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Globalization and varieties of capitalism : New Labour, economic policy and the abject state Dan Coffey, Carole Thornley text

By: Coffey, Dan | Thornley, CaroleMaterial type: TextTextPublication details: Basingstoke Palgrave Macmillan 2009Description: 188p. HbkISBN: 9780230553095 (hardback); 0230553095Subject(s): Great Britain - Economic policy - 1997- | Globalization - Great Britain | Capitalism - Great Britain | Great Britain - Economic policy - 1979-1997 | Labour Party (Great Britain)DDC classification: 330.941 COF
Contents:
Machine generated contents note: Introduction * Globalization and Capitalism Unleashed: The Travails of Labour * The Commanding State: The Politics of Competitiveness * The Self-Effacing State: Private Services Required * The Self-Deceiving State: The Model Employer Myth * New Ways or the Abject State * The End of Things: The Great Financial Crisis * Strange Days * References * Name and Subject Index Introduction * Globalization and Capitalism Unleashed: The Travails of Labour * The Commanding State: The Politics of Competitiveness * The Self-Effacing State: Private Services Required * The Self-Deceiving State: The Model Employer Myth * New Ways or the Abject State * The End of Things: The Great Financial Crisis * Strange Days * References * Name and Subject Index.
Summary: "This book is a study of Britain as a capitalism poised between American and European models. It explores themes of legitimation, denial and opportunism via a series of substantial case studies framed by a reinterpretation of Thatcherism's economic contexts and a critical assessment of New Labour"--Provided by publisher.
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<p>Includes bibliographical references and index.</p>

Machine generated contents note: Introduction * Globalization and Capitalism Unleashed: The Travails of Labour * The Commanding State: The Politics of Competitiveness * The Self-Effacing State: Private Services Required * The Self-Deceiving State: The Model Employer Myth * New Ways or the Abject State * The End of Things: The Great Financial Crisis * Strange Days * References * Name and Subject Index Introduction * Globalization and Capitalism Unleashed: The Travails of Labour * The Commanding State: The Politics of Competitiveness * The Self-Effacing State: Private Services Required * The Self-Deceiving State: The Model Employer Myth * New Ways or the Abject State * The End of Things: The Great Financial Crisis * Strange Days * References * Name and Subject Index.

"This book is a study of Britain as a capitalism poised between American and European models. It explores themes of legitimation, denial and opportunism via a series of substantial case studies framed by a reinterpretation of Thatcherism's economic contexts and a critical assessment of New Labour"--Provided by publisher.

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