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Italian Critics of Capitalism
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Over the last hundred years the history of capitalism hardly supports the idea of a dynamic equilibrium between democracy and capitalism. The unprecedented triumph of global capitalism and its stronger power of transformation are changing the nature of political community and its institutions, transforming the conditions of democratic politics and governance. The writings collected in this volume present leading statements of theories of democracy and capitalism in Italy starting from Vilfredo Pareto who firstly focused on the transformation of democracy into a plutocracy in which vested interests use the government as a tool for their own profit, until Norberto Bobbio who expressed a strong defence of democracy and a deep critique of capitalism.
As Marx, Weber, and Schumpeter-from different perspectives-have pointed out capitalism rather then just an economic mode of organization, is a "mentality", a "social logic", a "form of living", that influences and reshapes political structures, and culture. The globalized economic order is challenging the foundations and political principles upon which liberal democracy is based. Global markets have unleashed economic forces that are becoming too powerful for democratic institutions to control. Even if the formal elements of democracy still survive, the "government by the people, for the people" is declining; elections, debates, parties, are evacuated, and bypassed by new, less accountable processes.
As Marx, Weber, and Schumpeter-from different perspectives-have pointed out capitalism rather then just an economic mode of organization, is a "mentality", a "social logic", a "form of living", that influences and reshapes political structures, and culture. The globalized economic order is challenging the foundations and political principles upon which liberal democracy is based. Global markets have unleashed economic forces that are becoming too powerful for democratic institutions to control. Even if the formal elements of democracy still survive, the "government by the people, for the people" is declining; elections, debates, parties, are evacuated, and bypassed by new, less accountable processes.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Half title
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction Theories of Democracy and Capitalism in Twentieth-Century Italy
- 1. Vilfredo Pareto: The Transformation of Democracy and the Plutocratic Cycle
- 2. Guglielmo Ferrero: The Mystification of Capitalism
- 3. Luigi Einaudi: Economy of Competition and Historical Capitalism
- 4. Antonio Gramsci: The Revolution Against “Capital” and the Crisis of the Capitalist System
- 5. Carlo Rosselli: Liberal Socialism and Modern Capitalist Society
- 6. Ernesto Rossi: The Reform of Society in the European Perspective
- 7. Bruno Rizzi: Capital
- 8. Adriano Olivetti: The Autonomous Order of Economy
- 9. Amintore Fanfani: The Economic and Political Powers in the Capitalistic System
- 10. Norberto Bobbio: The Future of Democracy and Capitalism
- 11. Franco Ferrarotti: The Capitalist Actors and Their Social Role
- 12. Luciano Pellicani: Toward a New Critique of Capitalism
- 13. Carlo Mongardini: Rethinking Democracy in the Age of Globalization
- Index
- About the Editor