{"product_id":"neoliberal-contentions-diagnosing-the-present-hardcover","title":"Neoliberal Contentions: Diagnosing the Present - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLois Harder\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eCatherine Kellogg\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eSteve Patten\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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\u003cbr\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's scholarship as a springboard for their own distinct analyses of pressing political and social issues.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledging neoliberalism'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\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLois Harder\u003c\/b\u003e is Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences and a professor of political science at the University of Victoria.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eCatherine Kellogg\u003c\/b\u003e is a professor and chair in the Department of Political Science at the University of Alberta. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eSteve Patten\u003c\/b\u003e is Dean of Arts and a professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Alberta. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 304\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.02 x 9.13 x 6.14 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 26, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67857801969816,"sku":"9781487560881","price":135.25,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0759\/8830\/4024\/files\/Bfsar5H0n9781487560881.webp?v=1793497886","url":"https:\/\/thepinkflamingobookstore.com\/products\/neoliberal-contentions-diagnosing-the-present-hardcover","provider":"The Pink Flamingo","version":"1.0","type":"link"}