{"product_id":"what-is-the-state-for-paperback","title":"What Is the State For? - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eOl?fẹ́mi O. T??w?\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCan the nation-state serve social justice? Should social movements work inside or outside the state? What would a just state look like, and how can we get there? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eLeading a forum in the latest issue of \u003cem\u003eBoston Review\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003eOl?fẹ́mi O. T??w?\u003c\/strong\u003e identifies fossil capital as the principal obstacle to a more just world. We face an uphill battle against carbon's capture of the state system, he argues, but state politics remains our best path forward. Respondents--\u003cstrong\u003eThea Riofrancos\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003eMariame Kaba\u003c\/strong\u003e \u0026amp; \u003cstrong\u003eAndrea Ritchie\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003eIshac Diwan\u003c\/strong\u003e \u0026amp; \u003cstrong\u003eBright Simons\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003eMartin O'Neill\u003c\/strong\u003e \u0026amp; \u003cstrong\u003eJoe Guinan\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003eGianpaolo Baiocchi\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003eClaudio Lomnitz\u003c\/strong\u003e, and \u003cstrong\u003eTara Raghuveer\u003c\/strong\u003e--explore the strategies, possibilities, and limitations of efforts to address the climate crisis and transform the state in the image of justice. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eElsewhere in the issue, \u003cstrong\u003eLeila Farsakh\u003c\/strong\u003e examines the history and fate of the quest for Palestinian statehood, while \u003cstrong\u003eJoshua Craze\u003c\/strong\u003e reports on the global rise of militias that vie for power with the states that created them. \u003cstrong\u003eAstra Taylor\u003c\/strong\u003e and \u003cstrong\u003eLeah Hunt-Hendrix\u003c\/strong\u003e make the case for a \"solidarity state\" premised on participation, parity, pluralism, and peace. \u003cstrong\u003eJanice Fine\u003c\/strong\u003e and \u003cstrong\u003eHana Shepherd\u003c\/strong\u003e take us inside a compelling new model of labor law enforcement that is reshaping state and local governments across the country. And \u003cstrong\u003eBonnie Tenneriello\u003c\/strong\u003e documents the way prisons neutralize reform, following hard-won legislation to end solitary confinement that has done no such thing. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePlus, \u003cstrong\u003eRichard Pithouse\u003c\/strong\u003e talks with \u003cstrong\u003eS'bu Zikode\u003c\/strong\u003e, leader of the Abahlali baseMjondolo movement, about how South Africa's poorest citizens are doing thirty years after apartheid; \u003cstrong\u003eJonathan S. Blake\u003c\/strong\u003e reviews recent books by Philip Pettit, Charles S. Maier, and Natasha Wheatley; and \u003cstrong\u003ePeter E. Gordon\u003c\/strong\u003e traces the rise and fall of theory's engagement with \"real questions of suffering and social transformation.\"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eOlúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò\u003c\/b\u003e is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Georgetown University. He received his Ph.D. in philosophy at the University of California Los Angeles. He has published in academic journals ranging from \u003ci\u003ePublic Affairs Quarterly, One Earth, Philosophical Papers, \u003c\/i\u003eand the\u003ci\u003e American Philosophical Association newsletter\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003ePhilosophy and the Black Experience\u003c\/i\u003e. His public philosophy, including articles exploring intersections of climate justice and colonialism, has been featured in \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Nation, Dissent, Slate, Al Jazeera, The New Republic, Aeon, and Foreign Policy\u003c\/i\u003e. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eElite Capture\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eReconsidering Reparations\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 196\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 8.9 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 02, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47347586105593,"sku":"9781946511874","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/qb5Q0vOBSx9781946511874.webp?v=1769764391","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/what-is-the-state-for-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}