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Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Roberts, Alasdair (Alasdair Scott). Logic of discipline. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2010 (OCoLC)761446141 |
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Material Type: | Internet resource |
Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Alasdair Roberts |
ISBN: | 9780195374988 0195374983 |
OCLC Number: | 426147415 |
Description: | xi, 201 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
Contents: | The logic of discipline --- The quiet revolution : Central bank independence --- Treasury power and fiscal rules --- Islands in the public sector : Tax collectors --- The gates of trade : Autonomous mainports --- Protecting capital : Independent regulators and super courts --- Devils in the details : Long-term infrastructure contracts --- Beyond discipline. |
Other Titles: | Global capitalism and the architecture of government |
Responsibility: | Alasdair Roberts. |
Abstract:
A sweeping account of neoliberal governmental restructuring across the world, The Logic of Discipline offers a powerful analysis of how this undemocratic model is unraveling in the face of a monumental-and ongoing-failure of the market.
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This concise and provocative book has a readability that belies its dense subject matter. The evidence produced by Roberts to support his points is thorough and compelling, but rarely overdone. * Jonathan Pearson, Times Literary Supplement * Read more...
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