{"product_id":"unprecedented-how-covid-19-revealed-the-politics-of-our-economy-paperback","title":"Unprecedented?: How Covid-19 Revealed the Politics of Our Economy - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eWilliam Davies\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eSahil Jai Dutta\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eNick Taylor\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA critical and evidence-based account of the COVID-19 pandemic as a political-economic rupture, exposing underlying power struggles and social injustices.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe dawn of the COVID-19 pandemic represented an exceptional interruption in the routines of work, financial markets, movement across borders and education. The policies introduced in response were said to be unprecedented--but the distribution of risks and rewards was anything but. While asset-owners, outsourcers, platforms and those in spacious homes prospered, others faced new hardships and dangers. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eUnprecedented?\u003c\/i\u003e explores the events of 2020-21, as they afflicted the UK economy, as a means to grasp the underlying dynamics of contemporary capitalism, which are too often obscured from view. It traces the political and cultural contours of a \"rentier nationalism,\" that was lurking prior to the pandemic, but was accelerated and illuminated by COVID-19. But it also pinpoints the contradictions and weaknesses of this capitalist model, and the new sources of opposition that it meets. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAn empirical, accessible and critical analysis of the COVID economy, \u003ci\u003eUnprecedented?\u003c\/i\u003e is essential reading for anyone seeking to understand the political and economic turbulence of the pandemic's first eighteen months.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eWilliam Davies is a Professor in Political Economy at Goldsmiths, where he is Director of the Political Economy Research Centre. He is author of \u003ci\u003eThis is Not Normal: The Collapse of Liberal Britain\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNervous States: How Feeling Took over the World\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Happiness Industry: How the Government and Big Business Sold Us Wellbeing\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Limits of Neoliberalism: Authority, Sovereignty and the Logic of Competition\u003c\/i\u003e. He writes regularly for \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eLondon Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSahil Jai Dutta is Lecturer in Political Economy at Goldsmiths and a member of the Political Economy Research Centre. His research focuses on British political economy, financialization, sovereign debt and public sector reform. He has published in Review of International Political Economy, the IPPR's \u003ci\u003eProgressive Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTribune\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eOpenDemocracy\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNick Taylor is Lecturer in Political Economy and Deputy Director of the Political Economy Research Centre at Goldsmiths. He researches and publishes on unemployment and welfare as well as on the political economy of green finance. His work has appeared in \u003ci\u003eArea\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eJournal of Cultural Economy\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eCapital \u0026amp; Class\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMartina Tazzioli is Lecturer in Politics \u0026amp; Technology at Goldsmiths. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Making of Migration: The Biopoltics of Mobility at Europe's Borders\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSpaces of Governmentality\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eTunisia as a Revolutionised Space of Migration\u003c\/i\u003e. She is co-editor of \u003ci\u003eFoucault and the History of our Present \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eFoucault and the Making of Subjects\u003c\/i\u003e. She sits on the editorial board of \u003ci\u003eRadical Philosophy\u003c\/i\u003e and is an associate editor of \u003ci\u003ePolitics\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 320\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 8.3 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 19, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51767217520928,"sku":"9781913380120","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/ff0fe51fdc94cc2a9ab64bc81291c42c.webp?v=1780306905","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/unprecedented-how-covid-19-revealed-the-politics-of-our-economy-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}