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Description for Risking Capitalism
Hardback. This volume examines diverse meanings and practices of risk management ranging from austerity to climate change to housing and debt. The authors investigate the relationship between shifts in contemporary capitalism and the ways in which neoliberal forms of risk management have emerged, been reproduced and normalized, and, transformed historically. Editor(s): Soederberg, Susanne. Series Editor(s): Zarembka, Paul. Series: Research in Political Economy. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: GPQD; KCS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 162 x 238 x 23. Weight in Grams: 570.
The growing centrality of risk management in pro-market governance raises important questions regarding how risks are produced, and why? Who and what is included in, and excluded from, risk management, and why? And, what is the relationship between the rise of risk management and neoliberalism? Drawing on various political economy approaches, this volume addresses these questions by examining - both analytically and empirically - diverse meanings and practices of risk management across a range of scales and themes ranging from austerity to climate change to housing and debt. The authors investigate the relationship between shifts in contemporary capitalism ... Read more
The growing centrality of risk management in pro-market governance raises important questions regarding how risks are produced, and why? Who and what is included in, and excluded from, risk management, and why? And, what is the relationship between the rise of risk management and neoliberalism? Drawing on various political economy approaches, this volume addresses these questions by examining - both analytically and empirically - diverse meanings and practices of risk management across a range of scales and themes ranging from austerity to climate change to housing and debt. The authors investigate the relationship between shifts in contemporary capitalism ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Emerald Publishing Limited
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Series
Research in Political Economy
Condition
New
Number of Pages
312
Place of Publication
Bingley, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781786352361
SKU
V9781786352361
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-50
About Hardback
Edited by Susanne Soederberg, Queen's University, Canada
Reviews for Risking Capitalism
Soederberg presents readers with a collection of scholarly articles and academic essays focused on the relationship between risk, global contemporary capitalism, and neoliberal modes of governance. She has organized the contributions that make up the main body of the text in three parts devoted to risking housing against capitalism, risking poverty against growth, and risking climate against globalism. The editor ... Read more