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Capitalism: A Very Short Introduction
James Fulcher
160 pages
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numerous halftones
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174x111mm
978-0-19-280218-7
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Paperback
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13 May 2004
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- Everything you ever wanted to know about capitalism in one Very Short Introduction
- Goes right back to basics by asking such questions as 'what is capital?'
- Considers contemporary examples: the telecoms and dot-com bubbles, Telework in India, tourism, the NHS plan, deflation in Japan, and the Enron scandal in America
- Looks at the origins of capitalism, did it originate in Europe?
What is capitalism? Is capitalism the same everywhere? Is there an alternative?
The word 'capitalism' is one that is heard and used frequently, but what is capitalism really all about, and what does it mean? The book begins by addressing basic issues such as 'what is capital?' before discussing the history and development of capitalism through three detailed and absorbing case studies ranging from the tulipomania of seventeenth-century Holland to the recent Enron crisis in America.
Fulcher addresses important present day issues, such as New Labour's relationship with capitalism, the significance of global
capitalism, and distinctive national models of capitalism. He also explores whether capital has escaped the nation-state by going global, emphasizing that globalizing processes are not new. He discusses the crisis tendencies of capitalism, such as the Southeast Asian banking crisis, the collapse of the Russian economy, and the 1997- 1998 global financial crisis, and asks whether capitalism is doomed. The book ends by asking whether there is an alternative to capitalism, discussing socialism, communal and cooperative experiments, and the alternatives proposed by environmentalists.
Readership: General readers, those interested in sociology, contemporary issues such as globalization, ecology,
and current affairs; and students of sociology, modern history, and geography.
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James Fulcher, James Fulcher is Senior Lecturer in Sociology at the University of Leicester.
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1: What is capitalism?
2: Where did it come from?
3: How did we get here?
4: Is capitalism the same everywhere?
5: Has capitalism gone global?
6: Crisis? What crisis?
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