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Missing: Morality in the Transformation of Former Socialist Countries
Tomas J.F. RihaClaims that the process of transition of former socialist countries hasbeen misguided. The reform of the economic system is but part of theoverall process of social…
Is Economic Justice Possible?
Leslie ArmourEconomic justice is possible, if one means by it commutative justicewhich provides for human dignity, for fair exchange and for theparticipation of everyone who wants to…
A Marx/Dewey Dialogue on the Prospects for an American Socialism
Thomas M. JeannotDiscusses family resemblances between the philosophical and socialoutlooks of Karl Marx and John Dewey. Despite fundamental differences(for example Dewey′s meliorism versus Marx′s…
Gorbachev, Perestroika and Democratizing Socialism: Origins, Institutions and Policies
John E. Elliott, A.F. DowlahExamines Gorbachev′s (1985‐1991) period of Soviet development as anexemplar of a self‐declared movement towards a more democratic andhumane socialism. Gorbachev′s perestroika…
Communist Prefiguration: The Munster Anabaptists
Daniel J. O′NeilFocuses on a sixteenth‐century religious movement that bears a strikingresemblance to nineteenth‐twentieth century communism. Before securingpower the movement presented itself as…
Russian Federalism: An American and West European Comparison
Richard L. Brinkman, Georgy BovtAnalyses and clarifies the concept of federalism outside such limitedparadigmatic boundaries and includes the relevant social and economicvariables. Applies a holistic and…
Gorbachev, Perestroika and Democratizing Socialism: Consequences and Contradictions
John E. Elliott, A.F. DowlahContinues an examination of the Gorbechev era (1985‐91) in Sovietdevelopment as an example of a movement towards a more democratized formof Soviet‐style socialism. An earlier…
A Social Economist Examines the Moral Poverty of Twentieth Century Europe
John Conway O′BrienThe belief in the endless progress of men materially and morally has notstood the test of time. The wars and atrocities of the twentieth centuryhave shown that evil resides within…
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