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  • Series: Studies in Marxism and Social Theory
  • Paperback: 188 pages
  • Publisher: Cambridge University Press; 1st US edition (May 26, 1989)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 052137815X
  • ISBN-13: 978-0521378154
  • Product Dimensions: 6 x 0.4 x 9 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 10.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 2.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
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3.0 out of 5 stars"Alternatives"? Yes. "To Capitalism"? Not Quite..
By Michael Acuña on August 29, 2012
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Despite its rather controversial reputation among the more orthodox elements of the contemporary Left, there are aspects of the analytical Marxist tradition which I consider to have been valuable contributions to Marxist theory. G. A. Cohen's political philosophy, for instance, is immensely useful for challenging the ethical dimensions of bourgeois ideology, as well as for envisioning how a just society might be organized. And although I found John Roemer's "coupon socialism" proposal utterly ridiculous upon learning of it years ago, I had heard that other members of the September Group were proponents of worker controlled variants of market socialism, and even democratic economic planning. So I had anticipated Alternatives to Capitalism to consist of concrete proposals for transitioning away from capitalism and toward a socialist mode of production. Instead I was presented with policies which, for the most part, do virtually nothing to alter the manner by which goods and services are produced and distributed in society.

The first section of the book, erroneously titled "Alternatives," consists of several essays on economic theory. György Sziráczki opens this section with an essay analyzing semiprivate, quasi self-managing entities - which were being experimented with in the People's Republic of Hungary - known as "internal subcontracting enterprises." Simply put, they were "independent work-groups [operating] inside state-owned firms on a subcontract basis" (p. 40). Aside from explaining the history of their development and efficiency strengths, Sziráczki endorsed their further utilization. Not very inspiring or useful in today's context, to say the least.

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2.0 out of 5 starsI can't comment on the contents
By Roger Merritt on March 26, 2014
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I'm sorry. I was hoping for an accessible introduction to alternative approaches, but this is written in such a dry, dense, bureaucratic style I wasn't able to read more than two pages. I tried flipping pages and scanning, but nowhere did I stumble on a page that allowed me to get a start. I'll say that if all writing about socialism was like this we never would have had anxiety about the Communist Conspiracy. Well, come to think of it this is pretty much the way American propagandists claim Socialism was presented.
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