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  • Arguing about justice

    Essays for Philippe Van Parijs

    Edited by Axel Gosseries, Philippe Vanderborght ...
    Series series Hors collections
    This book brings together fifty of today’s finest thinkers. They were asked to let their imaginations run free to advance new ideas on a wide range of social and political issues. They did so as friends, on the occasion of Philippe Van Parijs’s sixtieth birthday. Rather than restricting themselves to comments on his numerous writings, the authors engage with the topics on which he has focused his ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

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  • The Social Structures of the Economy

    by Pierre Bourdieu ...
    Much orthodox economic theory is based on assumptions which are treated as self-evident: supply and demand are regarded as independent entities, the individual is assumed to be a rational agent who knows his interests and how to make decisions corresponding to them, and so on. But one has only to examine an economic transaction closely, as Pierre Bourdieu does here for the buying and selling of ... Read more

    $23.00 USD

  • Convivial Futures

    Views from a Post-Growth Tomorrow

    Edited by Frank Adloff, Alain Caillé ...
    Series series X-Texte zu Kultur und Gesellschaft
    What steps are needed to make life better and more convivial? The Second Convivialist Manifesto (2020) has presented a short diagnosis of the current crises and sketches of a possible and desirable future. It has been a necessary work of theoretical synthesis, but preserving a viable world also requires passion. It is thus urgent to show what people would gain from a shift to a post-neoliberal and ... Read more

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  • Homo Economicus

    The (Lost) Prophet of Modern Times

    by Daniel Cohen ...
    Translated by Susan Emanuel ...
    The West has long defined the pursuit of happiness in economic terms but now, in the wake of the 2007-8 financial crisis, it is time to think again about what constitutes our happiness.In this wide-ranging new book, the leading economist Daniel Cohen traces our current malaise back to the rise of homo economicus: for the last 200 years, the modern world has defined happiness in terms of material ... Read more

    $12.00 USD

  • Pathways to Industrialization and Regional Development

    Edited by Allen J. Scott, Michael Storper ...
    The world has seen a shift in socio-economic relations, in the patterns and processes of industrialization and regional development. The social regulation of the economic order, flexible production organization and industrial district formation have brought periods, places and pathways to the heart of economic debate.Pathways to Industrialization and Regional Development provides a platform from ... Read more

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  • Book Review: Capital in the Twenty-First Century by Thomas Piketty

    Understand inequality in the modern world

    by 50Minutes ...
    Series series Book Review
    It can be hard for busy professionals to find the time to read the latest books. Stay up to date in a fraction of the time with this concise guide.Thomas Piketty’s 2013 book Capital in the Twenty-First Century was an immediately bestseller in the UK and US, and has been widely praised by both economists and the general public. Piketty provides a richly detailed account of the development of ... Read more

    $9.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The New Spirit of Capitalism

    by Luc Boltanski, Eve Chiapello ...
    Translated by Gregory Elliott ...
    New edition of this major work examining the development of neoliberalismIn this established classic, sociologists Luc Boltanski and Eve Chiapello get to the heart of contemporary capitalism. Delving deep into the latest management texts informing the thinking of employers, the authors trace the contours of a new spirit of capitalism. They argue that beginning in the mid-1970s, capitalism ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Firms as Political Entities

    Saving Democracy through Economic Bicameralism

    by Isabelle Ferreras ...
    When people go to work, they cease to be citizens. At their desks they are transformed into employees, subordinate to the hierarchy of the workplace. The degree of their sense of voicelessness may vary from employer to employer, but it is real and growing, inflamed by populist propaganda that ridicules democracy as weak and ineffective amid global capitalism. At the same time, corporations ... Read more

    $38.59 USD

  • The Good Life Beyond Growth

    New Perspectives

    Edited by Hartmut Rosa, Christoph Henning ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in Ecological Economics
    Many countries have experienced a decline of economic growth for decades, an effect that was only aggravated by the recent global financial crisis. What if in the 21st century this is no longer an exception, but the general rule? Does an economy without growth necessarily bring hardship and crises, as is often assumed? Or could it be a chance for a better life? Authors have long argued that money ... Read more

    $62.99 USD

  • Re-Thinking Economics

    Exploring the Work of Pierre Bourdieu

    Edited by Asimina Christoforou, Michael Lainé ...
    Series series Routledge Advances in Heterodox Economics
    Once again, unfettered capitalism has failed. Promises for global prosperity and peace have given way to a world of deep recession, social upheaval and political instability. Once again, mainstream economics has proved its inadequacy. Despite its technical rigour and mathematical virtuosity, it failed dramatically to respond to the current crisis. Why is this so? Mainstream economics turns a blind ... Read more

    $77.99 USD

  • Anthropology and Development

    Understanding Contemporary Social Change

    by Jean-Pierre Oliver De-Sardan ...
    This book re-establishes the relevance of mainstream anthropological (and sociological) approaches to development processes and simultaneously recognizes that contemporary development ought to be anthropology's principal area of study. Professor de Sardan argues for a socio-anthropology of change and development that is a deeply empirical, multidimensional, diachronic study of social groups and ... Read more

    $34.79 USD

  • The Politics of Insecurity

    Fear, Migration and Asylum in the EU

    by Jef Huysmans ...
    Series series New International Relations
    The act of violence of 9/11 changed the global security agenda, catapulting terrorism to the top of the agenda. Weapons of mass destruction grabbed public interest and controlling the free movement of people became a national security priority.In this volume, Jef Huysmans critically engages with theoretical developments in international relations and security studies to develop a conceptual ... Read more

    $70.99 USD