The end of organized capitalism

Authors:Scott Lash, John Urry

Summary:A systematic examination of five western nations arguing that - despite Marx's and Weber's insistence that capitalist societies become increasingly more ordered - we now live in an era of "disorganized capitalism."

Print Book, English, 1987

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Publisher: Polity, Cambridge, 1987

Physical Description:330 unnumbered pages ; 23 cm

ISBN:

9780745600697, 9780745600680, 9780299116705, 9780299116743, 0745600697, 0745600689, 0299116700, 0299116743

OCLC Number / Unique Identifier:59232968

Subjects:

Contents:

1. Introduction ; 2. The Development of Organized Capitalism (1) Germany: The "Ideal Type"? Sweden: From Finance Capital to Social Democracy Britain: The Makler Economy ; 3. The Development of Organized Capitalism (2) France: Dislocation Through "Economic Forwardness" United States: Instrumentalism and Progressivism ; 4. Economic Change and Spatial Restructuring (1): Anglo-American Developments ; 5. Economic Change and Spatial Restructuring (2): Western Europe ; 6. The Service Class: Its Emergence and Some Consequences ; 7. Industry, Finance, Politics: Modes of Disorganization ; 8. The Changing Structure of Trade Unionism: The End of Neo-Corporatism ; 9. Postmodern Culture and Disorganized Capitalism: Some Conclusions

Notes:

Includes index