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The Battle for Europe: How an Elite Hijacked a Continent - and How we Can Take it Back
Thomas Fazi
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Description for The Battle for Europe: How an Elite Hijacked a Continent - and How we Can Take it Back
Paperback. Explains what has happened in Europe following the financial crash of 2008 as a case of neo-liberal economic shock doctrine. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: 1QFE; JP; KCP; KCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 151 x 13. Weight in Grams: 352.
The Battle for Europe brings into sharp focus the historical importance of the current Eurozone crisis. Thomas Fazi argues that European Union (EU) elites have seized on the financial crash to push through damaging neoliberal policies, undermining social cohesion and vital public services.
Drawing on a wealth of sources, Fazi argues that the EU's austerity policies are not simply a case of political and ideological short-sightedness, but part of a long-term project by elites to remove the last remnants of the welfare state and complete the neoliberal project.
As well as an urgent ... Read more
The Battle for Europe brings into sharp focus the historical importance of the current Eurozone crisis. Thomas Fazi argues that European Union (EU) elites have seized on the financial crash to push through damaging neoliberal policies, undermining social cohesion and vital public services.
Drawing on a wealth of sources, Fazi argues that the EU's austerity policies are not simply a case of political and ideological short-sightedness, but part of a long-term project by elites to remove the last remnants of the welfare state and complete the neoliberal project.
As well as an urgent ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Pluto Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
Weight
352g
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780745334509
SKU
V9780745334509
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99-50
About Thomas Fazi
Thomas Fazi is a writer, journalist, translator and researcher. His articles have appeared in numerous publications. He is the author of The Battle for Europe (Pluto, 2014) and Reclaiming the State (Pluto, 2017), co-authored with William Mitchell.
Reviews for The Battle for Europe: How an Elite Hijacked a Continent - and How we Can Take it Back
'Narrates this war for the European Union's integrity and basic values and devastates the vicious claim that 'there is no alternative' to our present march toward collective misery'
Yanis Varoufakis, Finance Minister in Greece's Syriza government 'Everyone should read Piketty's book, of course. But Thomas Fazi's book, The Battle for Europe, deserves an equally high place in the charts' ... Read more
Yanis Varoufakis, Finance Minister in Greece's Syriza government 'Everyone should read Piketty's book, of course. But Thomas Fazi's book, The Battle for Europe, deserves an equally high place in the charts' ... Read more