Table of Contents
List of Illustrations vii
List of Contributors viii
Preface: The Terrifying Convergence of the Three Worlds of the "Social Question" Goran Therborn ix
1 The Social Question All Over Again Jan Breman Kevan Harris Ching Kwan Lee Marcel van der Linden 1
2 The Social Question in Western Europe: Past and Present Marcel van der Linden 23
3 The End of American Exceptionalism: The Social Question in the United States Fred Block 40
4 The Social Question as the Struggle over Precarity: The Case of China Ching Kwan Lee 58
5 Migrants, Mobilizations, and Selective Hegemony in Mekong Asia's Special Economic Zones Dennis Arnold 77
6 A Mirage of Welfare: How the Social Question in India Got Aborted Jan Breman 98
7 The Labor Question and Dependent Capitalism: The Case of Latin America Ronaldo Munch 116
8 Labor and Land Struggles in a Brazilian Steel Town: The Reorganization of Capital under Neo-Extractivism Massimiliano Mollona 134
9 From Poverty to Informality? The Social Question in Africa in a Historical Perspective Andreas Eckert 152
10 The Social Question in South Africa: From Settler Colonialism to Neoliberal-Era Democracy Ben Scully 170
11 The Social Question in the Middle East: Past and Present Kevan Harris 188
12 Post-Socialist Contradictions: The Social Question in Central and Eastern Europe and the Making of the Illiberal Right Don Kalb 208
13 The Social Question in Russia: From De-Politicization to a Growing Sense of Exploitation Karine Clément 227
14 Postscript: The Social Question in Its Global Incarnation Jan Breman Kevan Harris Ching Kwan Lee Marcel van der Linden 244
Index 251