Western capitalism in transition: Global processes, local challenges - Hardcover

 
9781526122391: Western capitalism in transition: Global processes, local challenges
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 1526122391 ISBN 13: 9781526122391
Verlag: Manchester University Press, 2018

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Since its birth, industrial capitalism has been punctuated by the need to find new ways to develop institutions that make the capitalist production process socially sustainable. These transitions are examined in the contemporary climate by a collection of world renowned thinkers.

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Alberta Andreotti is Associate Professor of Economic Sociology at the University of Milan-Bicocca

David Benassi is Associate Professor of Economic Sociology at the University of Milan-Bicocca

Yuri Kazepov is Professor of Urban Sociology at the University of Vienna

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Over the last thirty years capitalism in the West has undergone a process of radical change that has erased the world we knew during the post-war ‘Golden Age’. Processes of globalisation and financialisation, coupled with mass migration, demographic transitions and the pressures on the welfare state, have brought about steep increases in inequality and a polarisation between winners and losers that challenges the very nature of citizenship.

The redefinition of class structure and the transformation of existing patterns of social inclusion have both had a profound impact on the social fabric. This book explores – from different disciplinary perspectives – how Western capitalism has changed, and the consequences of these changes for individuals’ lives and communities. The argument throughout is framed by Karl Polanyi’s theories regarding the embeddedness of the economic in the social, and the dynamic relationship between these two aspects. Specific areas of change are discussed under five headings: the transform tions of global capitalism; welfare capitalism and rights; citizenship and migration; cities and urban transformation; and segregation and the spatial dimensions of poverty.

The international array of contributors take into consideration the interplay of micro and macro factors to produce a developed analysis. Chapters focus on the uneven effects of capitalism, on the manifold social conflicts that are emerging and on the potential for the defensive mobilisation of individuals and social movements. By combining theory and empirical analysis and adopting a comparative perspective, the authors provide insights into the dynamics of change and the resulting winners and losers.

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Verlag
Manchester University Press
Erscheinungsdatum
2018
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
1526122391
ISBN 13 
9781526122391
Einband
Tapa dura
Auflage
1
Anzahl der Seiten
336
Herausgeber
Andreotti Alberta, Benassi David, Kazepov Yuri
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