The Struggle for Development and Democracy: A General Theory

Volume 2
Erscheinungsjahr 2023
ISBN: 978-90-04-54350-8
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 257, 482 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 950 g

Reihe: Studies in Critical Social Sciences

In The Struggle for Development and Democracy Alessandro Olsaretti argues that we need significantly new theories of development and democracy to answer the problem posed by neoliberalism and the populist backlash, namely, uneven development and divisive politics heightened by the 9/11 attacks. This volume proposes a general theory of development and democracy, as part of a unified theory of power, emphasizing that development needs markets, civil society, and the state, and also the proper networks and interactions amongst markets, civil society, and the state. Imperialism undermines these interactions, and turns countries into providers of cheap land or labour. This book begins to sketch the mechanisms at work, and to answer one question: how did imperialist elites build their power?

Autoren/Hrsg.

Olsaretti, Alessandro

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein

Über Autor(innen)

Alessandro Olsaretti, Ph.D. (2013), McGill University, is an independent researcher with expertise in sociology and databases. He has published in Critical Sociology, Historical Materialism, and the Journal of Classical Sociology. He has also published a novel titled The Caravaggio Code.