After progress American social reform and European socialism in the twentieth century 1st Edition by Norman Birnbaum 9780195120059 0195120051

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ISBN 10: 0195120051

ISBN 13: 9780195120059

Author: Norman Birnbaum

The twentieth century witnessed a profound shift in both socialism and social reform. In the early 1900s, social reform seemed to offer a veritable religion of redemption, but by the century’s end, while socialism remained a vibrant force in European society, a culture of extreme individualism and consumption all but squeezed the welfare state out of existence. Documenting this historic change, After Progress: European Socialism and American Social Reform in the 20th Century is the first truly comprehensive look at the course of social reform and Western politics after Communism, brilliantly explained by a major social thinker of our time. Norman Birnbaum traces in fascinating detail the forces that have shifted social concern over the course of a century, from the devastation of two world wars, to the post-war golden age of economic growth and democracy, to the ever-increasing dominance of the market. He makes sense of the historical trends that have created a climate in which politicians proclaim the arrival of a new historical epoch but rarely offer solutions to social problems that get beyond cost-benefit analyses. Birnbaum goes one step further and proposes a strategy for bringing the market back into balance with the social needs of the people. He advocates a reconsideration of the notion of work, urges that market forces be brought under political control, and stresses the need for education that teaches the rights and responsibilities of citizenship. Both a sweeping historical survey and a sharp-edged commentary on current political posturing, After Progress examines the state of social reform past, present and future.

Table of contents:

1. Introduction

2. The Early Struggles

3. The Russian Revolution—and After

4. The Thirties and War

5. The Welfare State

6. Contending Versions of Socialism

7. The Golden Age and Its Several Endings

8. Is Mediterranean Socialism Different?

9. “Les Anglo-Saxons”: Great Britain

10. “Les Anglo-Saxons”: The United States

11. Is Solidarity Possible?

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