Western capitalism in transition :  global processes, local challenges / 
edited by Alberta Andreotti, David Benassi and Yuri Kazepov. 
 - Manchester :  Manchester University Press,  (c)2018. 
 - 1 online resource (xviii, 313 pages) :  illustrations, maps 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographies and index. 
<br/><br/>Western capitalism in transition : global processes, local challenges /  A child of its times : the 'new urban sociology' in context and its legacy /  Abstract from the concrete : capitalism spiralling out of control /  Rethinking social reproduction in an era of the dominance of finance capital /  On the social (dis-)embedding of the economy in a local context : where anthropology and sociology share metaphors as analytical tools /  The underclass and international comparison, variety and universalism /  Welfare migration and civic stratification : Britain's emergent rights regime /  The Mediterranean welfare states between recalibration and change in the cultural paradigm /  Deconstructing labour demand : implications for low-wage employment /  International migrations and the Mediterranean /  Cities under economic austerity : the return of citizenship claims /  The sense of touch /  Urban disorder and the transformation of global governance /  Urban political economy beyond convergence : robust but differentiated unequal European cities /  The spatial dimension of poverty /  Urban segregation, inequalities and local welfare : the challenges of neoliberalisation /  Urban poverty and social cohesion : lessons from Naples /  The double movement and the perspectives of contemporary capitalism /  Alberta Andreotti, David Benassi and Yuri Kazepov --  Michael Harloe --  David Harvey --  Gavin Smith --  Simone Ghezzi --  Jean-Claude Barbier --  Lydia Morris --  Nicola Negri and Chiara Saraceno --  Saskia Sassen --  Enrico Pugliese --  Marisol García --  Richard Sennett --  Sophie Body-Gendrot --  Patrick Le Galès --  Norman Fainstein and Susan S. Fainstein --  Marco Oberti and Edmond Préteceille --  Enrica Morlicchio --  Enzo Mingione. 
<br/><br/> Since its emergence at the end of the seventeenth century, industrial capitalism as a specific form of social organisation has set recurrent challenges to its own persistence, and until today, it has proved to be successful to develop new ways of accumulation based on its capacity of adaptation. Is this process of transition now accelerating or reaching an end point? This book is a critical exploration of capitalism in transition, bringing together cutting edge, world renowned scholars who reflect from different disciplinary points of view. This collection engages with the primarily Western themes of welfare capitalism and social fragmentation. Structured over three parts, the book analyses; the transformations of welfare societies and capitalism with a focus on South European welfare states and their (in)capacity to tackle poverty; the transformation of work and migration with a special attention to informality and the question of social rights; and the transformation of cities. 
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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781526122421 9781526122407 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. No.: </label>GBB7B6113  bnb 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Capitalism.<br/>Capitalism--Social aspects.<br/>Public welfare.<br/>Public welfare--Europe, Southern.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic Books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HB501  / .W478 2018