Liberalism 2.0 and the Rise of China : Global Crisis, Innovation and Urban Mobility / David Tyfield

By: Resource type: Ressourcentyp: Buch (Online)Book (Online)Language: English Series: Routledge Advances in SociologyPublisher: London : Taylor and Francis, 2017Edition: First editionDescription: 1 Online-RessourceSubject(s): Additional physical formats: 9781317565406 | 9781317565390 | 9781317565383 | 1315735911. | 9781315735917. | Erscheint auch als: 9781315735917 Druck-AusgabeLOC classification:
  • HB95
Online resources: Summary: "What can we do in this period of historic, global turbulence? Mainstream narratives have no plausible account of how to stop exacerbating the multiple, overlapping challenges; much less begin to address them meaningfully. The only thing everyone agrees is innovation will be needed. But what is innovation? Usually, it is understood as new technologies that will 'solve' specific 'problems' - and, it is hoped, return life to a 'business as usual' of progress in individual freedom and wealth. But innovation is a thoroughly social process with profound implications for the arrangement of power in a society, hence shaping the emergence of new social systems. Exploring evidence from the key arenas of low-carbon innovation, including in the pivotal location of a rising China, this book describes the global systemic crisis of a neoliberal world order and the embryonic emergence of an alternative global power regime of a 'liberalism 2.0'. This augurs both a web 2.0-based revitalization of the classical liberalism of the nineteenth century and new Dickensian inequalities and injustices. Against hopes that the present is a 'revolutionary' moment, therefore, political engagement with this emerging power regime is thus presented as the most productive strategy for a progressive twenty-first century politics."--Provided by publisherSummary: Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Outline of the book; List of figures; List of tables; Introduction; Part I The problem: the global system crisis of neoliberalism; 1 Neoliberalism, knowledge and the global system; 2 Four Great Challenges; 3 The genealogy of the emerging capitalist present; Part II Where are we? Innovation in China; 4 Will China rule the world? The emergence of Chinese capitalism; 5 The supply side: debates and paradoxes regarding Chinese innovation upgrade; 6 The unexpected innovation hegemonSummary: "What can we do in this period of historic, global turbulence? Mainstream narratives have no plausible account of how to stop exacerbating the multiple, overlapping challenges; much less begin to address them meaningfully. The only thing everyone agrees is innovation will be needed. But what is innovation? Usually, it is understood as new technologies that will 'solve' specific 'problems' - and, it is hoped, return life to a 'business as usual' of progress in individual freedom and wealth. But innovation is a thoroughly social process with profound implications for the arrangement of power in a society, hence shaping the emergence of new social systems. Exploring evidence from the key arenas of low-carbon innovation, including in the pivotal location of a rising China, this book describes the global systemic crisis of a neoliberal world order and the embryonic emergence of an alternative global power regime of a 'liberalism 2.0'. This augurs both a web 2.0-based revitalization of the classical liberalism of the nineteenth century and new Dickensian inequalities and injustices. Against hopes that the present is a 'revolutionary' moment, therefore, political engagement with this emerging power regime is thus presented as the most productive strategy for a progressive twenty-first century politics."--Provided by publisherPPN: PPN: 1003039723Package identifier: Produktsigel: ZDB-4-NLEBK
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