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Capitalism is not democratic, democracy not capitalist. During the first postwar decades, tensions between the two were moderated through the socio-political embedding of capitalism by an interventionist tax and welfare state. Yet, the financialization of capitalism since the 1980s has broken the precarious capitalist-democratic compromise.
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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...
Capitalism and democracy are two distinct systems that have shaped the modern world in profound ways. While capitalism primarily focuses on economic organization and the distribution of wealth, democracy pertains to political governance and the participation of citizens in decision-making processes.
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.
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.
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...
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Nov 9, 2021 · This chapter discusses three different approaches to the study of democratic redistribution and then considers the recent literature on capitalism as an economic system and how economic and democratic institutions relate to one another, as well as to the welfare state.