{"product_id":"the-strange-nondeath-of-neoliberalism-9780745651200","title":"The Strange NonDeath of NeoLiberalism","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe financial crisis seemed to present a fundamental challenge to neo-liberalism, the body of ideas that have constituted the political orthodoxy of most advanced economies in recent decades. The author argues that it will shrug off this challenge.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A highly approachable and illuminating argument in political economy ... The story is packed with thought-provoking reframings: financial irresponsibility is now a 'collective good'; and 'the idea of a \"job\"' now seems very weird to me indeed.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\"This highly accessible book makes its case persuasively.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eTimes Higher Education\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\"a valuable book that not only gives a very good overview of neo-liberalism and its failings, but also points to government errors and serves as a good primer in such things as imperfect information in markets.\"\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eIrish Journal of Sociology\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"A rich and powerful book. It pushes towards an analysis of neoliberalism not as the set of liberalizing forces that it depicts itself as being, but rather as a grouping of impulses that have both hampered government and weakened market competition.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eCrooked Timber\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"An excellent contribution to the study of political economy that directly resolves the puzzle it has identified.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eTransfer: European Review of Labour and Research\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"A well-reasoned and tightly argued analysis of our present predicament. Although written for the intelligent general reader, rather than subject specialists, his insights constantly provoke and illuminate. Far from being merely a dry dissection of neoliberal theory, the book also addresses how to make corporations behave better.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eLSE Politics Blog\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Takes forward and moves beyond Karl Polanyi’s (1957) analysis of state\/market relationsto match the changing conditions of the twenty-first century.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eJournal of Contemporary European Studies\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"The most important work on the political economy of modern capitalism since Keynes, Kalecki and Schonfield.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003ePhilippe C. Schmitter, European University Institute\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Colin Crouch shows how neoliberalism as embodied in large corporations brought about the Great Recession of 2007 and yet, ironically, they profited in wealth and power from it - at everyone else's expense. A compelling read.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eMichael Mann, University of California, Los Angeles\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"An excellent contribution to the debate about neoliberalism. Crouch gives us a tightly reasoned and well balanced critique of the neoliberal philosophy that contributed significantly to the 2008 financial crisis. And his call for a more frank discussion in civil society of the moral and ethical assumptions behind neoliberalism is a refreshing addition to the traditional call for simply bringing the state back in to tame market forces.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eJohn L. Campbell, Dartmouth College\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgements vi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePreface vii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAbout this Book xi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 The Previous Career of Neoliberalism 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 The Market and Its Limitations 24\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 The Corporate Takeover of the Market 49\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Private Firms and Public Business 71\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Privatized Keynesianism: Debt in Place of Discipline 97\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 From Corporate Political Entanglement to Corporate Social Responsibility 125\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Values and Civil Society 144\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 What's Left of What's Right? 162\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 181\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFurther Reading 184\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 187\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Wiley and Sons Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49404398698839,"sku":"9780745651200","price":999.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780745651200.jpg?v=1730486339","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-strange-nondeath-of-neoliberalism-9780745651200","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}