Reclaiming the State: A Progressive Vision of Sovereignty for a Post-Neoliberal World

The crisis of the neoliberal order has resuscitated a political idea widely believed to be consigned to the dustbin of history. Brexit, the election of Donald Trump, and the neo-nationalist, anti-globalisation and anti-establishment backlash engulfing the West all involve a yearning for a relic of the past: national sovereignty. In response to these challenging times, economist William Mitchell and political theorist Thomas Fazi reconceptualise the nation state as a vehicle for progressive change. They show how despite the ravages of neoliberalism, the state still contains resources for democratic control of a nation's economy and finances. The populist turn provides an opening to develop an ambitious but feasible left political strategy. Reclaiming the State offers an urgent, provocative and prescient political analysis of our current predicament, and lays out a comprehensive strategy for revitalising progressive economics in the 21st century.

Author: William Mitchell
Publisher: Pluto Press (UK)
Published: 09/20/2017
Pages: 256
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.90lbs
Size: 8.30h x 5.20w x 1.00d
ISBN: 9780745337326

About the Author
Bill Mitchell is the chair in economics at the University of Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, and a visiting professor at Maastricht University, the Netherlands. His most recent book is Eurozone Dystopia: Groupthink and Denial on a Grand Scale. Thomas Fazi is a writer, journalist, activist, and filmmaker. He is the author of The Battle For Europe, also published by Pluto Press.

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