Capitalism and Democracy in the Twenty-First Century - 9780367354916

Taylor & Francis

Capitalism and Democracy in the Twenty-First CenturyA Global Future Beyond Nationalism\nAuthor(s): Gavin Kitching\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9780367354916, 978-0367354916\nSynopsis\nThis short book makes a connection between recent tectonic shifts in the world economy and the political problems currently confronted by western democracies.\n\nThe 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 citizens attracted to a populist economic nationalism accompanied by xenophobia. However, the originality of this text lies not in the above argument, but in the philosophical reflections which drive and derive from it. These include reflections on history as a supposed causal process.