Democracy and Prosperity: Reinventing Capitalism through a Turbulent Century

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Democracy and Prosperity: Reinventing Capitalism through a Turbulent Century
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Torben Iversen
By (author) David Soskice
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:360
Dimensions(mm): Height 235,Width 156
Category/GenrePolitical economy
Economic history
ISBN/Barcode 9780691210216
ClassificationsDewey:330.122
Audience
Tertiary Education (US: College)
Professional & Vocational
Illustrations 32 b/w illus. 15 tables.

Publishing Details

Publisher Princeton University Press
Imprint Princeton University Press
Publication Date 3 November 2020
Publication Country United States

Description

A groundbreaking historical analysis of how global capitalism and advanced democracies mutually support each other It is a widespread view that democracy and the advanced nation-state are in crisis, weakened by globalization and undermined by global capitalism. Torben Iversen and David Soskice argue that this view is wrong. In fact, advanced dem

Author Biography

Torben Iversen is the Harold Hitchings Burbank Professor of Political Economy at Harvard University. David Soskice is School Professor and Professor of Political Science and Economics at the London School of Economics.

Reviews

"One of the Financial Times' Summer Books of 2019: Economics"