Inequality and the Labyrinths of Democracy

Inequality and the Labyrinths of Democracy
Goeran Therborn
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28 Oct 2020 UK
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9781788738996
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Classical liberalism regarded universal suffrage as a mortal threat to property. So what explains the advent of liberal democracy, and how stable today is the marriage between representative government and the continued rule of capital? Across every continent, people think inequality is a ' very big problem' . Even the Davos Economic Forum and the OECD say they are worried. And yet capitalist states don' t respond. How has democracy been transformed from a popular demand for social justice into a professional power game? To dispel our worsening political malaise, Goeran Therborn argues, requires a ' disruptive democracy' of radical social movements, such as the climate strike. Inequality and the Labyrinths of Democracy opens with a major new essay mapping the social fractures of the present era. There is also a compact historical survey of worldwide patterns of democratization and a landmark analysis of the OECD economies, ' The Rule of Capital and the Rise of Democracy' , originally published in New Left Review and collected here in book form for the first time.
"A tour de force. Therborn explores the complex relationship between capitalism and democracy with great originality and insight" - Colin Crouch, author of Post-Democracy After the Crises"A tour de force. Therborn explores the complex relationship between capitalism and democracy with great originality and insight" - Colin Crouch, author of Post-Democracy after the Crises"How much inequality can democracy withstand before it collapses? Goeran Therborn addresses this fundamental question and gives us cause to hope for a more egalitarian future" - Donatella della Porta, author of Where Did the Revolution Go?
Goeran Therborn is Professor Emeritus of Sociology at the University of Cambridge. His works have been published in at least twenty-four languages and include The Killing Fields of Inequality, From Marxism to Post-Marxism? , Between Sex and Power, and What Does the Ruling Class Do When It Rules?
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ISBN-13: 9781788738996
Published: 28 Oct 2020
Published In: United Kingdom
Imprint: Verso Books
Publisher: Verso Books
Format: Paperback
Height: 210mm
Width: 140mm
Pages: 208

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