, pp. 182-191

Varieties of Patriarchal Capitalism
Nancy Folbre
Social Politics: International Studies in Gender, State and Society, Volume 16, Number 2, Summer 2009, pp. 204-209 (Article)

Queer

Capitalism and Global Queering: National Markets, Parallels Among Sexual Cultures, and Multiple Queer Modernities
Peter A. Jackson
GLQ: A Journal of Lesbian and Gay Studies, Volume 15, Number 3, 2009, pp. 357-395

Environment

Capitalism, State Economic Policy and Ecological Footprint: An International Comparative Analysis
Ş İlgü Özler
Brian K. Öbach
Global Environmental Politics, Volume 9, Number 1, February 2009, pp. 79-108

Capitalism, State Economic Policy and Ecological Footprint: An International Comparative Analysis.Preview  By: Özler, Ș. İlgü; Obach, Brian K.. Global Environmental Politics, Feb2009, Vol. 9 Issue 1, p79-108,

The Bridge at the Edge of the World: Capitalism, the Environment, and Crossing from Crisis to Sustainability.Preview  By: Marien, Michael. World Future Review, Feb/Mar2009, Vol. 1 Issue 1, p77-78, 2p;

REPLY TO MARC WEISS: THE MYTHS OF "GREEN CAPITALISM".Preview  By: Sanbonmastu, John. Tikkun, May/Jun2009, Vol. 24 Issue 3, p28-29,

Imperialism

Capitalists and Conquerors Teaching Against Global Capitalism and the New Imperialism Rage and Hope: Interviews with Peter McLaren on War, Imperialism, and Critical Pedagogy.Preview  By: Lewis, Tyson Edward. Historical Materialism, 2009, Vol. 17 Issue 1, p201-208, 8p

Feminism

EMINISM, CAPITALISM AND THE CUNNING OF HISTORY.Preview  By: FRASER, NANCY. New Left Review, Mar/Apr2009 Issue 56, p97-117, 21p;


Collapse Inevitable ?
 
The Future of Capitalism.Preview  Time, 5/25/2009, Vol. 173 Issue 20, p53-54,

Thriftiness will not tame deviant capitalism's damaging excesses.Preview  By: Evans, Mary. Times Higher Education, 5/21/2009 Issue 1897, p26-27

Capitalism's Fault Lines.Preview  By: JONATHAN RAUCH. New York Times Book Review, 5/17/2009, p1

Capitalism in Crisis.Preview  By: Posner, Richard A.. Wall Street Journal - Eastern Edition, 5/7/2009,

Capitalism: Not Dead Yet.Preview  By: Fox, John. First Things: A Monthly Journal of Religion & Public Life, May2009 Issue 193, p4-4,

A Failure of Capitalism: The Crisis of '08 and the Descent into Depression.Preview  By: Heckman, Lucy. Library Journal, 5/1/2009, Vol. 134 Issue 8, p87-87, 1/5p

Is capitalism fatally flawed?  By: McDonnold, Paul. Christian Science Monitor, 6/10/2009, p9

Capitalism After The Fall.Preview  By: STEVENSON, RICHARD W.. New York Times, 4/19/2009, p1,

Is This the End of Capitalism?Preview  By: Henninger, Daniel. Wall Street Journal - Eastern Edition, 4/2/2009, Vol. 253 Issue 76, pA17,

Capitalism Beyond the Crisis.Preview  By: Sen, Amartya. New York Review of Books, 3/26/2009, Vol. 56 Issue 5, p27-30, 4p,

o much for capitalism.Preview  Economist, 3/7/2009, Vol. 390 Issue 8621, p72-72, 1/2p


Link Turns

Taming Capitalism.Preview  By: SARKOZY, NICOLAS. NPQ: New Perspectives Quarterly, Spring2009, Vol. 26 Issue 2, p61-63,

Socialism Intersection

A HARMONY OF CAPITALISM AND SOCIALISM?Preview  By: Mingi Li. Science & Society, Apr2009, Vol. 73 Issue 2, p216-221


Space

The cosmos as capitalism's outside.Preview  By: Dickens, Peter. Sociological Review, May2009 Supplement 1, Vol. 57, p66-82, 17p

Alternatives

ALTERNATIVES TO CAPITALISM.Preview  By: Silverstein, Erin R.. Tikkun, May/Jun2009, Vol. 24 Issue 3, p3-4,

ALTERNATIVES TO CAPITALISM.Preview  By: Poe, Tom. Tikkun, May/Jun2009, Vol. 24 Issue 3, p4-4, 1/9p

Why Capitalism Shouldn't Be Saved.Preview  By: Sanbonmatsu, John. Tikkun, May/Jun2009, Vol. 24 Issue 3, p21-72, 8p, 3 color; (AN 39753533)

Geopolitics

Globe Talk: the Cartographic Logic of Late Capitalism
Boal, Iain A.
History Workshop Journal, Issue 64, Autumn 2007, pp. 341-346

Trendy

Habermas, Deleuze and Capitalism
William E. Connolly
Theory & Event, Volume 11, Issue 4, 2008

Getting Personal and Getting Personnel: U.S. Capitalism as a System of Emotional Reproduction
Joel Pfister
American Quarterly, Volume 60, Number 4, December 2008, pp. 1135-1142

Spaces of Global Capitalism: Towards a Theory of Uneven Geographical Development (review)
Kenzer, Martin S., 1950-
symploke, Volume 14, Numbers 1-2, 2006, pp. 363-365 (Review)

Shock Doctrine

The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism.Preview  By: Bark, Trevor. Capital & Class, Summer2009 Issue 98, p172-173, 2

Alternative

If They Touch One of Us, They Touch All of Us: Cooperativism as a Counterlogic to Neoliberal Capitalism
Karen Ann Faulk
Anthropological Quarterly, Volume 81, Number 3, Summer 2008, pp. 579-614

There is No Alternative to Forging an Alternative: On Gar Alperovitz's American Beyond Capitalism
Williamson, Thad.
The Good Society, Volume 15, Number 3, 2006, pp. 31-36 (Article)