Democracy and Prosperity: Reinventing Capitalism Through a Turbulent Century

by David Soskice and Torben Iversen

Book Overview

A groundbreaking new historical analysis of how global capitalism and advanced democracies mutually support each other

It is a widespread view that democracy and the advanced nation-state are in crisis, weakened by globalization and undermined by global capitalism, in turn explaining rising inequality and mounting populism. This book, written by two of the world's leading political economists, argues this view is wrong: advanced democracies...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691182736
• ISBN13: 9780691182735
• Release Date: February 2019
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 360 Pages
• Weight: 1.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 6.5" x 9.4"