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Socialism, Capitalism and Alternatives
The collapse of communism in Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union discredited the idea of socialism for generations to come. It was seen as representing the final and irreversible victory of capitalism. This triumphal dominance was barely challenged until the 2008 financial crisis threw the Western world into a state of turmoil.
- Author
- Peter J. S. Duncan and Elisabeth Schimpfössl
- Publisher
- UCL Press
- Source
- LibreTexts
- License
- CC BY
- Language
- EN
- Category
- Basic Sciences
Contents· 14 sections
- 1: Introduction
- 2: 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
- 3: Part II - China Today and as a Future Alternative
- 5: Making it in China - The determinants of economic success in a socialist market system
- 6: 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
- 4: 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
- 5: Conclusion