Capitalism and Its Alternatives

The Global Economic Crisis has catalysed debates about the merits of capitalism as a system for organising production, distribution, and exchange. Political elites have claimed that Capitalism is not a fundamentally pernicious or crisis prone system, and can be successfully reformed if the right set of policies are found.

Conversely many have argued a wholesale change of attitude towards the status and creation of wealth in contemporary society is required if a cycle of crises are to be prevented in the future.

In Capitalism and Its Alternatives, Chris Rogers provides a critical introduction to theories of capitalism, the forms of its crises in historical and contemporary contexts, as well as reflecting on the practice of anti-capitalism and the ways that economic and social relations are shaped, reshaped and resisted. Crucially, the book puts forward two key questions: What alternatives to capitalism exist? And by what processes and through what institutions might they be achieved?