Lexington Books
Pages: 436
Trim: 6 x 9
978-0-7391-7375-6 • Paperback • December 2011 • $60.99 • (£47.00)
978-0-7391-7017-5 • eBook • January 2012 • $58.00 • (£45.00)
Armando Navarro is professor of political science in the Department of Ethnic Studies at the University of California, Riverside.
Introduction: A World in Crises: A Time for Systemic Change
Part One: Global Capitalism: A History of Crises
Chapter One: The Roaring 20s and the Great Depression: Global Capitalism in Crisis
(1920s-1941).”
Chapter Two: Rise of Neoliberal Capitalism: From the U.S. Sub-Prime Crisis to the Emergent depression (1945-2009)
Chapter Three: Global Economic Crisis: Precursor to a World Depression? (2007-2010)
Chapter Four: The Second Great Depression: Obama Administration’s Welfare Capitalist Policies (2009-2010)
Part Two: What Needs to be Done? Two Egalitarian Systemic Change Models and the Building of a New Movement
Chapter Five: Reform Politics of Building a Social Democratic System: Model One for Systemic Change
Chapter Six: Transformative Politics of Building a Democratic Socialist Society: Model Two for Systemic Change
Chapter Seven: A Social Change Paradigm: The Building of a New Movement
Part Three: A Post-2010 Assessment of the Triad Crisis
Chapter Eight: The Triad Crisis Exacerbates: The Calamities Deepen (January-June 2011)
Chapter Nine: What is to Come? Domestic & Global Forecasts and Conclusions
Epilogue: Building of an Egalitarian Society in the U.S.: “What Now?”
Amando Navarro has written a clear, forceful political history on global capitalism which give a context to what is happening to minorities and working class Americans. It is written in engaging style that is enlivened by a cadence and a sense of urgency. A scholar and an activist Navarro gives a prophetic vision of what's to be done and how to do it.
— Rodolfo F. Acuña, California State University at Northridge
Professor Navarro gives a penetrating critique of the financial and systematic failure and proposes a way out of the dilemma by creating new egalitarian economic and political systems. Always controversial and provocative, Professor Navarro’s sweeping analysis of history, economic theory and political systems will stimulate a valuable conversation as we search for a way out of the current crises.
— Richard Griswold del Castillo, San Diego State University
This book is a testament to Armando Navarro’s forty four years of activism, thirty seven years of teaching, and a lifetime of seeking alternatives to the historical injustices of U. S. capitalism. This work is a must read for all those that are questioning the roots of the global economic crisis, the failure of neoliberal capitalist politics, and the possibilities for a new democratic and transformative social movement.
— Jose Zapata Calderon, Pitzer College