Capitalism on edge : how fighting precarity can achieve radical change without crisis or utopia /

"The wake of the financial crisis has inspired hopes for dramatic change and stirred visions of capitalism's terminal collapse. Amid populist upheavals, there has been a new flowering of radical critique, and progressive forces are rallying to fight inequality. Yet is the system indeed on...

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Main Author: Azmanova, Albena (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Columbia University Press, [2020]
Series:New directions in critical theory.
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • Preface
  • Introduction: "How Come?" Asked the Befuddled Left
  • 1. The Crisis of Capitalism, Almost
  • 2. Capitalism Under Scrutiny: From Concept to Critique
  • 3. Ideologies for the New Century
  • 4. The Life and Times of Democratic Capitalism
  • 5. Precarity Capitalism
  • 6. What Is Ailing the 99 Percent?
  • 7. Getting Unstuck: Overcoming Capitalism Without Crisis, Revolution, or Utopia
  • Conclusion: The Radical Pragmatism of Bidding Capitalism Farewell
  • Appendix: Summary of Theoretical Framework
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index