How can we understand social democracy today? This ambitious book offers a global perspective on the nature of capitalism; its past and future possibilities of survival; the differentiation between neoliberal, authoritarian and social democratic systems, exemplified by the United States, China, and the EU; and the conflict relationships between them.
Reflecting on urgent global risks, such as climate change, pandemics and nuclear confrontation - Mouzelis & Sotiropoulos explore why these risks can only be dealt with by the cooperation of these three major players in the global arena. They explore how the model of social democracy, which in the previous century tamed unfettered capitalism in some national contexts, can help contain the excesses of global capitalism now. In clear, compelling and coherent terms, the authors demonstrate how unchecked antagonism among these three major players has the potential to spill-over into inertia or reluctance to manage these urgent risks, to the detriment of humanity as a whole.
Introduction
Part One: The General Framework
Ch. 1: Before the 21st Century
Ch. 2: The Coming Collapse of Capitalism?
Ch. 3: Global Capitalism and its Three Subsystems. Convergence?
Part Two: The USA-China relations
Ch. 4: The Rise of China
Ch. 5: The American Reaction
Ch. 6: Globalisation: Hegemony or a Global Trilateral Co-Governance?
Part Three: Social democracy 2.0: From the National to the International Level
Ch. 7: The Golden Years - Social Democracy 1.0
Ch. 8: Crises: Economic and Pandemic
Ch. 9: Social Democracy 2.0
Ch. 10: The Future of Democracy and of Social Democracy
Conclusion
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