{"product_id":"the-strong-state-and-the-werner-bonefeld-9781783486281","title":"The Strong State and the Free Economy","description":"German ordoliberalism originated at the end of the Weimar Republic (1918-1933) in a context of hyper-inflation, depression, mass unemployment and social unrest. For ordoliberalism, a free economy is premised on a sound political, legal, social and moral framework to secure its cohesion. The role of the state is to ensure a liberal economic order. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOrdoliberalism is a contested account of post-neoliberal political economy: some argue that it offers a more restrained and socially just market order; others, in complete contrast, that is a form of authoritarian liberalism and that it is the theoretical foundation for the austerity politics that the EU has actively promoted in recent years. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFoucault discusses ordoliberalism at length in The Birth of Biopolitics, and Bonefeld's book provides a thought-provoking companion to those lectures by offering a more comprehensive investigation of the theoretical foundation of ordoliberal thought and its historical and theoretical contexts.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Werner Bonefeld\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1783486287\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781783486281\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Rowman \u0026amp; Littlefield Publishers\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/09\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 210\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.10w x 0.50d","brand":"Werner Bonefeld","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43984296771839,"sku":"9781783486281","price":55.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_322cfe75-1023-41d8-9997-52ce1e158f67.jpg?v=1683271577","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-strong-state-and-the-werner-bonefeld-9781783486281","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}