Capitalism after postmodernism : neo-conservatism, legitimacy and the theory of public capital / by H.T. Wilson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wilson, H. T.

Series:

International comparative social studies ; v. 5.

International comparative social studies, 1568-4474 ; v. 5

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Capitalism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (323 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2002.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This work addresses issues in the old and new political economy. Going back to Marx, Weber and Habermas, it concludes that social intellectuals still have to rise to the occasion, rather than assisting in the massive self-confirming prophecy that postmodernism threatens to become.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 1 Introduction

2 Capitalism and Legitimacy

3 Legitimacy and Capitalism

4 Sovereignty and Legitimacy

5 Capitalism and Democracy

6 What the People Do for Capitalism

7 Property, Capital and Society

8 Public Capital and its Co-optation

9 The Public Debt: We Win, You Lose

10 Privatization: Hypocrisy Triumphant

11 Free Trade: The Supreme Illusion

12 Legitimation Crisis?

13 Capitalism after Postmodernism.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

1-280-46658-8

9786610466580

1-4175-3679-9

90-474-0134-4

OCLC:

191039296