Robert Brenner - The Problem of Reformism
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Argues that reformist political theory and practice is incapable, by itself, of winning even modest reforms. Instead, Brenner shows how militant, non-reformist political movements are a essential condition of winning reforms. When militant mass movements wither, so do the prospects of reformists. Left to their own devices, reformists---committed, as they are, to "partnering with the boss" in bargaining as well as to the electoral road to social change---are incapable of winning reforms. Progressive reforms are only possible when there are militant, extra-electoral movements capable of wresting concessions from dominant groups.
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