Capitalisms and Democracies

This book examines steadily-growing increases in inequality within Western capitalist democracies, examining with care the differences between these democracies rooted in their culture and institutions.

Carlo Trigilia is Emeritus Professor of Economic Sociology at the University of Florence and member of the Italian 'Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei'. He served as Minister for Regional Development in the national Government in 2013-2014. He worked in various universities and was De Bosis professor at Harvard. His research interests and publications include local development (Social Capital and Local Economic Development, 2001; Local Production Systems in Europe, co-author, 2001; Changing Governance of Local Economies, co-author 2004); economic sociology and political economy (Economic Sociology. State, market, and Society in Modern Capitalism, 2002; Italy. Rise, decline and restructuring of a regionalised capitalism, co-author 2009; Politics against market. The hard way of Italian capitalism, co-author 2012; Is there a future for democratic capitalism, 2022).