44 RESULT(S) FOR "colin crouch"

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Governing Social Risks In Post-Crisis Europe

by Colin Crouch

33,13€ + 10% CARD

 This important book will appeal to academics, policy makers and others interested in comparative employment relations, European political economy and social policy. Undergraduate and postgraduate students alike will also find this a compelling, jargon-free insight into social policy and the 2008 global financial crisis in Europe.
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Rethinking Political Identity - Citizens And Parties In Europe

by Colin Crouch

~~37,10€~~ 33,39€ 10% OFF

 In this precisely argued book, Colin Crouch questions the current meaning of political parties for citizens in Western Europe given that the identities on which they are based were the product of past conflicts over industrialization and religion. Crouch asks whether the issues confronting post and ex-industrial societies can develop their own political identities among citizens? And, if so, how far do these identities relate to the inheritance of the past? Applying a theory of political identity, Crouch analyses voting behaviour across Europe and presents an in-depth historical analysis of the key political parties. He traces the content of party manifestos and the geographical and industrial status of parties’ support. He argues that, far from following a model provided by the West, the faltering party systems in Central and Eastern Europe offer insights as to how western systems may develop in the future. Looking ahead, Crouch considers the viability of democratic politics, assessing the roles of gender, environmentalism and xenophobia in generating effective modern political identities. Rethinking Political Identity is an invaluable resource for academics and researchers specialising in comparative European politics, political science, sociology and social policy, human geography and social history. It will also be of value to public policymakers and think tank professionals across Europe.
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Post-Democracy After The Crises

by Colin Crouch

21,19€ + 10% CARD

 In Post-Democracy (Polity, 2004) Colin Crouch argued that behind the façade of strong institutions, democracy in many advanced societies was being hollowed out, its big events becoming empty rituals as power passed increasingly to circles of wealthy business elites and an ever-more isolated political class. Crouch’s provocative argument has in many ways been vindicated by recent events, but these have also highlighted some weaknesses of the original thesis and shown that the situation today is even worse. The global financial deregulation that was the jewel in the crown of wealthy elite lobbying brought us the financial crisis and helped stimulate xenophobic movements which no longer accept the priority of institutions that safeguard democracy, like the rule of law. The rise of social media has enabled a handful of very rich individuals and institutions to target vast numbers of messages at citizens, giving a false impression of debate that is really stage-managed from a small number of concealed sources. Crouch evaluates the implications of these and other developments for his original thesis, arguing that while much of his thesis remains sound, he had under-estimated the value of institutions which are vital to the support of a democratic order. He also confronts the challenge of populists who seem to echo the complaints of Post-Democracy but whose pessimistic nostalgia brings an anti-democratic brew of hatred, exclusion and violence.
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Will The Gig Economy Prevail?

by Colin Crouch

13,24€ + 10% CARD

 Increasingly, employees are being falsely treated as ‘self-employed’. This phenomenon - the ‘gig economy’ - is seen as the inevitable shape of things to come. In this book, Colin Crouch takes a step back and questions this logic. He shows how the idea of an employee - a stable status that involves a bundle of rights - has maintained a curious persistence. Examining the ways companies are attacking these rights, from proffering temporary work to involuntary part-time work to ‘gigging’, he reveals the paradoxes of the situation and argues that it should not and cannot continue. He goes on to propose reforms to reverse the perverse incentives that reward irresponsible employers and punish good ones, setting out an agenda for a realistic future of secure work. Crouch’s penetrating analysis will be of interest to everyone interested in the future of work, the welfare state and the gig economy.
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Globalization Backlash

by Colin Crouch

17,21€ + 10% CARD

 Globalization, heralded for decades as a harbinger of prosperity, faces a huge backlash. Derided by right-wing nationalists as a ‘globalist’ plot to undermine traditional communities, and by left-wing critics as the rule of rampaging corporations, it’s become a political punching bag around the world. In this incisive book, leading commentator Colin Crouch defends globalization against its critics to the right and left. He argues that reversing the process would mean a poorer world riven by nationalistic and reactionary antagonisms. However, globalization will only be worth saving if we institute reforms to promote social solidarity and recover pride and confidence for the cities and regions that have lost out. Crouch shows that we can therefore only save globalization from itself if we transcend the nation state and subject global economic flows to democratically responsible transnational governance. Crouch provides a much-needed riposte to the delusions that risk plunging the world back into a zero-sum game of regressive economic nationalism, combining cool-headed analysis with a visionary call for a reformed and genuinely progressive globalization.
Post-Démocratie

by Colin Crouch

29,15€ + 10% CARD

 <div>Paru au Royaume-Uni en 2004, cet essai se propose d’explorer les forces sociales et économiques à l’oeuvre dans les démocraties modernes. Partant du malaise profond et de la violente crise de confiance que les peuples de ces pays traversent vis-à-vis des institutions étatiques, Crouch avance que les États y cèdent progressivement tout leur pouvoir décisionnel et leur marge d’action aux multinationales. L’importance démesurée des flux de capitaux induits par le capitalisme moderne rend en effet les gouvernements extrêmement dépendants des conglomérats. Rejetés et décrédibilisés dans leur fonction même - garantir des services publics et sociaux à la population et à répondre à ses besoins -, ils délèguent ces tâches à des entreprises privées et perdent peu à peu toute légitimité. Concis et subtilement argumenté, cet essai offre une réponse cinglante aux chantres du néolibéralisme pour qui les sociétés dites avancées ont atteint le degré de démocratie le plus élevé possible ; et propose des pistes concrètes afin de redonner aux citoyens - principaux acteurs de la vie économique et sociale - une réelle marge d’action, dans le cadre d’un système véritablement « démocratique ».</div>
L’Étrange Survie Du Néolibéralisme

by Colin Crouch

39,75€ + 10% CARD

 <div>Lorsqu''en 2008, la banque d’investissement Lehman Brothers fait faillite, on aurait pu s''attendre à ce que l''ère néolibérale touche à sa fin. Mais c’eût été méconnaître la véritable nature du néolibéralisme, qui ne se résume pas à la suprématie du marché sur l''État. Retraçant les batailles idéologiques et politiques qui opposèrent keynésiens - partisans du levier étatique - et « néolibéraux » - thuriféraires du marché -, Colin Crouch démontre que cette bipolarisation du débat ne permet plus de comprendre les enjeux contemporains du système néolibéral. L''Étrange Survie du néolibéralisme s''efforce en effet de révéler comment ce combat s''est soldé par l''avènement de très grandes entreprises, un nouveau pouvoir qui fait désormais pièce à l''État comme aux marchés. Loin de s''apparenter à un aride examen des théories néolibérales, ce texte très accessible cherche à penser le rôle de la « société civile », la seule force, selon l''auteur, en mesure de faire face à la triade formée par le marché, l’État et les conglomérats.</div>
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Can Neoliberalism Be Saved From Itself?

by Colin Crouch

7,94€ + 10% CARD

 There is increasing evidence of widespread disillusion with the major shift to neoliberal economic policies that has taken place across much of the world. In this account of neoliberalism’s failings, Colin Crouch recognises some of its positive contributions but also notes conflicts within the neoliberal camp - particularly those between ‘market’ and ‘corporate’ forms of the strategy. Finally, he considers to what extent those behind the great experiment are now capable of accepting its reform.
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Society And Social Change In 21st Century Europe

by Colin Crouch

41,72€ + 10% CARD

 An authoritative but accessible introduction to all key aspects of life across contemporary Europe focusing in particular on the dynamics of social change and similarities and differences between groups of European states and in contrast to other advanced industrial societies.
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Knowledge Corrupters - Hidden Consequences Of The Financial Takeover Of Public Life

by Colin Crouch

21,19€ + 10% CARD

 * Colin Crouch has recently become one of the world's leading voices on neoliberalism and the financial takeover of social values * In this new book, Crouch continues to explore the themes of his previous successful books: Post-Democracy, The Strange Non-Death of Neoliberalism and Making Capitalism Fit For Society.
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Making Capitalism Fit For Society

by Colin Crouch

22,51€ + 10% CARD

 Capitalism is the only complex system known to us that can provide an efficient and innovative economy, but the financial crisis has brought out the pernicious side of capitalism and shown that it remains dependent on the state to rescue it from its own deficiencies.
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Strange Non-Death Of Neo-Liberalism

by Colin Crouch

22,51€ + 10% CARD

 The financial crisis seemed to present a fundamental challenge to neo liberalism, the body of ideas that have constituted the political orthodoxy of most advanced economies in recent decades. This title deals with neo liberalism seems to be about free markets, in practice it is concerned with dominance over public life of the giant corporation.
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Fighting Chess: Move By Move

by Colin Crouch

25,67€ + 10% CARD

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 Colin Crouch examines the tremendous fighting qualities of today's top players.
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Analyse Your Chess

by Colin Crouch

21,62€ + 10% CARD

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 Leading chess author Colin Crouch examines the key to sustained chess improvement and what we should do to maximize our results and ratings.
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Why We Lose At Chess

by Colin Crouch

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 How can we eliminate chess mistakes? Colin Crouch tackles this vital subject face-to-face, examining the critical moments where mistakes are made, and explaining how to recognise the danger signs and avoid impulsive decisions.
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El Resurgimiento Del Conflicto De Clases En Europa Occidental A Partir De 1968. Ii. Análisis Compara

by Colin Crouch

15,29€ + 10% CARD

 A finales de la década de 1980, los conflictos laborales cobraron nuevos impulsos en la mayoría de los países de Europa occidental. Este período es de vital importancia para comprender la evolución posterior de esas sociedades. La presente compilación es uno de los primeros estudios de este tipo y puede decirse que ya es un clásico.El primer volumen contiene además de un ensayo introductorio sobre las estadísticas de huelgas, seis estudios nacionales dedicados a Bélgica, Francia, Italia, Países Bajos, Reino Unido y Alemania occidental, redactados con una metodología y un hilo conductor comunes, lo que da unidad a la obra. Este segundo volumen está dedicado a realizar comparaciones internacionales de temas específicos.
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Modern Chess: Move By Move - A Step-By-Step Guide To Brilliant Chess

by Colin Crouch

27,03€ + 10% CARD

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 Colin Crouch explains how chess games are won by studying more than 30 brilliant and instructive games from the new millennium, with move-by move annotations suitable for players of all levels.
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Chess Secrets: The Great Attackers - The Great Attackers

by Colin Crouch

21,62€ + 10% CARD

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 Colin Crouch studies his favorite attacking players, and highlights all the important themes of one of the most crucial elements of the game.
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The Allotment

by Colin Ward e David Crouch

21,63€ + 10% CARD

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 The Allotment is the classic study of allotments, it looks at British society and history through the culture of allotments. With a new introduction by Olivia Laing this book remains as relevant as ever and is essential for everyone interested in social history, land ownership and gardening in twenty-first century Britain.
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Great Games By Chess Legends

by Colin Crouch e Neil Mcdonald

27,03€ + 10% CARD

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 Two books from the Chess Secrets series brought together in one volume.
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Innovation In Local Economies - Germany In Comparative Context

by Colin Crouch e Helmut Voelzkow

42,39€ + 10% CARD

 The study of varieties of capitalism is moving on from analysis of static national types to embrace local and sectoral diversity, and systems in the process of major change. This volume addresses the issue by examining four localised sectors, comparing a German case with one in another European country, including the UK, Sweden, and Hungary.
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Le Capitalisme En Europe

by Colin Crouch e Wolfgang Streeck

26,72€ + 10% CARD

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 Les économistes pensent que les règles de fontionnement du capitalisme s'imposent à tous les pays, et d'autant plus du fait de la mondialisation des marchés (financiers et commerciaux) et de la disparition du modèle soviétique. Mais n'y a-t-il qu'une forme de capitalisme ? Les observateurs ont montré les différences entre l'Europe d'une part et les Etats-Unis et le Japon d'autre part ; et le capitalisme réhnan, lui-même, se révèle très diversifié en Europe : entre la social - démocratie suédoise et le nouveau libéralisme britannique, l'Allemagne continue à gérer son économie par consensus sous la houlette de la Bundesbank, la France reste attachée à un rôle dominant de l'Etat et la troisième Italie vient d'inventer un fonctionnement en réseaux de production très performants. En fait, le capitalisme des économistes n'est qu'une abstraction et chaque pays dispose d'une marge de manoeuvre, d'interprétation et surtout de mise en oeuvre et d'institutionnalisation. Ces différences vont-elles se perpétrer ou la mondialisation en aura-t-elle raison ? Les auteurs de ce livre, économistes et sociologues, ont chacun leurs réponses.
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Making Capitalism Fit For Society

by Colin (University Of Warwick) Crouch

22,97€ + 10% CARD

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 Capitalism is the only complex system known to us that can provide an efficient and innovative economy, but the financial crisis has brought out the pernicious side of capitalism and shown that it remains dependent on the state to rescue it from its own deficiencies.
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Making Capitalism Fit For Society

by Colin (University Of Warwick) Crouch

67,59€ + 10% CARD

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 Capitalism is the only complex system known to us that can provide an efficient and innovative economy, but the financial crisis has brought out the pernicious side of capitalism and shown that it remains dependent on the state to rescue it from its own deficiencies.
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