Capitalism and Democracy in the Twenty-First Century: A Global Future Beyond Nationalism

by Gavin Kitching

Book Overview

This short book makes a connection between recent 'tectonic shifts' in the world economy and the political problems currently confronted by western democracies.

The shift of manufacturing away from the West, allied to the pressure to keep costs down in an increasingly competitive global economy, has led to economic inequality, reliance on service industry employment and public sector austerity. All this has in turn produced large numbers of desperate...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0367354918
• ISBN13: 9780367354916
• Release Date: November 2019
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 138 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.9" x 8.6"