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Social democracy in the light of capitalist financial crises (2014)
Book Chapter
Callaghan, J. (2014). Social democracy in the light of capitalist financial crises. In D. Bailey (Ed.), European Social Democracy During the Global Economic Crisis (chapter 5). Manchester: Manchester University Press

The crisis of 2008 was not the first time that social democratic parties were found wanting when faced with bank and financial failures. But it was the first since they had learned to praise the wisdom as well as the creativity of 'the market'.

Engagements with Trotsky (2014)
Book Chapter
Callaghan, J. (2014). Engagements with Trotsky. In E. Davies, & M. Worley (Eds.), Against the grain : the British far left since 1956. Manchester: Manchester University Press

This article considers the broader cultural impact of Trotsky and Trotskyism in Britain beyond the small groups associated with his name.

Bertrand Russell : The committed sceptic in public life (2014)
Journal Article
Callaghan, J. (2014). Bertrand Russell : The committed sceptic in public life. Moving the social (Internet), 51, 239-263. https://doi.org/10.13154/mts.51.2014.239-261

Bertrand Russell came from a political family but was devoted to an academic life before 1914. It was the Great War which transformed him. He broke from the Liberal Party, began to regard himself as a socialist and became a prominent public intellect... Read More about Bertrand Russell : The committed sceptic in public life.

Anti-communism in the USA and American foreign policy in the late 1940s (2014)
Journal Article
Callaghan, J. (2014). Anti-communism in the USA and American foreign policy in the late 1940s. Twentieth Century Communism: A Journal of International History, 6, 149-171

As the post-war configuration of power became clearer in 1946 – involving an uncooperative Soviet Union in Europe and stronger Communist parties in Europe and Asia – American foreign policy drew upon and greatly reinforced domestic anti-Communism in... Read More about Anti-communism in the USA and American foreign policy in the late 1940s.