{"product_id":"economy-for-and-against-democracy-9781782388449","title":"Economy for and Against Democracy","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \tPolitical constitutions alone do not guarantee democracy; a degree of economic equality is also essential. Yet contemporary economies, dominated as they are by global finance and political rent-seekers, often block the realization of democracy. The comparative essays and case studies of this volume examine the contradictory relationship between the economy and democracy and highlight the struggles and visions needed to make things more equitable. They explore how our collective aspirations for greater democracy might be informed by serious empirical research on the human economy today. If we want a better world, we must act on existing social realities.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e“\u003c\/em\u003eEconomy for and Against Democracy \u003cem\u003eis a must-read for economists, political scientists, anthropologists, and anyone interested in the true meaning of democracy and searching for initiatives to promote a more democratic world society.”\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e• International Social Science Review\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e“[This book] sets out debates and insights that have been long forgotten in social science as a result of the domination of orthodox economics. Absent is the arcane mathematical formalism that commands mainstream enquiry into economics; in these chapters, the study of economics speaks to – and of – people and their daily struggles. In a phrase not to be killed with over-use: this is a liberating read.”\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e• Peter Vale\u003c\/strong\u003e, University of Johannesburg\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eKeith Hart\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003ePART I: ECONOMY VERSUS DEMOCRACY\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 1. \u003c\/strong\u003eHabits of austerity: financialization and new ways of dealing with money\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eJürgen Schraten\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 2.\u003c\/strong\u003e What financial crisis? The global politics of finance: distributional consequences and legitimizing narratives\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eHoracio Ortiz\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 3.\u003c\/strong\u003e Party funding for and against democracy in Zimbabwe and South Africa\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eBooker Magure\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003ePART II: THE STRUGGLE FOR ECONOMIC DEMOCRACY\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 4.\u003c\/strong\u003e Women as mediators in post-war Mozambique: pushing lobolo from price to propriety\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eAlbert Farré\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 5.\u003c\/strong\u003e Negotiating state and market: the South African HIV\/AIDS movement and social change\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eTheodore Powers\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 6.\u003c\/strong\u003e Beyond the market: the case of white workers in Pretoria\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eJohn Sharp \u0026amp; Stephan Van Wyk\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 7. \u003c\/strong\u003eWaves of unrest: wildcat strikes and possible democratic change in Swaziland\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eVito Laterza\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003ePART III: VISIONS OF HUMAN ECONOMY AND DEMOCRACY\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 8.\u003c\/strong\u003e Solidarity economy in contemporary Greece: ‘movementality’, economic democracy and social reproduction\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eTheodoros Rakopoulos\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 9.\u003c\/strong\u003e Money for a human economy: a reflection from Argentina\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eHadrien Saiag\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 10. \u003c\/strong\u003eHuman economy: the revolutionary struggle for happiness\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eKeith Hart\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 11.\u003c\/strong\u003e Building a human economy movement: the precedent of transnational feminism\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eCamille Sutton-Brown\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \tNotes on authors\u003cbr\u003e \tReferences\u003cbr\u003e \tIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Berghahn Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51042223882583,"sku":"9781782388449","price":89.1,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781782388449.jpg?v=1750953514","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/economy-for-and-against-democracy-9781782388449","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}