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.
Since its emergence at the end of the 17th century, industrial capitalism as a
specific form of organization of society 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?
The book is structured in three main sections:
1) the transformations of welfare societies and capitalism with a focus on South
European welfare