The Spiral of Capitalism and Socialism
Subtitle: Toward Global Democracy (Power and Social Change--Studies in Political Sociology)
Publisher: Lynne Rienner Publishers
Published: March 2000
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 281
ISBN-13: 9781555878498
Subjects: Anthropology; International relations; Socialism & left-of-centre democratic ideologies; Socialism; Economic history; Capitalism; Political Science; Business / Economics / Finance; Politics/International Relations; Economics - General; Economic Conditions; Political Ideologies - Democracy; 1990-; Economic forecasting
Description: "Boswell and Chase-Dunn describe a spiral of capitalism and socialism - of economic expansion and social progress - that creates repeated opportunities for positive transformation at the global level. They contend that social democracy is both desirable and possible at the level of the world-system. And they present a straightforward, compelling case in support of that contention.".

"The book begins with an explanation of the structural dynamics of the world-system and goes on to explore the great failures, and the limited successes, that were the outcome of efforts to build a state-socialist "second world." A final section addresses the possible futures of the world-system and, especially, how to move realistically toward global democracy."--BOOK JACKET.