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Book SynopsisThis topical book considers the economic, political and social consequences of the economic crisis, the nature of social protection and the dynamics of the current crisis of regulation. It is unique in documenting how economic and social welfare are inconsistent with corporate freedom.
Trade Review"As an increasingly endangered species, we ignore Tombs's research at our peril." Environmental Health News
"A devastating critique of neoliberal governance as it rises from the ashes of the global financial crisis" Dr Kristian Lasslett, Ulster University and author of State Crime on the Margins of Empire
Table of ContentsIntroduction: crime, harm, regulation; ‘Freeing’capital: states, moralities and material work; From a crisis of regulation to a crisis of social protection?; The idea of regulation: academic orthodoxies; The idea of regulation: a conceptual and political critique; ‘Regulation’in action; Conclusion: after regulation?; Bibliography.
