Western capitalism in transition : global processes, local challenges / edited by Alberta Andreotti, David Benassi and Yuri Kazepov.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Andreotti, Alberta, editor.

Benassi, David, editor.

Kazepov, Yuri, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Capitalism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xviii, 313 pages) : illustrations (black and white), digital, PDF file(s)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2018.

Summary:

Since its birth, industrial capitalism has been punctuated by the need to find new ways to develop institutions that make the capitalist production process socially sustainable. These transitions are examined in the contemporary climate by a collection of world renowned thinkers.

Contents:

Cover

Western capitalism in transition

Contents

List of figures and tables

Notes on contributors

Preface

Acknowledgements

Framing the issues at stake

1 Western capitalism in transition: global processes, local challenges: Alberta Andreotti, David Benassi and Yuri Kazepov

2 A child of its times: the 'new urban sociology' in context and its legacy: Michael Harloe

Part I: The transformations of global capitalism

3 Abstract from the concrete: capitalism spiralling out of control: David Harvey

4 Rethinking social reproduction in an era of the dominance of finance capital: Gavin Smith

5 On the social (dis-)embedding of the economy in a local context: where anthropology and sociology share metaphors as analytical tools: Simone Ghezzi

Part II: Welfare capitalism and rights

6 The underclass and international comparison, variety and universalism: Jean-Claude Barbier

7 Welfare migration and civic stratification: Britain's emergent rights regime: Lydia Morris

8 The Mediterranean welfare states between recalibration and change in the cultural paradigm: Nicola Negri and Chiara Saraceno

Part III: Citizenship and migration

9 Deconstructing labour demand: implications for low-wage employment: Saskia Sassen

10 International migrations and the Mediterranean: Enrico Pugliese

11 Cities under economic austerity: the return of citizenship claims: Marisol García

Part IV: Cities and urban transformation

12 The sense of touch: Richard Sennett

13 Urban disorder and the transformation of global governance: Sophie Body-Gendrot

14 Urban political economy beyond convergence: robust but differentiated unequal European cities: Patrick Le Galès

Part V: Segregation and the spatial dimension of poverty

15 The spatial dimension of poverty: Norman Fainstein and Susan S. Fainstein.

16 Urban segregation, inequalities and local welfare: the challenges of neoliberalisation: Marco Oberti and Edmond Préteceille

17 Urban poverty and social cohesion: lessons from Naples: Enrica Morlicchio

Perspectives on the future of Western capitalism

18 The double movement and the perspectives of contemporary capitalism: Enzo Mingione

Index.

Notes:

Enthält 17 Beiträge

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on April 10, 2026).

ISBN:

9781526122421

1526122421

9781526122407

1526122405

OCLC:

1031278703