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Economy for and Against Democracy
Keith Hart (Ed.)
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Description for Economy for and Against Democracy
Hardback. Contemporary economies, dominated by global finance and political rent-seekers, often inhibit the realization of democracy. This volume features comparative essays and case studies to examine the antagonisms between the economy and democracy and the struggles and visions to make things more equitable. Editor(s): Hart, Keith. Series: The Human Economy. Num Pages: 264 pages, 1 illustration, 1 table. BIC Classification: JPA; JPHV; KCP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. .
Political constitutions alone do not guarantee democracy; a degree of economic equality is also essential. Yet contemporary economies, dominated as they are by global finance and political rent-seekers, often block the realization of democracy. The comparative essays and case studies of this volume examine the contradictory relationship between the economy and democracy and highlight the struggles and visions needed to make things more equitable. They explore how our collective aspirations for greater democracy might be informed by serious empirical research on the human economy today. If we want a better world, we must act on existing social realities.
Political constitutions alone do not guarantee democracy; a degree of economic equality is also essential. Yet contemporary economies, dominated as they are by global finance and political rent-seekers, often block the realization of democracy. The comparative essays and case studies of this volume examine the contradictory relationship between the economy and democracy and highlight the struggles and visions needed to make things more equitable. They explore how our collective aspirations for greater democracy might be informed by serious empirical research on the human economy today. If we want a better world, we must act on existing social realities.
Product Details
Publisher
Berghahn Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
264
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Series
The Human Economy
Condition
New
Weight
555g
Number of Pages
264
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781782388449
SKU
V9781782388449
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99-15
About Keith Hart (Ed.)
Keith Hart is International Director of the Human Economy Programme at the University of Pretoria and Centennial Professor of Economic Anthropology at the London School of Economics and Political Science. His recent books include The Human Economy (Co-edited 2010), Economic Anthropology (Co-authored 2011), People, Money and Power in the Economic Crisis (Co-edited 2014).
Reviews for Economy for and Against Democracy
- [This book] sets out debates and insights that have been long forgotten in social science as a result of the domination of orthodox economics. Absent is the arcane mathematical formalism that commands mainstream enquiry into economics; in these chapters, the study of economics speaks to - and of - people and their daily struggles. In a phrase not to ... Read more