Socialism Lamb Hardback Polity Press 9781509531608

Socialism\nby Peter Lamb\nHardback\nEnglish\n\nBrand new copy from BookCurl \u2013 the UK independent online bookseller.\n\n------------------------------\nBook details\n------------------------------\nAuthor: Peter Lamb\nTitle: Socialism\nFormat: Hardback\nLanguage: English\nTopic: Left-of-centre democratic ideologies\nPublisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd\nPublication year: 2019\nISBN-13: 9781509531608\nISBN-10: 1509531602\n\n------------------------------\nDescription\n------------------------------\n\nSocialism has made a dramatic comeback in the 21st century. In the wake of financial crisis, mounting inequality and social decay, it seems more relevant than ever. Nobody who seeks to understand contemporary politics can ignore it. \n \n In this book, leading scholar Peter Lamb identifies the key ideas and principles of socialism and explores different (often conflicting) interpretations that have appeared in Europe, Asia, Africa and the Americas, from the early nineteenth centu.