Acknowledgements List of Illustrations Notes on Contributors Introduction State TransformationsIntroduction: State Transformations    Greg Albo, Stephen Maher and Alan Zuege part 1 State Theory and Capitalist Democracy 1 From the Canadian State to the Making of Global Capitalism    Clyde W. Barrow 2 Beyond the Impasse of State Theory    Martijn Konings 3 Working-Class Politics Matters Identity, Class, Parties    Dennis Pilon and Larry Savage part 2 Imperialist Restructuring and Global Capitalism 4 Globalization as Internationalization of Capital Understanding Imperialism and State Restructuring    Sebnem Oguz 5 The State and Imperialism in International Relations Theory    Ana Garcia and Caio Bugiato 6 Bringing Class Back in The State, the ‘Pink Tide’, and the Case of Argentina    Ruth Felder part 3 From Neoliberalism to Political Crisis 7 The Rebirth of Nationalism and the Crisis of the European Union    Frank Deppe 8 The UK’s Organic Crisis    Colin Leys 9 The Coronacrisis A Body Blow to the Rotting American State    Doug Henwood 10 The State, Trade Union Freedoms, and the Impasse of Working-Class Power in Canada    Charles Smith part 4 Transforming Class Politics and the State 11 Transformative Agency from a Time of Revolt to a Time of Pandemic    Hilary Wainwright 12 Class Politics and Strategies for Party Building    Michalis Spourdalakis 13 Notes toward a Plausible Socialism    Sam Gindin 14 Between the State and the Streets A Study in Socialist Sobriety    Bryan D. Palmer  Postscript    Greg Albo, Stephen Maher and Alan Zuege References Index  

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