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Market Citizenship - Experiments in Democracy and Globalization

English · Hardback

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Klappentext Citizens are caught in a paradox. Voting levels are falling, there are growing feelings of powerlessness, social unfairness and yet citizens are constantly told that they have more choice as well as greater freedom and liberty.This book brilliantly explains these discrepancies. It shows that the new definitions of freedom as responsibility to create prosperity through markets is seriously distorting citizenship whilst appearing to be unbiased and neutral. It exposes inconsistencies in the market-based and apolitical vision of our collective future. This book: outlines how market citizenship involves a new kind of rationality in which citizens are defined as individualized utility maximizers shows how the idea that citizens act primarily to develop their narrow self-interest has encouraged the creation of competitive governance mechanisms analyses how market mechanisms are used to decide who are 'winners' and 'losers' - from the loss of youth groups funding to global treaties discussess the shortfalls when key contemporary issues are tackled through 'win-win' solutions with business working alongside consumers, with little or no role for government explaims how localism and the devolution of power is being used to support the status quo. suggests new kinds of engagement are emerging because markets have undermined politics. Essential reading for students, policy-makers and researchers of citizenship within sociology, politics, economics, geography and social policy. Zusammenfassung Citizens are caught in a paradox. Voting levels are falling! there are growing feelings of powerlessness! social unfairness and yet citizens are constantly told that they have more choice as well as greater freedom and liberty. This book explains these discrepancies. Inhaltsverzeichnis PART ONE: Frameworks Citizenship Markets Market Citizenship PART TWO: Producer Promises Choice Politics Freedoms PART THREE: Consumer Demands Trade Environment Democratic Deficit PART FOUR: Reasons for Hope Democratic Institutions Citizens as Agents of Change ...

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Authors Amanda Root, Root Amanda
Publisher Sage Publications Ltd
 
Languages English
Product format Hardback
Released 18.06.2007
 
EAN 9780761974437
ISBN 978-0-7619-7443-7
No. of pages 200
Dimensions 159 mm x 229 mm x 13 mm
Subjects Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education

Social Theory, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Civics & Citizenship, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Social Theory, Civil rights & citizenship, Civics and citizenship

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