Escaping Dystopia : Rebuilding a Public Domain

McBride, Stephen

Bristol University Press（2022/07発売）

Bristol University Press（2022/07発売）

• 製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版／ページ数 286 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9781529220612
• DDC分類 320.6

Full Description

Multiple crises have led many to conclude that the current economic and political system is broken. The present and future look increasingly precarious - if not outright dystopian

Stephen McBride calls for radical solutions to these crises to provide a more rational and sustainable future. He critiques other potential responses which would further curtail democracy and increase the inequalities associated with neoliberal globalism. Demonstrating how mainstream ideas, powerful interests and political institutions face major challenges but block progressive alternatives, he argues that for radical transformation to succeed, institutional changes are necessary.

Contents

1. Introduction

2. Trapped in Dystopia?

3. The Three Ds: Disaffection, Disarray, Democracy

4. Breaking the Mould through Anti-system Politics?

5. What Is to Be Done? Alternative Strategies

6. Restoring the Pre-crisis Neoliberal 'Normal'

7. Saving the System by Building Back Better? Liberal Reform

8. Radical Transformation

9. Obstacles to Progress

10. How Is It to Be Done? Democratic Process and Building the Public Domain

11. Escaping Dystopia