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Record Nr.

UNINA9910163289903321

Titolo

Alternatives to neoliberalism : towards equality and democracy / / edited by Bryn Jones and Mike O'Donnell ; foreword by Sylvia Walby [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bristol : , : Policy Press, , 2017

ISBN

1-4473-3118-4

1-4473-3117-6

1-4473-3116-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xvii, 278 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Classificazione

MS 4740

Disciplina

320.51

Soggetti

Neoliberalism

Democracy

Equality

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Apr 2022).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front Matter -- Contents -- List of figures, tables and boxes -- List of abbreviations -- Notes on contributors -- Acknowledgements -- Foreword -- Editors’ preface -- The open-market society and its opponents: an overview -- Alternative paradigms and perspectives -- Modes of anti-neoliberalism: moralism, Marxism and 21st century socialism -- People, planet, power: toward a new social settlement -- Beyond neoliberalism, or life after capitalism? A red-green debate -- The democratic deficit: institutional democracy -- Reform within economic and governance restraints: pushing the boundaries -- The limits of neoliberalism? Austerity versus social policy in comparative perspective -- The European Union and the UK: neoliberalism, nationalist populism, or a cry for democracy? -- Reform from within? Central banks and the reconfiguration of neoliberal monetary policy -- The corporate cuckoo in the neoliberal nest: reconnecting civil society with big business -- Avoiding ‘back to the future’ policies by reforming the ‘foundational economy’ -- Economic and political democracy: restoring the market-civil society balance -- Neoliberalism and social democracy -- Rethinking public ownership as economic democracy --



Turning the tide: a role for social movements -- A Brexit from neoliberalism? -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

With contributions from innovative social and policy analysts including Colin Crouch, Anna Coote, Grahame Thompson and Ted Benton, this collection provides a revised framework for social democracy.