Post-Industrial Capitalism: Exploring Economic Inequality in America / Edition 1

by Joel I. Nelson

Overview

An alternative framework for examining and explaining the widening economic and social stratification within United States society is provided in this book. Until now, two points of view - Marxist and industrialist - have dominated the discourse. Joel I Nelson offers a comprehensive explanation of inequality and locates its source in the transformation of capitalism, free market ideology and the evolution of US business.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780803973336
Publisher:	SAGE Publications
Publication date:	07/05/1995
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	200
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.46(d)

Table of Contents

Post-Industrial Capitalism
PART ONE: THE ECONOMY UNDER POST-INDUSTRIAL CAPITALISM
Knowledge and Dead-End Jobs
The Janus Face of the Service Economy
The Widening Circle of Competition
PART TWO: POLITICS UNDER POST-INDUSTRIAL CAPITALISM
Unions, Politics and the Frontiers of Social Control
The Privatization of Welfare and the Triumph of the Market
Postscript
Inequality Without Class Conflict

Editorial Reviews

Nelson (sociology, U. of Minnesota) locates the source of inequality and polarization within American society in the transformation of American business, describing the shifts in corporate resources and their use by the corporate sector, and the implications for inequality across the institutional spectrum. He demonstrates how corporate strategies have been used to intensify competition, effect greater political control, and widen the economic gap in America. Paper edition (unseen), $21.95. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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