Capitalism & Alternatives

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Title & Subtitle	Abstract	Contributors	Pages	Year	Purchase
From Chapter 10 Executives: In a class of their own? From: Law at Work View Between The Lines	This chapter explores the central role of executives and managers in corporate operations, arguing that their wealth and power have grown as they exercise influence beyond their individual …	Harry Glasbeek	26	2024	$2.60 Add
From Chapter 11 A legal right to maim and kill workers From: Law at Work View Between The Lines	This chapter examines how the structures and ideology supported by law to maintain and perpetuate capitalism ensure the dominance of one class over another. It also discusses how, when it comes …	Harry Glasbeek	33	2024	$3.30 Add
From Chapter 12 The dignity of work versus the degradation of work under capitalism From: Law at Work View Between The Lines	This chapter examines how the basic structure of capitalism makes work unrewarding, and how legal systems legitimize and reinforce these conditions. It argues that the law not only sustains …	Harry Glasbeek	29	2024	$2.90 Add
From Chapter 13 Selected Notes From: Law at Work View Between The Lines	This page lists selected notes used throghout the book.	Harry Glasbeek	1	2024	$0.10 Add
From NEW! Chapter 19: Outcasts and Dissidents in the Early 1930s From: Capitalism and Colonialism View James Lorimer and Company	This chapter discusses the examines the 1930s hobo jungles emerged due to the unemployment crisis and militant groups such as the Communist Worker’s Unity League (WUL) and the 1935 …	Bryan D. Palmer	16	2025	$1.60 Add
From Chapter 2 Why Speak of the Witch Hunts Again From: Witches, Witch-Hunting, and Women View Between The Lines	The readings in Part One of this title explore the history of witch hunts and place them in the context of contemporary violence against women. This reading consists of an essay written in the …	Silvia Federici	4	2018	$0.40 Add
From Chapter 2 Capital-labour struggles better described as wars From: Law at Work View Between The Lines	This chapter examines how labour unions and legal reforms from the mid-nineteenth to early twentieth centuries challenged employer dominance, and how the Great Depression prompted worker-focused …	Harry Glasbeek	16	2024	$1.60 Add
From NEW! Chapter 2: The Response From: The Killer's Henchman View Baraka Books	The author discusses the response to Covid-19 with particularly attention to the United States and China. Topics include vaccines, public health and social measures, the approaches of countries …	Stephen Gowans	36	2022	$3.60 Add
From NEW! Chapter 26: Managing Labour’s Momentum The Post-War Settlement, 1945-59 From: Capitalism and Colonialism View James Lorimer and Company	This chapter looks at the labour militancy that achieved union recognition in the 1945–48 strike wave and the historic Rand Formula.	Bryan D. Palmer	14	2025	$1.40 Add
From Chapter 3 Witch Hunts, Enclosures, and the Demise of Communal Property Relations From: Witches, Witch-Hunting, and Women View Between The Lines	The readings in Part One of this title explore the history of witch hunts and place them in the context of contemporary violence against women. This reading argues that the English enclosures, …	Silvia Federici	9	2018	$0.90 Add
From Chapter 3 World War II: Promises made, fulfilled, and then diluted From: Law at Work View Between The Lines	This chapter looks at how labour policies changed during and after World War II, where many of the advances made by the working class were challenged in the 1930s. It also covers the many worker …	Harry Glasbeek	28	2024	$2.80 Add
From NEW! Chapter 3: The Capitalists’ State From: The Killer's Henchman View Baraka Books	This chapter asks who it is that made the decisions on how to respond to the pandemic (if to respond at all) and what their interests are. The author explores the domination of governments around …	Stephen Gowans	35	2022	$3.50 Add
From Chapter 4 Witch-Hunting and the Fear of the Power of Women From: Witches, Witch-Hunting, and Women View Between The Lines	The readings in Part One of this title explore the history of witch hunts and place them in the context of contemporary violence against women. This reading argues that witch hunting was partly …	Silvia Federici	11	2018	$1.10 Add
From Chapter 4 The common law’s anti-collectivism and the impoverished right to strike From: Law at Work View Between The Lines	This chapter examines how competitive capitalism undermined worker solidarity by pressuring individuals to compete for jobs and accept employer conditions, which widened the divide between …	Harry Glasbeek	39	2024	$3.90 Add
From NEW! Chapter 4: The Capitalists’ Nanny State From: The Killer's Henchman View Baraka Books	This chapter continues to explore the capitalist state and how it fucntions to support and facilitate the business-based upper class and its accumulation of the wealth that is produced by the …	Stephen Gowans	34	2022	$3.40 Add
From Chapter 5 On the Meaning of "Gossip" From: Witches, Witch-Hunting, and Women View Between The Lines	The readings in Part One of this title explore the history of witch hunts and place them in the context of contemporary violence against women. This reading consists of an exploration of the …	Silvia Federici	9	2018	$0.90 Add