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  • Post-Democracy After the Crises

    by Colin Crouch ...
    In Post-Democracy (Polity, 2004) Colin Crouch argued that behind the façade of strong institutions, democracy in many advanced societies was being hollowed out, its big events becoming empty rituals as power passed increasingly to circles of wealthy business elites and an ever-more isolated political class.Crouch’s provocative argument has in many ways been vindicated by recent events, but these ... Read more

    $18.00 USD

  • Europe and problems of marketization: from Polanyi to Scharpf

    by Colin Crouch ...
    The author uses the theory of the 'Great Transformation' of the industrialisation of England developed by Karl Polanyi to describe the current situation in Europe. There is a strong marketisation of the economy and also of social life, but what is missing is the social policy that needs to accompany this process, if there are not to be major problems. From this perspective marketization and social ... Read more

    $7.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Strange Non-death of Neo-liberalism

    by Colin Crouch ...
    The financial crisis seemed to present a fundamental challenge to neo liberalism, the body of ideas that have constituted the political orthodoxy of most advanced economies in recent decades. Colin Crouch argues in this book that it will shrug off this challenge. The reason is that while neo liberalism seems to be about free markets, in practice it is concerned with the dominance over public life ... Read more

    $16.00 USD

  • Exclusion and the New Politics of Hatred

    by Colin Crouch ...
    Colin Crouch argues that at the base of all political conflicts are struggles over which types of people should be included in and which excluded from various rights, including the right to exist at all within a particular society. This is more fundamental than any conflict between left and right or between classes, and it gives rise to tropes of inclusionary and exclusionary rhetoric that can be ... Read more

    $20.00 USD

  • State and Economy in Contemporary Capitalism

    Edited by Colin Crouch ...
    Series series Routledge Library Editions: Economics and Society
    State and Economy in Contemporary Capitalism (1979) bridges the gap between practiced concerns and the abstract nature of theories surrounding the function of the state in advanced capitalist societies. Representing different intellectual traditions and ideological standpoints, the contributors are united in their attempt to understand the combination of political, social and economic forces which ... Read more

    $73.99 USD

  • Will the gig economy prevail?

    by Colin Crouch ...
    Series series The Future of Capitalism
    Increasingly, employees are being falsely treated as ‘self-employed’. This phenomenon – the ‘gig economy’ – is seen as the inevitable shape of things to come.In this book, Colin Crouch takes a step back and questions this logic. He shows how the idea of an employee – a stable status that involves a bundle of rights – has maintained a curious persistence. Examining the ways companies are attacking ... Read more

    $10.00 USD

  • The Globalization Backlash

    by Colin Crouch ...
    Globalization, heralded for decades as a harbinger of prosperity, faces a huge backlash. Derided by right-wing nationalists as a ‘globalist’ plot to undermine traditional communities, and by left-wing critics as the rule of rampaging corporations, it’s become a political punching bag around the world.In this incisive book, leading commentator Colin Crouch defends globalization against its critics ... Read more

    $12.00 USD

  • The Knowledge Corrupters

    Hidden Consequences of the Financial Takeover of Public Life

    by Colin Crouch ...
    In principle the advanced, market-driven world in which we now live is fuelled by knowledge, information and transparency, but in practice the processes that produce this world systematically corrupt and denigrate knowledge: this is the powerful and provocative argument advanced by Colin Crouch in his latest exploration of societies on the road to post-democracy.Crouch shows that executives in ... Read more

    $16.00 USD

  • Making Capitalism Fit For Society

    by Colin Crouch ...
    Capitalism is the only complex system known to us that can provide an efficient and innovative economy, but the financial crisis has brought out the pernicious side of capitalism and shown that it remains dependent on the state to rescue it from its own deficiencies. Can capitalism be reshaped so that it is fit for society, or must we acquiesce to the neoliberal view that society will be at its ... Read more

    $16.00 USD

  • Governing Social Risks in Post-Crisis Europe

    by Colin Crouch ...
    How can a capitalist system reconcile its need to combine workers on uncertain incomes and conditions with consumers confident that they can spend? The approaches of different national economies to this conundrum have had varying degrees of success, as well as diverse implications for social inequality. Through the study of European societies, and comparisons with experience from the rest of the ... Read more

    $35.99 USD

  • Chess Secrets:

    Great Attackers: Learn From Kasparov, Tal And Stein

    by Colin Crouch ...
    Colin Crouch studies his favorite attacking players, and highlights all the important themes of one of the most crucial elements of the game. ... Read more

    $19.99 USD

  • Modern Chess:

    Move by Move: A Step-By-Step Guide To Brilliant Chess

    by Colin Crouch ...
    Leading chess author Colin Crouch selects and explains over 30 sensational games, all from the new millennium. By studying battles between the world’s best players, Crouch examines in detail all the key areas of modern chess. Powerful attacking and resourceful defending, bloodthirsty tactical battles, profound positional mastery, deep opening preparation and superb endgame play are all in evidence ... Read more

    $22.99 USD