Italian Critics of Capitalism - Couverture rigide

 
9780739142349: Italian Critics of Capitalism
Couverture rigide
ISBN 10 : 0739142348 ISBN 13 : 9780739142349
Editeur : Lexington Books, 2010

Synopsis

Over the last hundred years the history of capitalism hardly supports the idea of a dynamic equilibrium between democracy and capitalism. The unprecedented triumph of global capitalism and its stronger power of transformation are changing the nature of political community and its institutions, transforming the conditions of democratic politics and governance. The writings collected in this volume present leading statements of theories of democracy and capitalism in Italy starting from Vilfredo Pareto who firstly focused on the transformation of democracy into a plutocracy in which vested interests use the government as a tool for their own profit, until Norberto Bobbio who expressed a strong defence of democracy and a deep critique of capitalism.
As Marx, Weber, and Schumpeter-from different perspectives-have pointed out capitalism rather then just an economic mode of organization, is a mentality, a social logic, a form of living, that influences and reshapes political structures, and culture. The globalized economic order is challenging the foundations and political principles upon which liberal democracy is based. Global markets have unleashed economic forces that are becoming too powerful for democratic institutions to control. Even if the formal elements of democracy still survive, the government by the people, for the people is declining; elections, debates, parties, are evacuated, and bypassed by new, less accountable processes.

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À propos de l'auteur

Franco Ferrarotti is professor of sociology and chariman of the PhD program in social science at the University of Rome, Italy.

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Éditeur
Lexington Books
Date d'édition
2010
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0739142348
ISBN 13 
9780739142349
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
190
Éditeur
Cedroni Lorella
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
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9780739142356: Italian Critics of Capitalism

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ISBN 10 :  0739142356 ISBN 13 :  9780739142356
Editeur : Lexington Books, 2010
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