Globalization and its discontents : the rise of postmodern socialisms

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Title:

Author:

Burbach, Roger.

ISBN:

9780745311715

Personal Author:

Burbach, Roger.

Publication Information:

London ; Chicago : Pluto Press, 1996.

Physical Description:

ix, 196 p. ; 22 cm.

Contents:

Introduction: Back to the Future -- 1. The New World Disorder -- 2. The Discontents -- 3. The Crisis of Western Ideology -- 4. The Economic Shock of Globalization -- 5. The Trauma of the Third World -- 6. Decomposition in the United States -- 7. The Post-communist World: From Crisis to Catastrophe -- 8. Visions: Old and New -- 9. The Long Transition to Postmodern Socialisms.

Subject Term:

Economic history -- 1990-

Capitalism.

Post-communism.

Socialism.

International economic relations.

Added Author:

Núñez Soto, Orlando.

Kagarlitsky, Boris, 1958-

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Summary

The decisive event of the late twentieth century has been the collapse of communism and the perceived triumph of capitalism. Written by authors from the First, former Second, and Third Worlds, this book reveals the characteristics and flaws of the late capitalist order.The authors explore the societal polarisation produced by globalisation, the crisis of Western ideology, and the soft financial underbelly of globalisation that could well bring us to an economic collapse. The perspective of this provocative book goes beyond those of the traditional left and the relativist, anti-historical school of postmodernism to offer an entirely fresh view of the world order.