{"product_id":"unprecedented-william-davies-9781913380120","title":"Unprecedented?: How Covid-19 Revealed the Politics of Our Economy","description":"\u003cb\u003eA critical and evidence-based account of the COVID-19 pandemic as a political-economic rupture, exposing underlying power struggles and social injustices.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe dawn of the COVID-19 pandemic represented an exceptional interruption in the routines of work, financial markets, movement across borders and education. The policies introduced in response were said to be unprecedented--but the distribution of risks and rewards was anything but. While asset-owners, outsourcers, platforms and those in spacious homes prospered, others faced new hardships and dangers. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eUnprecedented?\u003c\/i\u003e explores the events of 2020-21, as they afflicted the UK economy, as a means to grasp the underlying dynamics of contemporary capitalism, which are too often obscured from view. It traces the political and cultural contours of a \"rentier nationalism,\" that was lurking prior to the pandemic, but was accelerated and illuminated by COVID-19. But it also pinpoints the contradictions and weaknesses of this capitalist model, and the new sources of opposition that it meets. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAn empirical, accessible and critical analysis of the COVID economy, \u003ci\u003eUnprecedented?\u003c\/i\u003e is essential reading for anyone seeking to understand the political and economic turbulence of the pandemic's first eighteen months.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e William Davies, Sahil Jai Dutta, Nick Taylor\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1913380122\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781913380120\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Goldsmiths Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/19\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.35lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.30h x 5.50w x 0.80d","brand":"William Davies","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43990553362687,"sku":"9781913380120","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_afa6b06c-4cde-44cf-8009-60dc1f937b47.jpg?v=1683305328","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/unprecedented-william-davies-9781913380120","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}