Socialist Register 1996: Are There Alternatives?


Leo Panitch ed.

Contents
(Essays available below)

Preface

The British Labour Party's Transition from Socialist to Capitalism
by Colin Leys

Developing Resistance and Resisting 'Development': Reflections from the South African Struggle
by Patrick Bond & Mzwanele Mayekiso

The Use and Abuse of Japan as a Progressive Model
by Paul Burkett & Martin Hart-Landsberg

A Kinder Road to Hell? Labor and the Politics of Progressive Competitiveness in Australia
by John Wiseman

In Defence of Capital Controls
by Jim Crotty & Gerald Epstein

The Challenge for Trade Unionism: Sectoral Change, 'Poor Work' and Organising the Unorganised
by Anna Pollert

The Tower of Infobabel: Cyberspace as Alternative Universe
by Reg Whitaker

'Sack the Spooks': Do We Need an Internal Security Apparatus?
by Peter Gill

Sport, Gender and Politics: Moving Beyond the O.J. Saga
by Varda Burstyn

Socialist Hope in an Age of Catastrophe
by Norman Geras

Are There Left Alternatives? A Debate from Latin America
by Carlos Vilas

Socialists, Social Movements and the Labour Party: A Reply to Hilary Wainwright
by Barry Winter

Building New Parties for a Different Kind of Socialism: A Response
by Hilary Wainwright