Revolutionizing Economic and Democratic Systems
Reinventing the Third Way
Authors: Nordberg, Kenneth
Free Preview- Provides a historical overview of industrial revolutions and their current effects on economic, political, and societal systemsOffers solutions for Western society to bring outdated economic and democratic structures in line with today’s global and digital demandsEmphasizes the great potential of inclusive structures in economies and societies
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This book responds to an increasingly pluricentric, reflexive, and flexible society as a result of globalization and economic liberation from the bureaucratic-political system. The third industrial revolution saw citizens, companies, and the economy acting in functional networks rather than in static ones, making top-down governing ever more difficult. Despite this, society systems created in the wake of the second industrial revolution linger on and must adapt to the globalized, digitized reality in order to stay necessary and relevant. Through a theoretical discussion and four empirical cases studying governance and innovation systems, this volume is the first to describe the causes behind the impasse Western society seems to find itself in and suggests inclusive economic and democratic structures working in a bottom-up fashion as a way out. By understanding local circumstances as well as the innovative power of inclusive and participative structures, we can begin to pave the way to legitimate governance and growth. This book adds to the academic literature on democracy, governance, economy, and innovation systems for researchers and scholars of political science, social science, and economics.
- About the authors
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Kenneth Nordberg is a Researcher at Åbo Akademi University in Vasa, Finland. He is a scholar of social science and has been engaged in several research projects concerning transnational learning, participative governance processes, business development, innovation systems, and digital participative planning.
- Table of contents (8 chapters)
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Introduction: Reinventing the Third Way
Pages 1-5
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Revolutionising Economic and Democratic Systems
Pages 7-58
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The Case of Ostrobothnia
Pages 59-84
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Conclusions: Politics in the Post-Fordist Economy
Pages 85-90
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Attempts at Regional Mobilisation in a Unitary State: Two Decades of Learning and Unlearning
Pages 91-126
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Table of contents (8 chapters)
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Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- Revolutionizing Economic and Democratic Systems
- Book Subtitle
- Reinventing the Third Way
- Authors
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- Kenneth Nordberg
- Series Title
- Palgrave Studies in Democracy, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship for Growth
- Copyright
- 2017
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Copyright Holder
- The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s)
- eBook ISBN
- 978-3-319-40633-6
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-3-319-40633-6
- Hardcover ISBN
- 978-3-319-40632-9
- Softcover ISBN
- 978-3-319-82141-2
- Series ISSN
- 2662-3641
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- VI, 227
- Number of Illustrations
- 20 b/w illustrations
- Topics
