Destroying Democracy Neoliberal capitalism and the rise of authoritarian politics
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Om bidragsyterne
Michelle Williams is associate professor in Sociology and chairperson of the Global Labour University programme at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg.Vishwas Satgar, a democratic eco-socialist, is Associate Professor of International Relations at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg.
Jane Duncan is a professor in the Department of Journalism, Film and Television at the University of Johannesburg.
Linda Gordon is a professor of History and University Professor of the Humanities at New York University.
Gunnett Kaaf is a fiscal policy research manager in the Free State Provincial Treasury, and a Marxist activist and writer based in Bloemfontein.
Dale T McKinley is an independent writer, researcher and lecturer as well as research and education officer for the International Labour, Research and Information Group.
Alf Gunvald Nilsen is a professor of Sociology at the University of Pretoria.
Devan Pillay is an associate professor and former head of the Department of Sociology at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg.
Mandla J Radebe is a communication practitioner, senior research associate at the University of Johannesburg’s School of Communication and a Fellow of the Johannesburg Institute for Advanced Study.
Alfredo Saad-Filho is a professor of International Development at King’s College London, and was a senior economic affairs officer at the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development.
Ingar Solty is a senior research fellow in Foreign, Peace and Security Policy at the Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung’s Institute for Critical Social Analysis in Berlin.
Volume six of the Democratic Marxism series focuses on how decades of neoliberal capitalism have eroded the global democratic project and how, in the process, authoritarian politics are gaining ground. Scholars and activists from the political left focus on four country cases - India, Brazil, South Africa and the United States of America - in which the COVID-19 pandemic has fuelled and highlighted the pre-existing crisis. They interrogate issues of politics, ecology, state security, media, access to information and political parties, and affirm the need to reclaim and re-build an expansive and inclusive democracy.
Destroying Democracy is an invaluable resource for the general public, activists, scholars and students who are interested in understanding the threats to democracy and the rising tide of authoritarianism in the global south and the global north.
- Acknowledgements
- Acronyms and Abbreviations
- Preface: Neoliberal Capitalism in the Time of Covid-19: Destroying Democracy and Rising Authoritarianism - Michelle Williams and Vishwas Satgar
- Part I: Neoliberal Capitalism’s Destruction of Democracy
- Chapter 1 The Crisis of Democracy: Neoliberal Capitalism, Authoritarianism and Reclaiming Democracy - Michelle Williams
- Chapter 2 The Rise of Eco-Fascism - Vishwas Satgar
- Part II: Neoliberal Capitalism Against Democracy Globally
- Chapter 3 Populism and Fascism: Lessons from the 1920s Ku Klux Klan - Linda Gordon
- Chapter 4 What Do ‘Unruly’ Right-Wing Authoritarian Nationalists Do When They Rule? The United States under Donald Trump - Ingar Solty
- Chapter 5 Brazilian Democracy Facing Authoritarian Neoliberalism - Alfredo Saad Filho
- Chapter 6 India’s Trajectories of Change, 2004-2019 - Alf Gunvald Nilsen
- Part III: Neoliberal Capitalism Against Democracy in South Africa
- Chapter 7 The Dialectic of Democracy: Capitalism, Populism and Working-Class Politics - Devan Pillay
- Chapter 8 Democracy and the Right to Know in South Africa’s Capitalist Transition - Dale T McKinley
- Chapter 9 South Africa’s Post-Apartheid Media and Democracy - Mandla J Radebe
- Chapter 10 Securitising Protests as Domestic Instability in South Africa - Jane Duncan
- Chapter 11 Prospects for a Left Renewal in South Africa - Gunnett Kaaf
- Conclusion - Vishwas Satgar
- Contributors
- Index
Across the world, democracy is under threat from the wealth and power that is ever more concentrated in the hands of the few. But, the rule of the few over the many rests on very shaky ground. When we have both the ideas and the power, and when we unite, we can overcome these crises and build a world of peace and justice. This volume is an essential resource to building movements that can provide hope and real change. – Jeremy Corbyn, former leader of the UK Labour Party, Member of Parliament and founder of the Peace and Justice Project
Produktdetaljer
Om bidragsyterne
Michelle Williams is associate professor in Sociology and chairperson of the Global Labour University programme at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg.Vishwas Satgar, a democratic eco-socialist, is Associate Professor of International Relations at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg.
Jane Duncan is a professor in the Department of Journalism, Film and Television at the University of Johannesburg.
Linda Gordon is a professor of History and University Professor of the Humanities at New York University.
Gunnett Kaaf is a fiscal policy research manager in the Free State Provincial Treasury, and a Marxist activist and writer based in Bloemfontein.
Dale T McKinley is an independent writer, researcher and lecturer as well as research and education officer for the International Labour, Research and Information Group.
Alf Gunvald Nilsen is a professor of Sociology at the University of Pretoria.
Devan Pillay is an associate professor and former head of the Department of Sociology at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg.
Mandla J Radebe is a communication practitioner, senior research associate at the University of Johannesburg’s School of Communication and a Fellow of the Johannesburg Institute for Advanced Study.
Alfredo Saad-Filho is a professor of International Development at King’s College London, and was a senior economic affairs officer at the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development.
Ingar Solty is a senior research fellow in Foreign, Peace and Security Policy at the Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung’s Institute for Critical Social Analysis in Berlin.