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1 online resource (330 pages) |
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The cultures of the economic crisis: an introduction -- Part one: Prelude. 1. The rolling apocalypse of contemporary history ; 2. The separation of cultures and the decline of modernity -- Part two: Which crisis? Whose crisis? 3. The metamorphosis of a crisis ; 4. Financial crisis or societal mutation? -- Part three: Dealing with the crisis. 5. Branding the crisis ; 6. In nationalism we trust? ; 7. Crisis, identity, and the welfare state -- Part four: Beyond the crisis. 8. Surfing the crisis: cultures of belonging and networked social change ; 9. Beyond the crisis: the emergence of alternative economic practices -- Part five: The non-global global crisis. 10. No crisis in China? The rise of China's social crisis ; 11. A non-global crisis? Challenging the crisis in Latin America ; Aftermath? -- Index |
| Summary |
The crisis of global capitalism that has unfolded since 2008 is more than an economic crisis. It is structural and multidimensional. The sequence of events that have taken place in its aftermath show that we are entering a world that is very different from the social and economic conditions that characterized the rise of global, informational capitalism in the preceding three decades. The policies and strategies that intended to manage the crisis-with mixed results depending on thecountry-may usher in a distinctly different economic and institutional system, as the New Deal, the construction o |
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Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Global Financial Crisis, 2008-2009.
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Global Financial Crisis, 2008-2009 -- Social aspects
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Economic History.
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Crise financière.
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Crise économique.
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Capitalisme.
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Mondialisation.
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Systèmes de valeurs.
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Aspects sociaux.
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Aspects socio-économiques.
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Analyse sociologique.
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Society.
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Weltwirtschaft
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Wirtschaftskrise
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Finanzkrise
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Soziologie
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Business & Economics.
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Social aspects
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Economic Theory.
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Wirtschaftskrise.
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Finanzkrise.
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Sozialer Wandel.
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Kultur.
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Sozialökonomik.
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Welt.
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FINANCIAL CRISIS.
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ECONOMIC RECESSION.
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CULTURAL ASPECTS.
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ECONOMIC CONDITIONS.
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CAPITALISM.
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GLOBALIZATION.
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TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY.
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Castells, Manuel, 1942-
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Caraça, J. M. G. (João Manuel Gaspar)
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Cardoso, Gustavo, 1969-
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| LC no. |
2012406531 |
| ISBN |
9780191632655 |
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0191632651 |
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1280782536 |
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9781280782534 |
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9780199658411 |
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0199658412 |
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9786613692924 |
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6613692921 |
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