{"product_id":"neoliberal-contentions-diagnosing-the-present-hardback-9781487560881","title":"Neoliberal Contentions; Diagnosing the Present (Hardback) 9781487560881","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eNeoliberal Contentions\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eDiagnosing the Present\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eLois Harder (Edited by), Catherine Kellogg (Edited by), Steve Patten (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781487560881\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 26 January 2023\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e304 pages, 1 b\u0026amp;w figure\u003cbr\u003e23.4 x 15.7 x 2.5 cm, 0.56 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eSince the 1980s, neoliberalism has had a major impact on social life and, in turn, research in the social sciences. Emerging from the crisis of the Keynesian welfare state, neoliberalism describes a social transformation that has impacted relationships between citizens and the state, consumers and the market, and individuals and groups.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eNeoliberal Contentions\u003c\/i\u003e offers original essays that explore neoliberalism in its various guises. It includes chapters on economic policy and restructuring, resource extraction, multiculturalism and equality, migration and citizenship, health reform, housing policy, and 2SLGBTQ communities. Drawing on the work of influential Canadian political economist Janine Brodie, the contributors use Brodie\u0026amp;#x2019;s scholarship as a springboard for their own distinct analyses of pressing political and social issues.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledging neoliberalism\u0026amp;#x2019;s crises, failures, and contradictions, this collection contends with neoliberalism by \"diagnosing the present,\" situating the phenomenon within a broader historical and political-economic context and observing instances in which neoliberal rationality is reinforced as well as resisted.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003eLois Harder, Catherine Kellogg, and Steve Patten\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1. Turbulent Times: Towards A Conjunctural Analysis of Neoliberalism and the Politics of the Present \u003cbr\u003eJohn Clarke\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2. Neoliberal False Economies and Paradoxes of Social Reproduction \u003cbr\u003eIsabella Bakker\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3. Lean on Everything? Lean Management\u0026amp;#x2019;s Awkward Place in Neoliberalism\u003cbr\u003eJustin Leifso\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4. Present Day Puzzles in Neoliberalism and Problems for Multiculturalism and Equality: \u003cbr\u003eRe-patriating Immigration Policy, A Tale of Two Provinces\u003cbr\u003eAlexandra Dobrowolsky\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5. Challenging Narratives to Neoliberalism in Media Representations of American Health Reform: Lessons from the United States \u003cbr\u003eBrent Epperson\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6. Happiness and Governance: Some Notes on Orthodox and Alternative Approaches \u003cbr\u003eCatherine Kingfisher\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7. Mental Health, Recovery, and Prevention: Re-thinking the Governance of Mental Abnormality in Canada\u003cbr\u003eJanet Phillips\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8. Apologies and Raids: Public Sex, LGBTQ2S Communities, and Neoliberalism in the Detention State\u003cbr\u003eAlexa DeGagne\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9. Trump, Indigenous Refusal, and the End of Neoliberalism? \u003cbr\u003eIsabel Altamirano-Jiménez\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10. Situating Noncitizenship: Humanitarian Aid, Self-Reliance Schemes, and Migrant Agency\u003cbr\u003eSuzan Ilcan\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11. Making Canadians: Citizenship Acquisition and Foreign Adoption\u003cbr\u003eLois Harder\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12. Neoliberal Conversations and Contentions\u003cbr\u003eJanine Brodie\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Toronto Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52596009697560,"sku":"9781487560881","price":39.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/neoliberal-contentions-diagnosing-the-present-hardback-9781487560881","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}