Capitalism, Democracy, and Development

Capitalism, Democracy, and Development
Автор
 
Год
 
Страниц
 
300
ISBN
 
3540447628
Издатель
 
Routledge
Категория
 
Бизнес и экономика. Поступления - 2009 г.

Содержание:

История Москвы в 6 томах с приложением

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This book looks at the emergence of capitalism and democracy as systems of economic and political governance and considers how these two systems may be both mutually supportive and antagonistic. In mapping out the balance between capitalism and democracy, the book includes chapters on the theory and history of these systems that challenge the assumption that their spread will bring about a convergence of incomes either among countries or within them. Inequalities of income and power emerge as a major societal issue alongside poverty, and the book develops alternative societal models based upon the degree of inequality in wealth and power. Since 1980, Anglo-American style capitalism has been a cause of increased inequality in a number of rich countries and threatens to duplicate itself in many developing countries. The book argues that the increasing integration of markets (globalization) will not solve these problems of inequality, they require political solutions. The EU attempts one...

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