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Title	Authors	Description	OpenBook ID
Profit over People	Jun Yamazaki,Noam Chomsky	In Profit Over People Noam Chomsky takes on neoliberalism, the pro-corporate system of economic and political policies presently waging a form of class war worldwide. By examining the contradictions…	OL15329677W
Islam's marriage with neoliberalism	Yıldız Atasoy	"The transformation of the Turkish state is examined here in the context of globalized frames of neo-liberal capitalism and contemporary schemas of Islamic politics. It shows how the historical emerg…	OL15409169W
The consumer, credit and neoliberalism	Christopher Payne	"This book is an investigation into the economic policy formulation and practice of neoliberalism in Britain from the 1950s through to the financial crisis and economic downturn that began in 2007-8.…	OL16014840W
Reclaiming the nation	Paris Yeros,Sam Moyo	"This book compares the trajectories of states and societies in Africa, Asia and Latin America under neoliberalism, a time marked by serial economic crises, escalating social conflicts, the re-milita…	OL16017942W
New femininities	Rosalind Gill	"This volume brings together twenty original essays on the changes and continuities in gender relations and intersecting politics of sexuality, race, class and location. The book is located in debate…	OL16134263W
Neoliberalisme	I. Wibowo,Francis X. Wahono	Impact of economic globalization on Indonesian economy; collection of articles.	OL16482631W
Inventing the Future	Nick Srnicek,Alex Williams	“A fascinating book about an alternative to austerity.” – Owen Jones A major new manifesto for a high-tech future free from work. Neoliberalism isn’t working. Austerity is forcing millions into p…	OL17333114W
Utopía para realistas	Rutger Bregman	From a universal basic income to a 15-hour workweek, from a world without borders to a world without poverty – it’s time to return to utopian thinking. Rutger Bregman takes us on a journey through hi…	OL17686237W
The people's pension	Eric Laursen	This book explores the potential benefits of a government-independent, democratized Social Security system to support dependents suffering from the reduction of other government benefits. It provides…	OL19671688W
The mythology of work	P. Fleming	There was once a time when 'work' was inextricably linked to survival. But what was once an integral part of life has slowly morphed into a painful and meaningless routine, colonising almost every pa…	OL20017620W
Sex, needs and queer culture	David Alderson	The belief of many in the early sexual liberation movements was that capitalism's investments in the in the norms of the heterosexual family meant that any challenge to them was invariably anti-capit…	OL20035935W
Kraft	Jonas Lüscher	235 pages ; 21 cm	OL20051125W
City in common	James Scorer	Scope and content: "Addresses ways that cultural imaginaries point toward alternative urban futures. In this book James Scorer argues that culture remains a force for imagining inclusive urban future…	OL20058078W
Neoliberalism from below	Verónica Gago	"In Neoliberalism from Below--first published in Argentina in 2014--Verónica Gago examines how Latin American neoliberalism is propelled not just from above by international finance, corporations, an…	OL20638034W
Knowledge for Justice	Hilde Ibsen,Tor Halvorsen	With the adoption of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the Paris Agreement, the purpose of development is being redefined in both social and environmental terms. Despite pus…	OL20930004W
Stolen	Grace Blakeley	For decades, it has been easier to imagine the end of the world than the end of capitalism. In the decade leading up to the 2008 financial crisis, booming banks, rising house prices and cheap co…	OL21164718W
Happiness as enterprise	Sam Binkley	"Examines the contemporary discourse on happiness through the lens of governmentality theory"--Provided by publisher.	OL23286812W
Neoliberal Landscape and the Rise of Islamist Capital in Turkey	Erol Balkan,Neşecan Balkan,Ahmet Öncü	xvi, 297 pages ; 23 cm	OL25705719W
Selling spirituality	Jeremy R. Carrette	From Feng Shui to holistic medicine, from aromatherapy candles to yoga weekends, spirituality is big business. It promises to soothe away the angst of modern living and to offer an antidote to shallo…	OL28863W
El subdesarrollo social de España	Vicenç Navarro	Este libro analiza las causas del grave subdesarrollo social de España, mostrando cómo los grandes déficits del estado del bienestar en nuestro país se basan en causas que son raramente visibles en l…	OL9114284W