Democratic Capitalism at the Crossroads: Technological Change and the Future of Politics

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An incisive history of the changing relationship between democracy and capitalism The twentieth century witnessed the triumph of democratic capitalism in the industrialized West, with widespread popular support for both free markets and representative elections. Today, that political consensus appears to be breaking down, disrupted by polarizati

Carles Boix is the Robert Garrett Professor of Politics and Public Affairs at Princeton University and director of the Institutions and Political Economy Research Group at the University of Barcelona. His books include Political Order and Inequality and Democracy and Redistribution. He lives in Princeton and Barcelona. Twitter @boixserra

"[Carles Boix] helps us see change in a comparative and historical context."---Michael Cornfield, The Guardian "Democratic Capitalism at the Crossroads . . . takes a political science perspective on . . . deep trends in technology . . . Coming from a different perspective, Boix provides new-to-me insights, and particularly about similarities between the successive technological revolutions."---Diane Coyle, Enlightened Economist "The book initiates discussion on an important, underresearched and relevant subject. Lucidly written, it is well-informed and rich with tables and figures. Readers of political economy, social and economic history, management and business studies would benefit from this book. "---Sujay Ghosh, Democratization