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Chapter One 'What Was Neoliberalism?'
No full textChapter One, by Neil Davidson, sets the general context for the specific analyses which follow, providing both an account of how neoliberalism developed and a survey of what this has meant for economics, politics, the state and society-an exercise made necessary by the previous lack of serious discussion of the subject in Scotland
Chapter Ten 'Neoliberal Politics in a Devolved Scotland'
No full textChapter Ten, by Neil Davidson, therefore examines the extent to which devolved Scottish governments, particularly the present SNP administration, have been able to go beyond the boundaries of neoliberal orthodoxy. He argues that where this has occurred it is a function of the peculiarities of party competition in Holyrood, rather than representing a fundamental disavowal of the existing order. Finally, he suggests that a genuine alternative to neoliberalism will only emerge, in Scotland or elsewhere, on the basis of a politics which takes the interests of the working class as seriously as neoliberalism has those of the capitalist class
Neil Davidson on the Radical Independence Campaign: “The basic programme is to roll back neoliberalism”
No full textThe ‘Yes’ campaign comprises many different groups beyond the Scottish National Party (SNP). Neil Davidson is a lecturer in Sociology at the University of Glasgow and a campaigner for the Radical Independence Campaign (@Radical_Indy). In this piece he chats with Joel Suss, editor of the British Politics and Policy blog, about the radical case for Scottish independence, the promises made by Westminster for more devolution, and the incredible levels of political engagement seen in Scotland
Introduction: the unknown Alasdair MacIntyre and a note on the selection and annotation
No full textAlthough Alasdair MacIntyre is best known today as the author of After Virtue (1981), he was, in the 1950s and 1960s, one of the most erudite members of Britain's Marxist Left. This introduction discusses the unknown Alasdair MacIntyre
Review of The Invention of Scotland: Myth and History by Hugh Trevor Roper
No full textNeil Davidson reviews The Invention of Scotland: Myth and History by Hugh Trevor Rope
How Revolutionary were the Bourgeois Revolutions?
No full textIn this panoramic historical analysis, Neil Davidson defends a renovated concept of bourgeois revolution. Davidson shows how our globalized societies of the present are the result of a contested, turbulent history marked by often forceful revolutions directed against old social orders, from the Dutch Revolt to the English and American Civil Wars and beyond
Reseña de Transformar el mundo. Revoluciones burguesas y revolución social, de Neil Davidson
No full textReseña de Neil Davidson: Transformar el mundo. Revoluciones burguesas y revolución social. Barcelona: EdicionesPasado y Presente, 201
Marxism and the national question in Scotland: economic crisis, political radicalisation and the working class
No full textThe following is the text of the discussion held at Glasgow University between Sandy McBurney and Neil Davidson on the subject of the national question in Scotland, on Thursday 19 February 2015
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