Neoliberalism
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Ventura (english, spelman college) departs from conventional understandings of neoliberalism that focus on it as a political and economic formation and argues that neoliberalism is apparent in cultural formations and artifacts
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Empire and neoliberalism in asia also examines how the requirements of the war on terror intersect with, and reinforce, those of transnationalized sections of american capitalthis team of renowned scholars argue that the us agenda can strengthen anti-democratic impulses in asian societies, exacerbating and complicating existing domestic conflicts and strugglesdrawing on country case studies, this multidisciplinary book looks at the ramifications of the american empire for the asian region and will appeal to anyone interested in asian politics, international relations, political economy, development studies and sociologybook condition: dark staining to the bottom right corner edge of bookoxfam bookshop beverley this book analyzes the overall effect of american primacy on social and political conflicts in asia, discussing how the post-cold war american agenda does not promote democratization in the region, in contradiction to one of the major proclaimed aims of the proponents of the pax americana see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Oxfam bookshop glossop road very good condition, no real marks or wear understanding and researching professional practice is crucial both to enhancing the quality of professional learning and to improving professional education more generallyit considers issues such as the primacy of practice, the nature of professional judgement, the role of 'experience', ethics, context, and the practitioner standpointthis is especially needed in a context otherwise increasingly organised by neoliberalism, economic rationality, anxious managerialism, and what some see as a general drive towards de-professionalisation and new nuances and intensities of regulationas such, it raises important and timely questions about practice ontologies, epistemologies and methodologies, and also praxis and politicssee oxfam website for delivery information read moreyet professional practice remains something that is little known, theoretically and philosophically, despite a longstanding interest in what might be called the meta-field of professional practice, learning and educationthis includes engaging with the burgeoning literature on practice theory and philosophy, including the increasingly influential neo-aristotelian tradition, and taking account of growing interest in practice thinking across contemporary scholarshipthe contributors to this book, drawn from fields such as education, allied health, psychology and business, explore different aspects of practice in the professions, professionalism, and research
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Through detailed ethnography of the transactions that a displaced people entered into in seeking to rebuild their lives, this book analyses how people re-make sociality in an era of post-colonial neoliberalism without taking either the transformative power of globalization or the resilience of indigenous culture as its starting pointoxfam bookshop beverley in , the pacific island village of matupit was partially destroyed by a volcanic eruptionthis study focuses on the subsequent reconstruction and contests over the morality of exchanges that are generative of new forms of social stratificationit also contributes to the understanding of the problems of post-disaster reconstruction and development projectssee oxfam website for delivery information read moresuch new dynamics of stratification are central to contemporary processes of globalization in the pacific, and more widely
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Oxfam shop fulwood road harnessing chaos is an explanation of changes in dominant politicized assumptions about what the bible 'really means' in english culture since the scrossley looks at how the social upheavals of the s, and the economic shift from the post-war dominance of keynesianism to the post-s dominance of neoliberalism, brought about certain emphases and nuances in the ways in which the bible is popularly understood, particularly in relation to dominant political ideaspublished , as number 2 in the series 'scriptural traces'see oxfam website for delivery information read morethis book examines the decline of politically radical biblical interpretation in parliamentary politics and the victory of (a modified form of) margaret thatcher's re-reading of the liberal bible tradition, following the normalisation of (a modified form of) thatcherism more generally
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Yet in practice, idealist agendas often turn sour as they confront specific circumstances on the groundthen, through an ontological investigation into geography's foundational concepts, space, place, and environment, he radically reframes geographical knowledge as a basis for social theory and political actionpresidents as diverse as woodrow wilson, franklin delano roosevelt, john fkennedy, ronald reagan, and george woxfam bookshop wanstead liberty and freedom are frequently invoked to justify political actionpolitical agendas tend to fail, he argues, because they ignore the complexities of geographycombining his passions for politics and geography, david harvey charts a cosmopolitan order more appropriate to an emancipatory form of global governancebush administrationsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreincorporating geographical knowledge into the formation of social and political policy is therefore a necessary condition for genuine democracyharvey begins with an insightful critique of the political uses of freedom and liberty, especially during the george was harvey makes clear, the cosmopolitanism that emerges is rooted in human experience rather than illusory ideals and brings us closer to achieving the liberation we seekbush have built their policies on some version of these noble valuesdemonstrated by incidents at abu ghraib and guantánamo bay, the pursuit of liberty and freedom can lead to violence and repression, undermining our trust in universal theories of liberalism, neoliberalism, and cosmopolitanism
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