{"product_id":"crisis-9780745647609","title":"Crisis","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWe are living in a time of crisis which has cascaded through society. Financial crisis has led to an economic crisis of recession and unemployment; an ensuing fiscal crisis over government deficits and austerity has led to a political crisis which threatens to become a democratic crisis.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"This extraordinary book gives us a sharp and illuminating examination of a condition that it is easy to think we understand … until we read this book. We may all be touched by it but Walby shows us all that is actually mobilized in producing the outcomes.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSaskia Sassen, Columbia University, author of \u003ci\u003eExpulsions\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Sylvia Walby’s new complexity theory analysis of the current crises adds an essential dimension, addressing the financial, economic, welfare state and political ramifications of the crisis as strongly connected dynamics. She convincingly argues why the conflict between democracy and capitalism can only be resolved through a deepening of democracy. As such, her book is an indispensable academic intervention in the politics of knowledge and empowers academics, politicians and citizens alike to address crisis.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMieke Verloo, Radboud University\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"A lucid text that ranges across disciplines yet maintains accessibility for a wide readership including sociologists, policy communities, students, and activists. [Walby] has produced a book that comfortably straddles the alleged divides among professional, policy, public, and critical sociology…Crisis makes signal contributions to sociological analysis and presents a pragmatic alternative to neoliberalism, which could be fairly readily implemented.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e American Journal of Sociology\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\"[Walby] gives us conceptual tools adequate for a global theory of inequalities […and] also enables an integration of micro-social transactions into societal theory: the concept of a tipping point in crises where agency of a few may produce massive results.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSociology\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgements\u003cbr\u003e1 Introduction\u003cbr\u003e2 Theorizing Crisis\u003cbr\u003e3 Financial Crisis\u003cbr\u003e4 Economic Crisis: Recession\u003cbr\u003e5 Fiscal Crisis: Austerity\u003cbr\u003e6 Democratic Crisis\u003cbr\u003e7 Crisis in the Gender Regime\u003cbr\u003e8 Conclusions: Implications for Social Theory and Public Policy\u003cbr\u003eReferences","brand":"John Wiley and Sons Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49526996828503,"sku":"9780745647609","price":49.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780745647609.jpg?v=1731866166","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/crisis-9780745647609","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}