Global neoliberal capitalism and the alternatives from social democracy to state capitalism
This bold new book offers an exhaustive diagnosis of global capitalism. Proposing a novel system of economic and political coordination based on a combination of market socialism and state planning, it offers crucial insights for thinking about alternatives to capitalism.
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Bristol, UK :
Bristol University Press
2023.
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| Edición: | 1st ed |
| Colección: | Policy Press scholarship online.
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009844139506719 |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Front cover
- Global Neoliberal Capitalism and the Alternatives: From Social Democracy to State Capitalisms
- Copyright information
- Table of contents
- List of Figures, Tables and Boxes
- About the Author
- Acknowledgements
- 1 Introduction
- Critiques of global capitalism
- The alternatives
- Neoliberalism and the alternatives
- Organisation of the book
- 2 Global Neoliberalism and What It Means
- The economic basis of neoliberalism
- Liberalism as a comprehensive ideology
- Maintaining stability and promoting progress
- The individual and society
- The rule of law
- The neoliberal social system
- Financialisation and speculation
- The regulatory role of the state
- Self- regulating markets
- Conclusion
- 3 Neoliberalism: A Critique
- Psychological subjectivism
- Catallaxy and the fulfilment of wants
- Economic outcomes are not optimal
- Ownership and control
- Global economic crisis
- Political power and possessive individualism
- Conclusion
- Part I Socialist Contenders and Their Demise
- 4 Socialist Visions
- Socialism as a normative order
- Socialism defined
- Marxism and socialism
- The state socialist alternative
- The planned economy: the theory
- Justification of a planned economy
- Embedding planning in society
- Conclusion
- 5 The State Socialist Challenge and Its Market Socialist Critics
- Building the basis of socialist society
- The rise of state socialism
- Economic and social consequences of modernisation
- Criticism of the planning system
- State socialism: an appraisal
- Market socialism in theory
- Participatory socialist planning
- The limits to reform under state socialism
- 6 The Decay of Social Democracy
- The social democratic post-Second World War alternative
- The statist credentials of the British Labour Party
- The transformation of Western social democracy.
- Reasserting Labour's traditional values
- The rise of a neoliberal conservatism
- Neoliberalism as a political project
- The demise of the social democratic alternative
- 7 The Conversion of Social Democracy to the 'Third Way'
- Identity, diversity and class
- Identity politics
- From ruling classes to pluralistic elites
- Social democracy moves towards neoliberalism
- Foreign affairs: the global perspective
- An appraisal of New Labour
- Deepening economic inequalities
- New Labour's income policy
- The fall of New Labour
- The revival of socialism in a democratic framework?
- 8 State Socialism Moves to a Market Economy
- Perestroika: from reform to transformation
- The social bases of radical economic reform and counter-revolution
- Support for radical reforms
- Transformation and the role of transnational interests
- The transition to capitalism
- Part II Capitalist Globalisation and Its Adversaries
- 9 From Industrial to Global Capitalism
- From national to global capitalism
- The globalisation phenomenon
- Globalisation as a form of capitalism
- The economic underpinning of globalisation
- The global economy
- Variations of globalisation between states
- Cultural and informational globalisation
- Interpersonal globalisation
- Glocalisation
- Does globalisation lead to inequality?
- The globalisation balance sheet
- 10 The Changing Global Class Structure and the Challenge of the Semi-Core
- The changing structure of the ruling classes
- The challenge of the semi-core
- From peripheral dependence to competitive interdependence
- Globalisation in reverse?
- Conclusion
- 11 Self-destructing Propensities of Global Capitalism
- The coming of post-capitalism
- The rise of the 'creative class'
- The role of the state
- Ownership of the means of production
- Marxist revisions
- Conclusion.
- 12 The 'Anti-Capitalist' Critique
- The Occupy movement
- The 'networked' society
- Reformist perspectives
- Conclusion
- 13 Ecological 'Catastrophe'
- Ecological catastrophe
- The market solution
- 'Save the planet'
- The Marxist critique
- An 'ecological civilisation'?
- A non-consumptionist economy
- Convivial de-growth
- 14 Social Democratic and Socialist Perspectives
- Globalised social democracy
- Social democratic parties in power
- Corporate social responsibility
- Socialist perspectives: a shift to socialist globalisation?
- Socialist globalisation
- Socialist coordinated economies on a world scale
- Political mobilisation
- Within system reforms
- Conclusion
- 15 The Challenge of State Capitalisms
- State capitalism
- State socialism
- State-capitalism
- The Marxist state-capitalist critique of the Soviet economy
- An assessment of the state-capitalist paradigm
- Lenin's version of state capitalism
- The Chinese variant: a socialist market economy
- The differentiation of ownership
- Is China 'state-capitalist'?
- Future scenarios for China
- 16 Regulated Market Socialism
- Five alternative economic formations
- Mechanisms and movements for social change
- Regulated market socialism
- Re-evaluating the planning mechanism
- Changing the structures and obligations of economic corporations
- Obstacles to socialist measures
- Making the transition
- The international dimension
- Conclusion
- Appendix 16A: Social Formations: Patterns of Coordination and Control
- Appendix 16B: Regulated Market Socialism
- Index.
