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But there is a decisive difference: whereas certain forms of capitalism produce and function with an extreme concentration of wealth and capital, democracies cannot coexist with a similar constellation and concentration of power. Finally, capitalism and democracy can support each other.
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Jul 10, 2021 · Global capitalism seems to be placing democracy, especially liberal democracy, under considerable stress. Support for populism has surged, especially for extreme right parties with populist and authoritarian programs.
Mar 11, 2020 · Democracy and capitalism coexist in many variations around the world, each continuously reshaped by the conditions and the people forming them. Increasingly, people have deep concerns about...
Sep 8, 2022 · In this chapter I review four ways of theorizing the relationship between capitalism and democracy. Classical liberalism has long maintained that capitalism and democracy are complementary—that both mutually reinforce the same demand for freedom or, at the very...
How are we to understand the relationship between capitalism and democracy? This issue is on the public agenda again. “Is Capitalism a Threat to Democracy?” asks an article in The New Yorker. “Are Capitalism and Democracy Compatible?” asks the Huffington Post.
My argument is that changes in representation regimes, closely tied to shifting cleavage structures in electoral politics, alter the balance of influence between capitalism and democracy, with consequences for both the trajectory of public policy and distributive outcomes.
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Mar 9, 2018 · Capitalism and democracy can easily conflict in two situations: if the distribution and use of property rights lead to an accumulation of wealth large enough to hinder politics through capitalist pressure and if democratic decisions are taken to massively limit the use of property rights.
