Olufemi O. Taiwo: What Is The State For?, Kartoniert / Broschiert

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Can 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?

Leading a forum in the latest issue ofBoston Review, Olfmi O. Twidentifies fossil capital as the principal obstacle to a more just world. We face an uphill battle against carbons capture of the state system, he argues, but state politics remains our best path forward. RespondentsThea Riofrancos, Mariame Kaba&Andrea Ritchie, Ishac Diwan&Bright Simons, Martin ONeill&Joe Guinan, Gianpaolo Baiocchi, Claudio Lomnitz, andTara Raghuveerexplore the strategies, possibilities, and limitations of efforts to address the climate crisis and transform the state in the image of justice.

Elsewhere in the issue, Leila Farsakhexamines the history and fate of the quest for Palestinian statehood, whileJoshua Crazereports on the global rise of militias that vie for power with the states that created them. Astra TaylorandLeah Hunt-Hendrixmake the case for a solidarity state premised on participation, parity, pluralism, and peace. Janice FineandHana Shepherdtake us inside a compelling new model of labor law enforcement that is reshaping state and local governments across the country. AndBonnie Tenneriellodocuments the way prisons neutralize reform, following hard-won legislation to end solitary confinement that has done no such thing.

Plus, Richard Pithousetalks withSbu Zikode, leader of the Abahlali baseMjondolo movement, about how South Africas poorest citizens are doing thirty years after apartheid;Jonathan S. Blakereviews recent books by Philip Pettit, Charles S. Maier, and Natasha Wheatley; andPeter E. Gordontraces the rise and fall of theorys engagement with real questions of suffering and social transformation.