{"product_id":"the-limits-of-neoliberalism-william-davies-9781526403520","title":"The Limits of Neoliberalism: Authority, Sovereignty and the Logic of Competition","description":"Brilliant...explains how the rhetoric of competition has invaded almost every domain of our existence.\"\u003cbr\u003e --\u003cstrong\u003eEvgeny Morozov\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cem\u003eauthor of To Save Everything, Click Here\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"In this fascinating book Davies inverts the conventional neoliberal practice of treating politics as if it were mere epiphenomenon of market theory, demonstrating that their version of economics is far better understood as the pursuit of politics by other means.\"\u003cbr\u003e --\u003cstrong\u003eProfessor Philip Mirowski\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cem\u003eUniversity of Notre Dame\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"A sparkling, original, and provocative analysis of neoliberalism. It offers a distinctive account of the diverse, sometimes contradictory, conventions and justifications that lend authority to the extension of the spirit of competitiveness to all spheres of social life...This book breaks new ground, offers new modes of critique, and points to post-neoliberal futures.\"\u003cbr\u003e --\u003cstrong\u003eProfessor Bob Jessop\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cem\u003eUniversity of Lancaster\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Since its intellectual inception in the 1930s and its political emergence in the 1970s, neo-liberalism has sought to disenchant politics by replacing it with economics.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e This agenda-setting text examines the efforts and failures of economic experts to make government and public life amenable to measurement, and to re-model society and state in terms of competition. In particular, it explores the practical use of economic techniques and conventions by policy-makers, politicians, regulators and judges and how these practices are being adapted to the perceived failings of the neoliberal model.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e By picking apart the defining contradiction that arises from the conflation of economics and politics, this book asks: to what extent can economics provide government legitimacy?\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Now with a new preface from the author and a foreword by Aditya Chakrabortty.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e William Davies\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1526403528\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781526403520\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Sage Publications Ltd\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/21\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 248\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.70w x 0.60d","brand":"William Davies","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43979913625855,"sku":"9781526403520","price":34.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_61f378b8-7afe-4494-a05c-8a64efea5d32.jpg?v=1683247398","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-limits-of-neoliberalism-william-davies-9781526403520","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}