{"product_id":"remaking-market-society","title":"Remaking Market Society","description":"\u003cp\u003eNeoliberalism has been one of the most hotly contested themes in academic and political debate over the last 30 years. Given the global and persistent influence of neoliberal ideas on contemporary styles of governance, social-service provision, and public policy, this intensive interest is understandable. At the same time, the use of the term has become loose, vague, and over-extended, particularly in the extensive critical literature. Rather than engage in further critique, or in the reconstruction of the history of neoliberalism, this volume seeks to bring analytical clarity to the ongoing debate.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrawing inspiration from the work of the Hungarian economic historian, Karl Polanyi, \u003ci\u003eRemaking Market Society\u003c\/i\u003e combines critique, original formulations, and case studies to form an analytical framework that identifies the key instruments of neoliberal governance. These include privatization, marketization, and liberalization. The case studies examine the development of neoliberal instruments (reform of the British civil service); their refinement (reform of higher education in England and Wales); and their dissemination across national borders (EU integration policies). Rather than look back nostalgically on the post-war welfare-state settlement, in the final chapter the authors ask why the coalitions that supported that settlement broke down in the face of the neoliberal reform movement.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis highly original work offers a distinctive transdisciplinary approach to political economy, and therefore is an important read for students and academics who are interested in political economy as well as social theory and political philosophy. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54231906189656,"sku":"9780415837736","price":192.2,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780415837736_c544bf06-d79c-431f-ac4c-886b7ebaa260.jpg?v=1777183218","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/remaking-market-society","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}