Political Shifts

Economy and Power

This work explores the political economy of contemporary political change, including participatory democracy and progressive governance, and the roles of social movements, civic coalitions and political parties in shaping democratic politics and policies worldwide.

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Boris Kagarlitsky and the challenges of the left today : Online conference
Authoritarianism

Political Shifts
Event

Event date and time: 8 October 2024 - 15:15 - 8 October 2024 - 23:59 CET

Event location: ZOOM
The Long Retreat : Strategies to Reverse the Decline of the Left
Authoritarianism

Political Shifts
Book by
Boris Kagarlitsky

Publication date: 1 May 2024
Beating the Climate Clock : Workers, citizens and state action in the UK
Climate Crisis

Political Shifts
Longread by
Hilary Wainwright

Publication date: 21 February 2024

The Political Economy of Eastern Europe 30 years into the ‘Transition’ New Left Perspectives from the Region

Political Shifts

The first region-wide collection of new left perspectives on Eastern Europe's post-socialist transformation. Combines political economy analysis with a contextual critique of major ideological concepts of the regime change. Speaks to current debates on Eastern Europe's "democratic backslide" from a locally rooted, critical left perspective. Buy the book

Book
Publication date: 21 November 2021
New Politics Conference 2021 Democratic Socialism in Global Perspective

Political Shifts

Report
Publication date: 29 April 2021
Building post-capitalist futures Transnational Institute Fellows' Meeting - Amsterdam 7-10 June 2018

Political Shifts

Paper
Publication date: 27 November 2018
Bolivia: The Left in Power : State officials’ perspectives on the challenges to progressive governance in Bolivia

Political Shifts

Paper by
Linda Farthing

Publication date: 2 October 2018
Lessons from the Political Economy of Authoritarian Capitalism in Hungary
Political Shifts

Authoritarianism
Paper by
Gábor Scheiring

Publication date: 9 April 2018