ISBN:
9781787353824
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9781787353848
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9781787353831
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9781787353855
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9781787353862
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (xviii, 234 pages)
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illustrations
Series Statement:
Fringe
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Socialism, capitalism and alternatives
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
DDC:
330.9
Keywords:
Since 1990
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Socialism
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Capitalism
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Economic history 1990-
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Histoire économique - 1990-
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Political ideologies
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Political Science - Political Ideologies
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POLITICAL SCIENCE - Political Ideologies - General
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Capitalism
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Economic history
;
Socialism
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proceedings (reports)
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Conference papers and proceedings
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Actes de congrès
Abstract:
Socialism, Capitalism and Alternatives confronts the challenge we face in articulating alternatives to capitalism, socialism and threatening populist regimes
Description / Table of Contents:
Intro; Series Page; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; List of figures; List of tables; List of contributors; Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Part I: Capitalism in action; 1. Semi-dependent capitalism: Russia; 2. Diversifying the super-rich: Forbes-listed Russians from a Muslim background; 3. The culture of elite philanthropy: Russia and the United Kingdom compared; 4. Between the public and the private: Socialism, capitalism and street socialisation in Georgia; Part II: China today and as a future alternative
Description / Table of Contents:
5. Making it in China: The determinants of economic success in a socialist market system6. The revival of Marxism in China: Could it herald a Communist Reformation?; 7. China's emerging liberal partnership order and Russian and US responses: Evidence from the Belt and Road Initiative in Eurasia; Part III: Alternatives in the West; 8. Neo-liberalism, Keynesianism and the current crisis; 9. Political alternatives on the Western Left: Podemos, Syriza, Sanders and Corbyn; Conclusion; Index
Note:
"This volume grew out of a conference held in 2015 to mark the centenary of the foundation of the School of Slavonic and East European Studies (SSEES), which since 1999 has been part of UCL. The conference was called 'Socialism, capitalism and the alternatives : lessons from Russia and Eastern Europe.'"--Page xvii
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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