Socialism without the State [Paperback]

The revolutions that have recently occurred in Eastern Europe have been seen by some as heralding the death of socialism. Evan Luard argues, in this new edition of his book, that those revolutions demonstrated the failure not of socialism, which were never practised in those states, but of state socialism, a perversion of the doctrine which, for nearly a century, has distorted its true meaning in East and West Europe alike.Foreword to the Second Edition - Preface: Has Socialism a Future? - Introduction: The Debasement of Socialism - PART 1: THE TRIUMPH OF THE STATE - The Omnipotence of Organisation - The Take-over of Socialism by the State - The Decline of Community - The Death of Diversity - PART 2: INEQUALITY IN MODERN WORLD SOCIETY - The New Face of Inequality - Inequality in Political Influence - Inequality in Economic Power - Inequality in Wealth - PART 3: A NEW SOCIALISM - Socialism at the Grass-roots: Community Socialism - Socialism in the Stratosphere: World Socialism - Notes - Index