Paul Auerbach's Socialist Optimism offers an alternative political economy for the twenty-first century. Present-day capitalism has generated growing inequality of income and wealth, persistent high levels of unemployment and ever-diminishing prospects for young people. But in the absence of a positive vision of how society and the economy might develop in the future, the present trajectory of capitalism will never be derailed, no matter how acute the critique of present-day developments.
The detailed blueprint presented here focuses upon the education and upbringing of children in the context of social equality and household security. It yields a well-defined path to human development and liberation, as well as democratic control of working life and public affairs. Socialism as human development gives a unity and direction to progressive policies that are otherwise seen to be a form of pragmatic tinkering in the context of a pervasive capitalist reality.
Produkteigenschaften
- Artikelnummer: 9781137563958
- Medium: Buch
- ISBN: 978-1-137-56395-8
- Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan
- Erscheinungstermin: 08.03.2016
- Sprache(n): Englisch
- Auflage: 1. Auflage 2016
- Produktform: Kartoniert, Paperback
- Gewicht: 6655 g
- Seiten: 522
- Format (B x H x T): 140 x 216 x 29 mm
- Ausgabetyp: Kein, Unbekannt
Themen
- Sozialwissenschaften
- Politikwissenschaft
- Politikwissenschaft Allgemein
- Politische Theorie, Politische Philosophie
- Sozialwissenschaften
- Politikwissenschaft
- Politikwissenschaft Allgemein
- Politische Theorie, Politische Philosophie
