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020 _a9781446270684
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082 0 4 _a320.5
100 1 _aDavies, William,
_d1976-
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245 1 4 _aThe limits of neoliberalism :
_bauthority, sovereignty and the logic of competition
_cWilliam Davies
300 _axiii, 220 p. ;
_c24 cm.
490 1 _aTheory, culture & society
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 202-214) and index.
505 0 _aThe Disenchantment of Politics: Neoliberalism, Sovereignty and Economics. -- The Promise and Paradox of Competition: Markets, Competitive Agency and Authority. -- The Liberal Spirit of Economics: Competition, Anti-Trust and the Chicago Critique of Law. -- The Violent Threat of Management: Competitiveness, Strategy and the Audit of Political Decision. -- Contingent Neoliberalism: Financial Crisis and beyond. -- Afterword: Critique in and of Neoliberalism.
520 _aThis 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. 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.
650 0 _aCapitalism
_xPolitical aspects
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650 0 _aFree enterprise
_xPolitical aspects
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650 0 _aEconomics
_xPolitical aspects
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650 7 _aNeoliberalism
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856 _uhttps://uowd.box.com/s/dymp5h5wyozul8g7tpw8jkc8hzuge3ps
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