Giampaolo Conte

A History of Capitalist Transformation (eBook, PDF)

A Critique of Liberal-Capitalist Reforms

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

This book highlights how, since the recent financial crises, the expression 'liberal reform' has come to convey an evocative image of austerity and economic malaise, especially for the working classes and a part of the middle class. It will interest readers on capitalism, political economy, history of the global economy and British history.

---

Dieser Download kann aus rechtlichen Gründen nur mit Rechnungsadresse in A, B, BG, CY, CZ, D, DK, EW, E, FIN, F, GR, HR, H, IRL, I, LT, L, LR, M, NL, PL, P, R, S, SLO, SK ausgeliefert werden.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 138
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. Juli 2024
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781040094532
• Artikelnr.: 70718398

Autorenporträt

Giampaolo Conte is Assistant Professor in Economic History at University of Roma Tre, Italy.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction

1. The Identity of Reformism: Men and Laissez-Faire

2. The Power of Ideas and Capital

3. The Trinity of Capital: Debt, Credit, Money

4. Reforms in Practice: The Case of the Ottoman Empire, Egypt and China

Conclusions

Rezensionen

"An original take on the ancient question of reformism, distinguishing reforms in advanced capitalist societies and reforms in those countries, usually semi-peripheral, that needs/want to 'catch-up'. The advanced societies can impose global rules, often through the financial system, while the semi peripheral must fight back or adapt. The author provides a truly global perspective (the Ottoman Empire, Egypt, China). The whole book is enlivened by quotes and erudite references. A must read!"

Donald Sassoon, Queen Mary University of London.

Author of The Anxious Triumph: A Global History of Capitalism, 1860-1914.

____________________

"A fascinating account of state debt as a mechanism in international relations forcing liberal reforms on the capitalist periphery, doing away with ways of social life in conflict with the requirements of modern capital formation. Contains striking historical material from countries like Egypt and China during Polanyi's Long Nineteenth Century."

Wolfgang Streeck, Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies, Cologne.

Author of Buying Time: The Delayed Crisis of Democratic Capitalism.

_____________________

"Liberal reformism is today an empty shell including multiple meanings and yet governing the world. Conte traces the intellectual, political and economic roots and trajectories of this apparent paradox showing the historical interconnections between the capitalist core and quasi peripheries such as China and the Ottoman empire. A must-reading."

Alessandro Stanziani, EHESS and CNRS, Paris.

Author of Tensions of Social History.

_______________________

"The book offers some revealing analysis concerning the political and socio-economic development of capitalism during the modern period and provides a concise discussion of key historical continuities and ideological conflicts that affected the consolidation of the global free-market economy."

Will Kitchen (Arts University Bournemouth) on Global Nineteenth-Century Studies (Liverpool University Press)

________________________

"Conte reveals the historical transformation of capitalist reforms in wielding liberalism as a tool to unabashedly advance capitalism through the illusion of liberalism."

Marx and Philosophy Review of Books