The Political Economy of State Intervention: Conserving Capital over the West's Long Depression

ISBN-13: 9780367622985 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022 / 240 str.

Gavin Poynter

Opis

Through a re-examination of state intervention in the USA and Britain over the course of the "long depression" (1970-to date), this book argues that the state has performed an increasingly significant role in conserving capital.

Spis treści

1. State Intervention and the West’s Long Depression  2. The State and Neoliberalism  3. Capital Dependency: The High Flyers  4. Labour Markets in Britain and USA  5. The Rise in State-Dependent Employment: The Education Sector  6. The Rise in State-Dependent Employment: Health and Social Care  7. ‘Buy Time’: State and Capital Partnerships  8. The Hollowing of Democracy  9. The Future of State Intervention: Dynamism or Decay  10. Progressive State Intervention

O autorze

Gavin Poynter is Professor (Emeritus), Social Sciences, University of East London, UK.