Citizens vs. markets : how civil society is rethinking the economy in a time of crises
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Citizens vs. markets : how civil society is rethinking the economy in a time of crises
Routledge, 2014
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  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
After an apparent temporary relief, the financial crisis is back full steam. The 'double dip' has turned into a full-blown meltdown of financial markets, public budgets and, by and large, democratic accountability. This global crisis is a fundamental wake-up call: a signal that our conventional political economy and, perhaps, the very foundations of our societies need a serious rethink. Currently, the spotlight is on the role of political elites and economic agents (especially the investors included in the vague notion of 'markets') and their strategies to stabilize or destabilize countries, from North America to the Eurozone. Regrettably, the actual and potential role of civil society is hardly mentioned in public debate. Yet, it is exactly within civil society that important responses to the crisis may emerge. It is within civil society that an alternative paradigm and a fundamental rethinking of conventional wisdom may be fostered. Citizens vs. Markets is the first book to unpack the transformative role of civil society in a sector in which it has traditionally been less proactive, in order to reflect on possible forms of social transformation that are not merely remedial but also constructive in nature. This is the most important struggle of our times.
This book was published as a special issue of the Journal of Civil Society.
Table of Contents
1. Introduction - Accountability, democracy and sustainability: what role for civil society? Part 1 - Explaining the crisis: three approaches 2. Civil Society and Financial Markets: What is Not Happening and Why 3. Democracy Lost: The Financial Crisis in Europe and the Role of Civil Society 4. Rethinking the Role of the Economy and Financial Markets Part 2 - What civil society? What response? 5. The Role of Civil Society in Holding Financial Powers Accountable 6. From 'Corruption' to 'Democracy': Cultural Values, Mobilization, and the Collective Identity of the Occupy Movement 7. Civil and Uncivil Actors for a Degrowth Society 8. Civil Society, Crisis, and Change: Towards a Theoretical Framework
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