{"product_id":"what-is-the-state-for","title":"What Is the State For?","description":"\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?\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003eLeading a forum in the latest issue of \u003cem\u003eBoston Review\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003eOlúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò\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.\u003cbr\u003e Elsewhere 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.\u003cbr\u003e Plus, \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.\"\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Olúfẹ́mi O Táíwò","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46356297285868,"sku":"9781946511874","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0684\/1791\/3068\/files\/9781946511874.jpg?v=1744332751","url":"https:\/\/allstora.com\/products\/what-is-the-state-for","provider":"Allstora","version":"1.0","type":"link"}