Capitalism and Democracy in the Twenty-First Century: A Global Future Beyond Nationalism

ISBN-13: 9780367354916 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 138 str.

Gavin Kitching

Opis

The shift of manufacturing away from the West allied to the pressure to keep costs down, has led to economic inequality, service industry employment and public sector austerity. This short book makes a connection between recent ‘tectonic shifts’ in the world economy and the political problems currently confronted by western democracies.

Spis treści

1. The Present and the Future

2. The Lasting Significance of Our Present

3. Contemporary Capitalism and Possible Futures

4. Globalisation

5. Globalisation, Austerity and the Intensification of Competition

6. Nationalist Democracy

7. Globalisation and Democratic Legitimacy

8. Democracy’s Achilles Heel

9. Economic Growth, Dangers and Possibilities

10. Regulating a Globalised Capitalism

11. Conclusions: A Human Future

O autorze

Gavin Kitching is an Emeritus Professor of Politics in the School of Social Sciences, University of New South Wales, and a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Social Sciences. In a career spanning nearly 50 years he has made award-winning contributions to the fields of African studies, development studies, the politics and economics of globalisation, and the philosophy of social science.