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Capitalism and Its Legitimacy in Times of Crisis

This volume examines why the 2008 financial crisis with the subsequent Great Recession did not foster a major institutional transformation of the capitalist market economy. It highlights the role of ideas and public discourse in explaining institutional stability and change in the wake of economic c...

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Other Authors: Schneider, Steffen. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Schmidtke, Henning. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Haunss, Sebastian. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Gronau, Jennifer. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2017.
Edition:1st ed. 2017.
Series:Transformations of the State
Subjects:
Economic sociology.
Mass media.
Communication.
Political sociology.
Political science.
International economics.
Organizational Studies, Economic Sociology.
Media Sociology.
Political Sociology.
Media and Communication.
Political Science.
International Economics.
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-53765-8
Table of Contents:
  • Chapter 1. Introduction: A Legitimation Crisis of the Capitalist Market Economy?; Steffen Schneider and Henning Schmidtke
  • Part I
  • Chapter 2. The Legitimacy of the Capitalist Market Economy and Its Normative Foundations; Frank Nullmeier and Dominika Biegoń
  • Chapter 3. Towards a Legitimation Crisis? Contours and Trajectories of National Discourses; Henning Schmidtke and Steffen Schneider
  • Chapter 4. (De)Legitimating Discourse Networks: Smoke without Fire?; Sebastian Haunss
  • Part II
  • Chapter 5. Metaphorical Anticapitalism: Regulation, not Transformation; Jennifer Gronau
  • Chapter 6. The Narrative Legitimation of the Capitalist Market Economy: A Success Story?; Dominika Biegoń
  • Chapter 7. The Economy’s Need for Politics: Responsibility Discourses at the Dawn of the Financial Crisis; Falk Lenke and Henning Schmidtke
  • Conclusion: Capitalism and Its Discontents; Jennifer Gronau and Sebastian Haunss.

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