{"product_id":"inequality-and-the-labyrinths-of-democracy-9781788738996","title":"Inequality and the Labyrinths of Democracy","description":"\u003cb\u003eA global panorama of the historical development and contemporary malaise of liberal democracy, from a renowned social theorist.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBarely a century has passed since liberal democracy became established in the majority of advanced capitalist economies. Elsewhere, it is of even more recent vintage. Classical liberalism held universal suffrage a mortal threat to property. So why did it nevertheless come to pass, and how stable today is the marriage between representative government and the continued rule of capital? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePeople on all continents consider inequality a very big problem. The Davos Economic Forum and the OECD say they are worried. But capitalist democracies don't respond. How has democracy been transformed from a popular demand for social justice to a professional power game? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThese questions are raised, and answered, in\u003ci\u003e Inequality and the Labyrinths of Democracy.\u003c\/i\u003e Together with an essay on the current situation, it includes a compact global history of 'The Right to Vote and the Four World Routes to\/through Modernity' and two landmark essays from \u003ci\u003eNew Left Review\u003c\/i\u003e, 'The Rule of Capital and the Rise of Democracy' and 'The Travail of Latin American Democracy', collected here in book form for the first time.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Verso\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/24\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781788738996\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.44lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.50w x 0.40d","brand":"Goran Therborn","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":38019523117237,"sku":"9781788738996","price":21.21,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_7410a464-7997-4dd4-91bd-8eabd78f2732.jpg?v=1609172684","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/inequality-and-the-labyrinths-of-democracy-9781788738996","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}