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- Title: Socialism, Capitalism and Alternatives
- Author : Peter J. S. Duncan & Elisabeth Schimpfossl
- Release Date : January 14, 2019
- Genre: Political Science,Books,Politics & Current Events,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 16063 KB
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In 1989 the Berlin Wall came down. Two years later the Soviet
Union disintegrated. The collapse of communism in Eastern Europe and the Soviet
Union discredited the idea of socialism for generations to come. It was seen as
representing the final and irreversible victory of capitalism. This triumphant
dominance was barely challenged until the 2008 financial crisis threw the
Western world into a state of turmoil.
Through analysis of
post-socialist Russia and Central and Eastern Europe, as well as of the United
Kingdom, China and the United States, Socialism, Capitalism and
Alternatives confronts the difficulty we face in articulating
alternatives to capitalism, socialism and threatening populist regimes.
Beginning with accounts of the impact of capitalism on countries left behind by
the planned economies, the volume moves on to consider how China has become a
beacon of dynamic economic growth, aggressively expanding its global influence.
The final section of
the volume poses alternatives to the ideological dominance of neoliberalism in
the West. Since the 2008 financial crisis, demands for social change have
erupted across the world. Exposing the failure of neoliberalism in the United
Kingdom and examining recent social movements in Europe and the United States,
the closing chapters identify how elements of past ideas are re-emerging, among
them Keynesianism and radical socialism. As those chapters indicate, these
ideas might well have potential to mobilise support and challenge the dominance
of neoliberalism.