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About: Capitalism is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 27714 publications have been published within this topic receiving 858042 citations.


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01 Jan 1996
TL;DR: In this article, the authors present a challenge to conventional views on the extent and scope of globalization as well as to predictions of the imminent disappearance of the nationstate's leverage over the economy.
Abstract: How does globalization change national economies and politics? Are rising levels of trade, capital flows, new communication technologies, and deregulation forcing all societies to converge toward the same structures of production and distribution? Suzanne Berger and Ronald Dore have brought together a distinguished group of experts to consider how the international economy shapes and transforms domestic structures. Drawing from experience in the United States, Europe, and Asia, the contributors ask whether competition, imitation, diffusion of best practice, trade, and financial flows are reducing national diversities. The authors seek to understand whether the sources of national political autonomy are undermined by changes in the international system. Can distinctive varieties of capitalism that incorporate unique and valued institutions for achieving social welfare survive in a global economy? The contributions to the volume present a challenge to conventional views on the extent and scope of globalization as well as to predictions of the imminent disappearance of the nation-state’s leverage over the economy.

675 citations

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01 Jan 2010
TL;DR: Žižek argues that our collective responses to economic Armageddon correspond to the stages of grief: ideological denial, explosions of anger and attempts at bargaining, followed by depression and withdrawal as mentioned in this paper.
Abstract: Book synopsis: There should no longer be any doubt: global capitalism is fast approaching its terminal crisis Slavoj Žižek has identified the four horsemen of this coming apocalypse: the worldwide ecological crisis; imbalances within the economic system; the biogenetic revolution; and exploding social divisions and ruptures But, he asks, if the end of capitalism seems to many like the end of the world, how is it possible for Western society to face up to the end times? In a major new analysis of our global situation, Žižek argues that our collective responses to economic Armageddon correspond to the stages of grief: ideological denial, explosions of anger and attempts at bargaining, followed by depression and withdrawal For this edition, Žižek has written a long afterword that leaves almost no subject untouched, from WikiLeaks to the nature of the Chinese Communist Party

659 citations

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01 Oct 2012
TL;DR: The Cultures of Globalization as discussed by the authors presents an international panel of intellectuals who consider the process of globalization as it concerns the transformation of the economic into the cultural and vice versa; the rise of consumer culture around the world; the production and cancellation of forms of subjectivity; and the challenges it presents to national identity, local culture, and traditional forms of everyday life.
Abstract: A pervasive force that evades easy analysis, globalization has come to represent the export and import of culture, the speed and intensity of which has increased to unprecedented levels in recent years. The Cultures of Globalization presents an international panel of intellectuals who consider the process of globalization as it concerns the transformation of the economic into the cultural and vice versa; the rise of consumer culture around the world; the production and cancellation of forms of subjectivity; and the challenges it presents to national identity, local culture, and traditional forms of everyday life. Discussing overlapping themes of transnational consequence, the contributors to this volume describe how the global character of technology, communication networks, consumer culture, intellectual discourse, the arts, and mass entertainment have all been affected by recent worldwide trends. Appropriate to such diversity of material, the authors approach their topics from a variety of theoretical perspectives, including those of linguistics, sociology, economics, anthropology, and the law. Essays examine such topics as free trade, capitalism, the North and South, Eurocentrism, language migration, art and cinema, social fragmentation, sovereignty and nationhood, higher education, environmental justice, wealth and poverty, transnational corporations, and global culture. Bridging the spheres of economic, political, and cultural inquiry, The Cultures of Globalization offers crucial insights into many of the most significant changes occurring in today’s world. Contributors . Noam Chomsky, Ioan Davies, Manthia Diawara, Enrique Dussel, David Harvey, Sherif Hetata, Fredric Jameson, Geeta Kapur, Liu Kang, Joan Martinez-Alier, Masao Miyoshi, Walter D. Mignolo, Alberto Moreiras, Paik Nak-chung, Leslie Sklair, Subramani, Barbara Trent

656 citations

Book
26 Mar 2009
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors discuss the New Financial Capitalism and Corporate Governance: From Institution to Nexus: How the Corporation Got, then Lost, its Soul 4. From Banks to Markets: How Securitization Ended the "Wonderful Life" 5. From Sovereign to Vendor-State: How Delaware and Liberia Became the McDonalds and Nike of Corporate Law 6. From Employee and Citizen to Investor: How Talent, Friends, and Homes Became "capital" 7. Conclusion: A Society of Investors?
Abstract: Preface 1. The New Financial Capitalism 2. Financial Markets and Corporate Governance 3. From Institution to Nexus: How the Corporation Got, then Lost, its Soul 4. From Banks to Markets: How Securitization Ended the "Wonderful Life" 5. From Sovereign to Vendor-State: How Delaware and Liberia Became the McDonalds and Nike of Corporate Law 6. From Employee and Citizen to Investor: How Talent, Friends, and Homes Became "capital" 7. Conclusion: A Society of Investors?

647 citations


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No. of papers in the topic in previous years
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20223,695
2021801
2020934
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