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The Age of Crisis

Neoliberalism, the Collapse of Democracy, and the Pandemic
ISBN:
978-3-03-081610-0
Auflage:
1st ed. 2021
Verlag:
Palgrave Macmillan, Springer International Publishing
Land des Verlags:
Schweiz
Erscheinungsdatum:
29.09.2022
Format:
Softcover
Seitenanzahl:
241
Ladenpreis
87,99EUR (inkl. MwSt. zzgl. Versand)
Lieferung in 5-10 Werktagen Versandkostenfrei ab 40 Euro in Österreich

This book offers an analysis of the causes, development, and likely consequences of the Covid-19 pandemic for global neoliberalism. The analysis will draw upon the author’s previous work on neoliberalism, and on its twin crises: the economic crisis (the Global Financial Crisis (GFC), ongoing since 2007) and, subsequently, the crisis of political democracy that has been associated with the rise of ‘spectacular’ authoritarian leaders in several countries. The approach is grounded on Marxist political economy.

The book argues that the Covid-19 pandemic emerges out of this context of deep inequalities and crises in the economy and in politics, and it is likely to reinforce the exclusionary tendencies of neoliberalism, with detrimental implications both for economic prosperity and for democracy. In turn, the pandemic has revealed the limitations of neoliberalism like never before, with implications for the legitimacy of capitalism itself, and opening unprecedented spaces for theleft.

This book will be of interest to academics in economics, international relations, political science, political economy, sociology and development studies.

Biografische Anmerkung

Alfredo Saad-Filho is Professor of Political Economy and International Development at King’s College, London, UK.