Alternatives to Capitalism in the 21st Century

The COVID-19 pandemic and ensuing global economic recession of unprecedented depth is a 'once in a generation' opportunity to challenge capitalism and transition to a more equitable, democratic, solidaristic and sustainable socio-economic system. Indeed, the present situation has revitalized public and academic debates about the future of capitalism and has demonstrated the urgent need to envision and enact alternatives that can help rebalance the economy and tackle the multiple intertwined crises that societies are currently facing: high and rising inequality of income and power, eroding democracy and citizen’s rights, human-induced climate change and environmental destruction. This ground-breaking new series will advance the international, comparative and interdisciplinary study of capitalism and its alternatives in the 21st Century. Having grown out of the ‘Alternatives to Capitalism’ research network – part of the Society for the Advancement of Socio-Economics (SASE) – the series aims to publish cutting-edge work from a wide range of scholarly communities in the Global North and the Global South. Books in the series will explore alternative forms of production, consumption and social reproduction in contemporary societies, and will contribute to debates on the future of capitalism, the commons, prefigurative politics, social movements and collective action, real utopias, radical politics, and heterodox economic thinking.