Risking Capitalism

This volume examines diverse meanings and practices of risk management ranging from austerity to climate change to housing and debt. The authors investigate the relationship between shifts in contemporary capitalism and the ways in which neoliberal forms of risk management have emerged, been reproduced and normalized, and, transformed historically.

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Edited by Susanne Soederberg, Queen's University, Canada

Summary

This volume examines diverse meanings and practices of risk management ranging from austerity to climate change to housing and debt. The authors investigate the relationship between shifts in contemporary capitalism and the ways in which neoliberal forms of risk management have emerged, been reproduced and normalized, and, transformed historically.

Product details

• Authors: Susanne Soederberg
• Assisted by: Susanne Soederberg (Editor), Paul Zarembka (Editor)
• Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing Limited
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.10.2016
• EAN: 9781786352361
• ISBN: 978-1-78635-236-1
• No. of pages: 312
• Dimensions: 157 mm x 235 mm x 21 mm
• Weight: 605 g
• Series: Research in Political Economy; Research in Political Economy
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education