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Book SynopsisAs we struggle with the legacy of the crisis and with the prospect of accelerating environmental degradation, it is time to ask not what we can do for capitalism but what capitalism can do for us, as citizens of a democratic society.
Trade Review"For years we have been told ?There Is No Alternative? to the debt-soaked, inequality generating model of neoliberal capitalism that we have had for the past 30 years. Well, now there is. Hay and Payne call it 'Civic Capitalism.' I would call it our last chance for a future we would want to leave to our kids."
Mark Blyth, Brown University
"Anglo-liberal capitalism has failed spectacularly. It can?t be fixed or spun. ?Civic capitalism? may save us, say the authors of this vital, spritely book. And they are right. The powerful should be tied to chairs, made to read the book and shift their stubborn mind sets. If they don?t take note, the world is doomed."
Yasmin Alibhai-Brown
Table of ContentsContributors vii
Preface ix
Part I: Civilizing Capitalism 1
Civic Capitalism 3
Colin Hay and Anthony Payne
Part II: Engaging Civic Capitalism 53
The Omission of Real Democracy 55
Fred Block
The Next Steps 62
Colin Crouch
In Search of an Alternative 70
Andrew Gamble
‘If I Were You, I Wouldn’t Start From Here’ 76
Ian Gough
Putting the ‘Civic’ More into the Mix 84
Gavin Kelly with Conor D’Arcy
Why Not Frighten the Horses? 90
Ruth Levitas
It’s the Democratic Politics, Stupid! 97
Mick Moran
Recasting Neoliberal Mindsets 104
Ann Pettifor
What Has to be Civilized? 109
Matthew Watson
Part III: Building Civic Capitalism 117
Towards Civic Capitalism in Britain 119
Colin Hay and Anthony Payne
References 134
Index 142
