Table of Contents

Neoliberalism and new authoritarianism in the twenty-first century; Globalization and social change; Early resistance to globalization-cum-authoritarianism and rise in class and race consciousness; Politics, social democratic reform and class struggle; Globalization and the origins of the post-colonial authoritarian state; Labor, civil rebellion and legalizing the post-colonial authoritarian state; Authoritarianism, economic crisis and stagnation; Neoliberal economic growth and the working people; The new authoritarianism; Bibliography; Index.