Marxism and Social Science

Marxism and Social Science

Marxism and Social Science Andrew Gamble David Marsh and Tony Tant Editors ~ MACMillAN

Selection and editorial matter Andrew Gamble, David Marsh and Tony Tant 1999 Individual chapters (in order) Andrew Gamble, Stevi Jackson, Michael Kenny, Glyn Daly, Andrew Gamble, Tony Tant, Jim Johnston and David P. Dolowitz, Colin Hay, Chris Pierson, Charlie McMahon, Trevor Purvis, Daryl Glaser, John Barry, Simon Bromley, Neil Robinson, David Marsh 1999 All rights reserved. No reproduction, copy or transmission of this publication may be made without written permission. No paragraph of this publication may be reproduced, copied or transmitted save with written permission or in accordance with the provisions of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, or under the terms of any licence permitting limited copying issued by the Copyright Licensing Agency, 90 Tottenham Court Road, London WIP 9HE. Any person who does any unauthorised act in relation to this publication may be liable to criminal prosecution and civil claims for damages. The authors have asserted their rights to be identified as the authors of this work in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. First published 1999 by MACMILLAN PRESS LTD Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 6XS and London Companies and representatives throughout the world ISBN 978-0-333-65596-2 ISBN 978-1-349-27456-7 (ebook) DOI 10.1007/978-1-349-27456-7 A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. This book is printed on paper suitable for recycling and made from fully managed and sustained forest sources 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 08 07 06 05 04 03 02 01 2 I 00 99 Copy-edited and typeset by Povey-Edmondson Tavistock and Rochdale, England

Contents Notes on the Contributors 1 Why Bother with Marxism? Andrew Gamble vii 1 PART ONE: CRITICAL ENGAGEMENTS 2 Marxism and Feminism Stevi Jackson 3 Marxism and Regulation Theory Michael Kenny 4 Marxism and Postmodernity Glyn Daly 5 Marxism and New Right Theory Andrew Gamble 6 Marxism as Social Science Tony Tant 11 35 61 85 104 PART TWO: SUBSTANTIVE ISSUES 7 Marxism and Social Class Jim Johnston and David P. Dolowitz 8 Marxism and the State Colin Hay 9 Marxism and the Welfare State Chris Pierson 10 Marxism and Culture Charlie McMahon 11 Marxism and Nationalism Trevor Purvis 12 Marxism and Democracy Daryl Glaser 13 Marxism and Ecology John Barry 14 Marxism and Globalisation Simon Bromley 129 152 175 195 217 239 259 280 v

VI Contents 15 Marxism, Communism and Post-communism Neil Robinson 16 Resurrecting Marxism David Marsh Bibliography Index 302 320 341 373

Notes on the Contributors John Barry teaches in the Department of Politics at Keele University. His main interests are green political and ethical theory, ecofeminism, theories of political economy, democratic theory and debates within contemporary political philosophy. He has two forthcoming books: Environment and Social Theory and Rethinking Green Politics: Nature, Virtue and Progress. He is currently working as co-editor on the International Encyclopaedia of Environmental Politics to be published with Routledge in 2001. He also has an interest in the history and politics of Ireland and Northern Ireland, and the relationship between literature, national identity and politics. Simon Bromley is Senior Lecturer in Government and Politics at the Open University, UK. His research interests are in the field of international political economy and publications include American Hegemony and World Oil and Rethinking Middle East Politics. He is currently working on questions of sovereignty, globalisation and governance, focusing on the place of the South in the emerging frameworks of global governance. Glyn Daly has written numerous articles on post-marxism, poststructuralism, psychoanalytic theory and its consequences for the study of politics and ideology. He is the author of a forthcoming book Post Marxism. David P. Dolowitz is a Lecturer at the University of Liverpool. His current research focuses on how political systems influence each other. He is particularly interested in the development and operation of workfare. He is author of Learning from America: Policy Transfer and the Development of the British Workfare State and has published in journals such as Political Studies, Governance and Parliamentary Affairs. Andrew Gamble is Professor of Politics at the University of Sheffield and Director of the research programme on the political economy of Vll

vm Notes on the Contributors the company funded by the Leverhulme Trust and the Anglo-German Foundation at the Political Economy Research Centre. Recent publications include Hayek: the Iron Cage of Liberty and (with Gavin Kelly) The New Politics of Ownership and Owners and Citizens. Daryl Glaser is a Lecturer in the Department of Government, Strathclyde University. He was born in South Africa. He obtained his BA(Hons) (1983) and MA (1988) at the University ofwitwaterstrand and his PhD at the University of Manchester (1994) He has lectured at the Universities of Witwaterstrand, Natal and Strathclyde. His main areas of interest are radical political thought, democratic theory and South Africa. He is currently working on books in these areas. Colin Hay is a Lecturer in the Department of Political Science and International Studies at the University of Birmingham. He is the author of Re-Stating Social and Political Change (winner of the Philip Adams Memorial Prize), Labouring Under False Pretences? and co-author of Postwar British Politics in Perspective. He is also co-editor of Theorizing Modernity and Demystifying Globalization. He is on the Editorial Board of Sociology and, with David Marsh, is series editor for Globalization and Governance. Stevi Jackson is Professor of Women's Studies and Director of the Centre for Women's Studies at the University of York. She is the author of Childhood and Sexuality (1982) and Christine Delphy (1996) and co-editor of Women's Studies: A Reader (1993), The Politics of Domestic Consumption (Wheatsheaf, 1995), Feminism and Sexuality (1996) and Contemporary Feminist Theories (1998). Jim Johnston is completing a PhD at the University of Birmingham. His research interests include post-war British politics and Britain's relative economic decline. His other published work includes Post-war British Politics in Perspective (co-author). Michael Kenny is a Lecturer in Politics at Sheffield University. He is the author of The First New Left: British Intellectuals after Stalin, co-author of Western Political Thought: A Bibliographical Guide to Post-war Research, and joint editor of Planning Sustainability? and Rethinking British Decline. He is currently preparing a book on political theory and the question of identity.

Notes on the Contributors ix David Marsh is Professor of Politics and Head of Department in the Department of Political Science and International Studies at the University of Birmingham. He has published widely on British politics, political sociology and political economy. Charlie McMahon has taught at the University of Strathclyde, University of Glasgow, Glasgow Caledonian University, University of Paisley and the Open University in the areas of social theory, philosophy, political philosophy, philosophy of the social sciences and cultural theory. Chris Pierson is Professor of Politics at the University of Nottingham. He has written extensively on the problems of social democracy and the welfare state. His latest publications include Beyond the Welfare State?, Developments in British Social Policy (edited with Nick Ellison) and Making Sense of Modernity: Conversations with Anthony Giddens. Trevor Purvis has recently completed his doctoral dissertation at Lancaster University. The dissertation focuses on the failure of Western conceptions of nation and sovereignty to accommodate aboriginal peoples' political aspirations. He has also recently published articles relating to discourse and ideology and citizenship and the politics of identity. He teaches in the Law Department at Carleton University in Ottawa. Neil Robinson is Lecturer in Russian politics at the University of Essex. His publications include Ideology and the Collapse of the Soviet System, Post-Communist Politics (co-author) and articles on Soviet and post-soviet Russian politics. Tony Tant is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Politics at the University of Plymouth. He received his PhD from the University of Essex in 1986, having previously been an undergraduate there. Before taking up the position at Plymouth he taught in both Government and Sociology Departments at Essex. His teaching, research and publications focus upon the relationship between beliefs/ideas and structures, conventions/behaviour.