Capitalism in transformation : movements and countermovements in the 21st century /: movements and countermovements in the 21st century. ([2019])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Roland Atzmuller [and 5 others].
• Editors: Atzmüller, Roland
• Contents: Front Matter; Copyright; Contents; Contributors; 1. Polanyian perspectives on the movements and countermovements of "our time": an introduction; PART I Historical and theoretical reflections: Karl Polanyi, capitalism and society; 2. A life-long search for freedom. From Budapest to America and back: a journey through Karl Polanyi's life; 3. "Plunges into utter destruction" and the limits of historical capitalism; 4. Crises and transformations: suggestions from Karl Polanyi's works; 5. Karl Polanyi as a theorist of disembedded markets 6. A Polanyian paradox: money and credit as fictitious commodities, financialization, finance-dominated accumulation, and financial crisesPART II Contemporary developments of society and capitalism in Europe and beyond; 7. Polanyian perspectives on capitalisms after socialism; 8. Economy-society tensions in the Eurozone: the "anti-democratic virus" revived; 9. Political Islam as reactionary countermovement; 10. "Freedom's utter frustration...": considerations on neoliberal social-policy reforms and the shift to the far-right through Polanyi's theory of fascism 11. Völkisch populism: a Polanyian-type movement?12. Cultural war 2.0? The relevance of gender in the radical populist-nationalist right; PART III "Fictitious commodities" and the challenges of "our time"; 13. Contested social-ecological transformation: shortcomings of current debates and Polanyian perspectives; 14. Polanyi, nature and the international: the missing dimension of imperial ecocide; 15. Soy expansion and countermovements in the Global South: a Polanyian perspective; 16. Navigating between improvement and habitation: countermovements in housing and urban infrastructure in Vienna 17. The "fictitious commodity" care and the reciprocity of caring: a Polanyian and neo-institutionalist perspective on the brokering of 24-hour care18. The commodification of informal care: joining and resisting marketization processes; 19. Polanyi's double movement and the making of the "knowledge economy"; 20. Polanyi and the digital transformation of labour: on fictitious commodities and real conflicts; Index
• Publisher Details: Cheltenham, UK Northampton, MA : Edward Elgar Publishing
• Publication Date: 2019
• Extent: 1 online resource (xvii, 316 pages)
• Subjects: 330.12/2; Capitalism; Capitalism; Electronic books; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 1788974247; 9781788974240
• Related ISBNs: 1788974239; 9781788974233
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on November 27, 2019).
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