{"product_id":"the-strange-nondeath-of-neoliberalism-9780745652214","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. This title deals with neo liberalism seems to be about free markets, in practice it is concerned with dominance over public life of the giant corporation.\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\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cb\u003eEducation\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\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.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eIrish Journal of Sociology\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\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":48865705820503,"sku":"9780745652214","price":16.14,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-strange-nondeath-of-neoliberalism-9780745652214","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}