Includes bibliographical references (pages [377]-383) and index.
Introduction: why real utopias? -- The tasks of emancipatory social science -- What's so bad about capitalism? -- Thinking about alternatives to capitalism -- The socialist compass -- Real utopias I : social empowerment and the state -- Real utopias II : social empowerment and the economy -- Elements of a theory of transformation -- Ruptural transformation -- Insterstitial transformation -- Symbiotic transformation -- Conclusion: making utopias real