Global capitalism : a sociological perspective / Miguel A. Centeno, Joseph N. Cohen.
The global financial crisis has challenged many of our most authoritative economic ideologies and policies. After thirty years of reshaping the world to conform to the market, governments and societies are now calling for a retreat to a yet undefined new economic order. In order to provide a guide t...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge ; Malden, Mass. :
Polity,
2010.
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| Summary: | The global financial crisis has challenged many of our most authoritative economic ideologies and policies. After thirty years of reshaping the world to conform to the market, governments and societies are now calling for a retreat to a yet undefined new economic order. In order to provide a guide to what the twenty-first-century economy might look like, this book revisits the great project of Global Capitalism. What did it actually entail? How far did it go? What were its strengths and failings? By deconstructing its core ideas and examining its empirical record, can we gain clues about how to move forward after the crisis? Miguel Centeno and Joseph Cohen define capitalism as a historically-evolving and socially-constructed institution, rooted in three core economic activities trade, finance and marketing and identify the three key challenges that any new economic system will need to surmount inequality, governance, and environmental sustainability. -- Back cover. |
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| Physical Description: | ix, 246 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-231) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0745644503 9780745644509 0745644511 9780745644516 |