"Changing economic realities have outmoded much of traditional
economic and social theory. Block has taken an inchoate concept and
given it precision and force. His analyses of the new technologies
are a major contribution to the revived field of 'economic
sociology; ' but they also contribute to the ongoing debates on
industrial policy and the expansion of democratic
decision-making."--Daniel Bell, Harvard University
"Block's book marks the coming of age of economic sociology. By
challenging the central concepts of neo-classical economics Block
allows us to think in new ways about healthy economic growth in the
context of a more democratic society. He provides a powerful and
hopeful analysis of some of our most daunting problems."--Robert N.
Bellah, co-author of "Habits of the Heart
"Block has undertaken the ambitious task of laying out the
possibilities that lie within modern capitalism, but are obscured
by the conventional perceptions of its economic structure and
institutions. By closely examining these perceptions, ranging from
labor and capital to that great tutelary deity, the market, Block
enables us to see alternative arrangements for achieving
qualitative economic growth. At a time when thinking about the
future of advanced capitalism was ever more necessary or more
difficult, "Postindustrial Possibilities seems to me exactly the
clear, critical, and constuctive vision that social theory
needs."--Robert L. Heilbroner, New School for Social Research
"From start to finish, this original and provocative book is
impossible to put down. "Postindustrial Possibilities clarifies and
makes sense of our contemporary 'great transformation.' In so
doing, it not only maps socialreality incisively, it also provides
a powerful critique of the tools in the kitbag of social science
(the superb chapter on the market alone is worth the price of
admission). At once normative, historical, and policy-oriented, the
book suggests an alternative approach rooted in economic sociology
that significantly broadens the scope of discussion about possible
futures for the United States."--Ira Katznelson, New School for
Social Research
"A brilliant book that illuminates both the quandaries and
possibilities of postindustrial society. Writing in the tradition
of Karl Polyani, Fred Block provides a refreshing antidote to the
triumphalism of free market ideology that dominates our era, and
also lays the intellectual groundwork for alternative and more
humane forms of economic organization."--Frances Fox Piven, City
University of New York
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