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Davies William |
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Unprecedented? : how COVID-19 revealed the politics of our economy |
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Cambridge : , : Goldsmiths, University London, , 2022 |
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©2022 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (194 pages) |
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Collana |
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Goldsmiths Press / PERC Papers |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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DuttaSahil Jai |
TaylorNick |
TazzioliMartina |
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COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020- - Economic aspects - Great Britain |
COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020- - Political aspects - Great Britain |
Economic history |
Economics |
Equality |
Politics and government |
History |
Great Britain |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Notes on Contributors -- Preface -- 1 The Great Interruption -- Wells of Value: Sovereign Debts, Care Debts -- Sovereignty -- Care -- Entering a New Crisis - Or Exiting an Old One? -- A Crisis of Space -- Hyper-domestication -- Platformisation -- Re-bordering -- A New Spatial Fix? -- Conclusion: What Makes 'Society'? -- 2 Endless Temporary Measures: The Politics of 'Leverage' -- Paper Promises: Rising Indebtedness Pre-pandemic -- The Lockdown Economy: Building the Bridge -- The City -- The High Street -- The Response -- Public Money, Public Services, Private Gain -- Conclusion: Who Gains When Others Pay? -- 3 New Divisions of Labour: The Politics of 'Flexibility' -- Failing to Work: Labour Markets Before the Pandemic -- Flexibility and Contingent Work -- Welfare, Austerity and 'Work First' Policy -- Work in |
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the Pandemic -- Key workers -- 'Working from Home': Paid and Unpaid -- Furlough, Unemployment and the Misrepresentation of Official Statistics -- Conclusion: What Was Revealed? -- 4 Confine and Track: The Politics of 'Protection' -- The Border-Industrial Complex -- The 'Confinement Continuum' During Covid-19 -- Digital Health Infrastructures -- What Was Revealed? -- 5 Education without Context: The Politics of 'Learning' -- Before 2020 -- Austerity Logics -- Platform Logics -- Education Under Lockdown -- Policy Challenges -- Winners and Losers -- Conclusion: What Was Revealed? -- 6 Escaping Rentier Nationalism -- Distinguishing 'Rentier Nationalism' -- Heterodoxy Reigns -- Searching for a New Paradigm -- Reclaiming of Public Space -- Sustaining Anger -- References -- Acknowledgements -- Index. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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A critical and evidence-based account of the COVID-19 pandemic as a political-economic rupture, exposing underlying power struggles and social injustices. |
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