As part of the 'New Left', an emerging stance on the left wing of politics, Miliband disagreed with the notion of pluralism being a means of spreading political power across a wider spectrum than what he called the 'dominant class', which he asserted to maintain not only the majority of the wealth, but also the majority of political power with which it has come to be associated. ... It will predominantly focus on the second chapter, Economics and Dominant Class, as it is here that Miliband most clearly outlines his gripes with capitalist Western democracies in terms of in...

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Most liberals are enthusiastic about the economics of the free market. ... Liberals argue that trade benefits everyone because it helps people concentrate on what they are best at (the formal version of this argument is the theory of ˜comparative advantage'). ... Globalization has helped to reduce transport and transaction costs so the potential gains from specialization are increased. ... As with liberalism, there is no single Marxist viewpoint, but instead degrees of Marxist variation. Indeed, much anti-globalization writing is not compatible with classical Marxist thought. ...

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As security interests evolved and the Cold War collapse brought on global instability, in 1991 in the Maastricht Treaty, European nations agreed to design the European Union, composed of three organizations: the European Community (economics and monetary), the organization formerly known as the European Political Cooperation (foreign and security co-operation) and the European Parliament and court of Justice. ... Each has its main organization (The General Assembly for the United Nations, the Parliament for the European Union) with smaller committees and agencies underneath it. ... Europe has...

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