Karl Polanyi and the Paradoxes of the Double Movement

This book offers a critical reconstruction of the double movement, the central thesis of Karl Polanyi's The Great Transformation, one of the most influential books of the 20th century.

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John Vail is currently a Visiting Professor in the School of Geography, Politics and Sociology at Newcastle University where he was previously a Senior Lecturer of Sociology until his retirement. His research interests are in egalitarian political economy. He has edited volumes on insecurity and alternative approaches to full employment and has written several articles on decommodification and egalitarian political economy. With Professor Robert Hollands, he has written a series of papers on the transformative cultural activism of the Newcastle based film and photography collective, Amber Films.

Inhalt

1. Introduction: The Paradoxes of Karl Polanyi

2. The Origins of the Self-Regulating Market

3. The Dynamics of a Market Society

4. The Politics of Social Protection

5. Contradictions and Crisis in the Double Movement

6. The Double Movement in the Contemporary Era

7. Transcending the Double Movement