Democracy by Other Means - The Politics of Work, Leisure, and Environment (Paperback)

Does the end of the cold war signal the absolute triumph of American capitalism? Does it indeed suggest that a system of largely unregulated markets is the only engine that has driven post-cold war growth and democracy? Can capitalism-as now practiced-effectively serve the causes of social justice? The journalist John Buell answers these questions with a resounding 'no, ' reemphasizing the too often ignored point the economic forces and political realities cannot be separated.