Introduction. Anthony Giddens: Social Theory and Politics
Part I: Utopian Realism: A Political Reading of the Early
Giddens
1. Critical Foundations: Structuration and System
Transformation
2. Utopian Realism: Late Modernity Revisited
Part II: The Countours of a Giddensian Politics
3. The Political Consequences of Late Modernity
4. Globalization and Capitalism
Part III: The Third Way and Beyond: Critique and Reconstruction
5. The Third Way: A Utopian Realist Critique
6. Conclusion: Integrated Policymaking and the Transformation of
Capitalism
Peter Kolarz is Policy Research Consultant at Technopolis Group, UK. He studied for his PhD at the University of Sussex, UK and subsequently worked as a lecturer at the University of Portsmouth, UK.
"This book unlocks the politics of Anthony Giddens' entire works,
spanning half a century. Re-invigorating the critical concept of
'utopian realism', Kolarz shows the original promise, failures and
possible futures of Giddens' project, creatively re-read as an
integrated political whole. An invaluable resource for Giddens's
advocates and critics across disciplines, as well as an original
introduction to his thought for the uninitiated." - Will Leggett,
University of Birmingham, UK
"Giddens and Politics beyond the Third Way takes up some of the
most pressing theoretical and practical problems of our age in an
accessible and engaging manner. By way of a critical analysis of
Antony Giddens' most ambitious sociological claims, Peter Kolarz
provides readers with a comprehensive account of the challenges to
social democracy today, the tasks of the state in the twenty-first
century, and the prospects for individual autonomy in late
modernity. The book makes a significant contribution to our
understanding of the proper relationship between facts and norms,
and will be of great interest to students, academics and
activists.' - Darrow Schecter, University of Sussex, UK
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