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  • Alternatives to Neoliberalism

    Towards Equality and Democracy

    by Karel Williams, Sukhdev Johal, Jeremy Gilbert, Colin Crouch, Andrew Cumbers, Michael Moran, Grahame Thompson, Zoë Irving, Kevin Farnsworth, Ted Benton, Anna Coote ...
    In this collection, innovative and eminent social and policy analysts, including Colin Crouch, Anna Coote, Grahame Thompson and Ted Benton, challenge the failing but still dominant ideology and policies of neo-liberalism.The editors synthesise contributors’ ideas into a revised framework for social democracy; rooted in feminism, environmentalism, democratic equality and market accountability to ... Read more

    $45.59 CAD

  • Why are the British Bad at Manufacturing?

    by Karel Williams, John Williams, Dennis Thomas ...
    Series series Routledge Library Editions: Industrial Economics
    This book, first published in 1983, offers a new explanation for the poor performance of British manufacturing since 1950. Rather than invoke orthodox economic theory or general social factors, the book analyses four national conditions – enterprise control over the labour process; market structure and the composition of demand; the relation of manufacturing enterprise to financial institutions ... Read more

    $71.44 CAD

  • From Pauperism to Poverty

    by Karel Williams ...
    Series series Routledge Library Editions: The History of Social Welfare
    First published in 1981, From Pauperism to Poverty consists of seven essays, three of which focus on the English poor law between 1800 and 1914 and four of which examine texts of social investigation by Mayhew, Engels, Booth and Rowntree. Rather than making a specialist contribution to the history of social thought and policy, the essays raise general questions about current ways of writing ... Read more

    $79.69 CAD

  • Murky water

    Challenging an unsustainable system

    by Luca Calafati, Julie Froud, Colin Haslam, Sukhdev Johal, Karel Williams ...
    Series series Manchester Capitalism
    Essential reading for anyone concerned with the future of our most vital resource.Our water system is a mess. Rising bills and rivers full of sewage grab the headlines, but the greater threat is climate crisis, bringing increased drought and flooding.This book exposes the many problems with our unsustainable water system. Unfair charges limit spending on infrastructure, while financial extraction ... Read more

    $24.19 CAD

  • The spatial contract

    A new politics of provision for an urbanized planet

    by Alex Schafran, Matthew Noah Smith, Stephen Hall, Karel Williams, Mick Moran ...
    Series series Manchester Capitalism
    Housing. Water. Energy. Transport. Food. Education. Health care. These are the core systems which make human life possible in the 21st century. Few of us are truly self-sufficient – we rely on the systems built into our cities and towns of all shapes and sizes in order to survive, let alone thrive.Despite how important these systems are, and how much we rely on them, contemporary politics and ... Read more

    $24.19 CAD

  • When nothing works

    From cost of living to foundational liveability

    by Luca Calafati, Julie Froud, Colin Haslam, Sukhdev Johal, Karel Williams ...
    Series series Manchester Capitalism
    It’s hard to escape the feeling that in Britain today nothing works. In the face of mounting inflation and widespread industrial action, this book offers an incisive analysis of the UK’s problems and a new approach to tackling them.Economic growth and higher wages, the traditional responses of mainstream politicians, are simply not enough. This is because the so-called ‘cost of living crisis’ is ... Read more

    $24.19 CAD

  • Going Circular

    Unlocking the potential of regions and cities to drive the circular economy transition

    Edited by Marcin Dąbrowski, Karel Van den Berghe, Joanna Williams, Ellen van Bueren ...
    Series series Regional Studies Policy Impact Books
    Going Circular explores the concept of a circular economy (CE) and its transformative potential for cities and regions. It emphasises the importance of spatial planning and the role of urban and regional authorities in driving the transition to a more sustainable, resilient and inclusive economic and societal model. The authors offer a critical perspective, arguing that there is no onesize-fits ... Read more

    $27.47 CAD

  • Financialization and Strategy

    Narrative and Numbers

    by Julie Froud, Sukhdev Johal, Adam Leaver, Karel Williams ...
    Considering the recent impact of the capital market on corporate strategy, this text analyzes, through argument and supportive case studies, how pressures from the capital bull market of the 1990s and bear market of the early 2000s, have reshaped management action and calculation in large, publicly quoted US and UK corporations.Beginning with the dissatisfaction with classical strategy and its ... Read more

    $138.78 CAD

  • Keynes, Beveridge and Beyond

    by Tony Cutler, John Williams, Karel Williams ...
    Presenting a coherent interpretation of the development of economic and social policy in Britain since 1945, this book analyses the political assumptions underlying post-war economic policy. It traces these assumptions through the classic texts of Keynes and Beveridge, the architects of limited, non-socialist state intervention to secure the welfare state and full employment. Topics covered ... Read more

    $94.81 CAD

  • After the Great Complacence

    Financial Crisis and the Politics of Reform

    by Ewald Engelen, Julie Froud, Sukhdev Johal, Adam Leaver, Mick Moran, Adriana Nilsson, Karel Williams, Ismail Ertürk ...
    What is the relationship between the financial system and politics? In a democratic system, what kind of control should elected governments have over the financial markets? What policies should be implemented to regulate them? What is the role played by different elites - financial, technocratic, and political - in the operation and regulation of the financial system? And what role should citizens ... Read more

    $45.59 CAD

  • Safe as houses

    Private greed, political negligence and housing policy after Grenfell

    by Stuart Hodkinson, Karel Williams ...
    Series series Manchester Capitalism
    As the tragedy of the Grenfell tower fire has slowly revealed a shadowy background of outsourcing, private finance initiatives and a council turning a blind eye to health and safety concerns, many questions need answers. Stuart Hodkinson has those answers. He has worked for the last decade with residents groups in council regeneration projects across London. As residents have been shifted out of ... Read more

    $19.79 CAD

  • Understanding Different Geographies

    Edited by William Cartwright, Karel Kriz, Michaela Kinberger ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    This book collects revised versions of papers first delivered at the “Understanding Different Geographies Symposium” held in Puchberg am Schneeberg, Austria in 2011. The Symposium focussed on “Communicating Meaning with [Geo]Graphic Artefacts”. The general topics of the chapters cover:- Exploring geographic knowledge- Maps in exhibition spaces- Information and exhibition design with (geo)graphic ... Read more

    $115.29 CAD