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14. Postscript: The Social Question in Its Global Incarnation

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Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents v
  3. List of Illustrations vii
  4. List of Contributors viii
  5. Preface: The Terrifying Convergence of the Three Worlds of the “Social Question” ix
  6. 1. The Social Question All Over Again 1
  7. 2. The Social Question in Western Europe: Past and Present 23
  8. 3. The End of American Exceptionalism: The Social Question in the United States 40
  9. 4. The Social Question as the Struggle over Precarity: The Case of China 58
  10. 5. Migrants, Mobilizations, and Selective Hegemony in Mekong Asia’s Special Economic Zones 77
  11. 6. A Mirage of Welfare: How the Social Question in India Got Aborted 98
  12. 7. The Labor Question and Dependent Capitalism: The Case of Latin America 116
  13. 8. Labor and Land Struggles in a Brazilian Steel Town: The Reorganization of Capital under Neo-Extractivism 134
  14. 9. From Poverty to Informality? The Social Question in Africa in a Historical Perspective 152
  15. 10. The Social Question in South Africa: From Settler Colonialism to Neoliberal-Era Democracy 170
  16. 11. The Social Question in the Middle East: Past and Present 188
  17. 12. Post-Socialist Contradictions: The Social Question in Central and Eastern Europe and the Making of the Illiberal Right 208
  18. 13. The Social Question in Russia: From De-Politicization to a Growing Sense of Exploitation 227
  19. 14. Postscript: The Social Question in Its Global Incarnation 244
  20. Index 251
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Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents v
  3. List of Illustrations vii
  4. List of Contributors viii
  5. Preface: The Terrifying Convergence of the Three Worlds of the “Social Question” ix
  6. 1. The Social Question All Over Again 1
  7. 2. The Social Question in Western Europe: Past and Present 23
  8. 3. The End of American Exceptionalism: The Social Question in the United States 40
  9. 4. The Social Question as the Struggle over Precarity: The Case of China 58
  10. 5. Migrants, Mobilizations, and Selective Hegemony in Mekong Asia’s Special Economic Zones 77
  11. 6. A Mirage of Welfare: How the Social Question in India Got Aborted 98
  12. 7. The Labor Question and Dependent Capitalism: The Case of Latin America 116
  13. 8. Labor and Land Struggles in a Brazilian Steel Town: The Reorganization of Capital under Neo-Extractivism 134
  14. 9. From Poverty to Informality? The Social Question in Africa in a Historical Perspective 152
  15. 10. The Social Question in South Africa: From Settler Colonialism to Neoliberal-Era Democracy 170
  16. 11. The Social Question in the Middle East: Past and Present 188
  17. 12. Post-Socialist Contradictions: The Social Question in Central and Eastern Europe and the Making of the Illiberal Right 208
  18. 13. The Social Question in Russia: From De-Politicization to a Growing Sense of Exploitation 227
  19. 14. Postscript: The Social Question in Its Global Incarnation 244
  20. Index 251
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