Neoliberalism
List 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 capital see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam 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 americanathis 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 book
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It considers issues such as the primacy of practice, the nature of professional judgement, the role of 'experience', ethics, context, and the practitioner standpointthe 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 researchthis 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 scholarshipsee 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 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 regulationoxfam 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 generallyas such, it raises important and timely questions about practice ontologies, epistemologies and methodologies, and also praxis and politics
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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 pointsuch new dynamics of stratification are central to contemporary processes of globalization in the pacific, and more widelyoxfam 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 stratificationsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreit also contributes to the understanding of the problems of post-disaster reconstruction and development projects
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Crossley 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 ideasthis 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 generallysee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam 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 spublished , as number 2 in the series 'scriptural traces'
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Demonstrated 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 cosmopolitanismbush administrationpolitical agendas tend to fail, he argues, because they ignore the complexities of geographyharvey begins with an insightful critique of the political uses of freedom and liberty, especially during the george wyet in practice, idealist agendas often turn sour as they confront specific circumstances on the groundas 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 seeksee oxfam website for delivery information read morepresidents as diverse as woodrow wilson, franklin delano roosevelt, john fincorporating geographical knowledge into the formation of social and political policy is therefore a necessary condition for genuine democracyoxfam bookshop wanstead liberty and freedom are frequently invoked to justify political actioncombining his passions for politics and geography, david harvey charts a cosmopolitan order more appropriate to an emancipatory form of global governancethen, 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 actionkennedy, ronald reagan, and george wbush have built their policies on some version of these noble values
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