Capitalism, Democracy, Socialism: Critical Debates [electronic resource] / edited by Albena Azmanova, James Chamberlain.

Chapter 1. Democracy, Capitalism, Socialism, or none of the above - deciphering history's tremors -- Chapter 2. Capitalism and Democracy: Complementarity, Complicity, Conflict, Compatibility -- Chapter 3. Privatization and the Governance of the Commons -- Chapter 4. Finance and the Financialization of Capitalism -- Chapter 5. Technology and the Future of Work -- Chapter 6. Varieties of Neoliberal Capitalism -- Chapter 7. Cosmopolitanism, International Development and Human Rights -- Chapter 8. Feminist Theory and Social Solidarity -- Chapter 9. Sustaining What? Capitalism, Socialism, and Climate Change -- Chapter 10. Capitalism and Crisis: Thinking through capitalist crisis with Schumpeter and Polanyi.

This book critically analyzes the current historical conjuncture of neoliberal capitalism with an eye to its emergent alternatives. Can democracy and capitalism thrive together? Is socialism a viable and a desirable alternative? What are the forms of emancipatory action and critical thought that can effectively chart a way forward? Focusing on nine "critical debates" it provides a uniquely comprehensive overview of the tensions, contradictions, and latent emancipatory potential of contemporary global capitalism. The specific debates are as follows: capitalism's relationship with democracy; privatization and governance of the commons; the financialization of capitalism; technology and the future of work; varieties of neoliberal capitalism; cosmopolitanism, international development, and human rights; feminist theory and social solidarity; sustainability and climate change; and theories of capitalist crisis.