America beyond capitalism
Subtitle: reclaiming our wealth, our liberty, and our democracy
By: Gar Alperovitz
Publisher: J. Wiley
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Hoboken, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 320
Subjects: Democracy -- United States; Wealth -- United States; Income distribution -- United States
First sentence: They called it "Black Monday" - the day in 1977 when five thousand workers at the Youngstown Sheet and Tube plant in Ohio were told the mill was going to close. (Preface, v)  How do we detect when a society is in trouble - real trouble? (Introduction, 1)
Description: In <i>America Beyond Capitalism</i>, noted political economist and historian Gar Alperovitz argues that the first decade of the 21st Century is producing conditions that will force the United States to undergo historic changes. Neither Democrats nor Republicans have until now had coherent responses to these challenges.The book builds upon the latest scholarship, theoretical and empirical as well as practical developments at the state and local level to produce systematic proposals for the progressive rebuilding of a democratic America. (From the author's web site.)
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index
Table of contents: title: . Preface, v; title: . Acknowledgements, xiii; title: . Introduction, 1; title: . Part I: The Pluralist Commonwealth: Equality, Liberty, Democracy, 9; title: 1: Equality: Beyond Tax-and-Spend, 14; title: 2: Liberty: Money, Time, and Real Freedom of Choice, 28; title: 3: Democracy: From the Ground Up, 42; title: 4: Democracy: Inequality and Giant Corporations, 50; title: 5: Democracy: Is a Continent Too Large?, 63; title: 6: The Pluralist Commonwealth, 70; title: . Part II: The Democratization of Wealth, 79; title: 7: A Direct Stake In Economic Life: Worker-Owned Firms, 81; title: 8: Enterprising Cities: Right, Left, and Center, 90; title: 9: Building Community: Neighborhoods and Nonprofits with a Mission, 99; title: 10: State and National Innovations, 110; title: 11: Coda: The Democratization of Wealth and the Era of Deepening Fiscal Crisis, 119; title: . Part III: Local Democracy and Regional Decentralization, 123; title: 12: Is Local Democracy Possible in the Global Era?, 125; title: 13: Community, the Environment, and the "Nonsexist City", 137; title: 14: The Regional Resturctureing of the American Continent, 152; title: . Part IV:  Twenty-First-Century Populism, 167; title: 15: The Logic of Long-Term Political Refocusing, 169; title: 16: Social Security, Retirement, and Health Care, 182; title: 17: A Twenty-Five-Hour Week?, 197; title: 18: Beyond Super-Elites and Conspicuous Consumption: Real Ecological Sustainability in the Twenty-First Century, 214; title: 19: Coda: Twenty-First-Century Populism, 226; title: . Part V: Toward a Morally Coherent Politics, 229; title: Conclusion:  The Challange of the Era of Technological Abundance, 232; title: . Notes, 241; title: . Index, 316