Global Capitalism A Sociological Perspective

Name: Global Capitalism A Sociological Perspective
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ISBN: 9780745644516

ISBN-10: 0745644511

ISBN-13: 9780745644516

Edition: 2010

Authors: Miguel A. Centeno, Joseph N. Cohen

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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…

Book details

List price: $28.00
Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: Polity Press
Publication date: 3/8/2010
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 180
Size: 5.92" wide x 8.30" long x 0.82" tall
Weight: 0.748
Language: English

Miguel Angel Centeno is Professor of Sociology at Princeton University. His Democracy Within Reason (Penn State, 1994; revised edition, 1997) was named an "Outstanding Academic Book" by Choice.



Introduction



Global Capitalism



Trade



Finance and Wealth



Marketing and Consumption



Governance



Inequality



Living with Limits


Conclusions


References