num_pages: 373
description: This English edition of 13 essays encompasses decades of thought on the development of contemporary industrial society, and credits Gunnar Myrdal (1960) for his neglected prediction about the crisis of Western welfare states. Stressing that alternatives to capitalism is not the issue, the author overviews the major points in the social protection vs. social integration debate; reappraises various approaches to economic structural change (including the intriguingly titled "functional dilettantism" hypothesis) with a view to their convergence; and proposes reorganization of the welfare state through a new associative, post-industrial economy social model. Archibugi is with the Postgraduate School of Public Administration of the Prime Minister's Office in Rome, Italy. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
language: English
title: The Associative Economy: Insights Beyond the Welfare State and into Post-Capitalism
titlecomplete: The Associative Economy: Insights Beyond the Welfare State and into Post-Capitalism
publisher: Palgrave Macmillan