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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Colin Crouch (London School of Economics)Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd Imprint: Polity Press Dimensions: Width: 14.50cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 22.40cm Weight: 0.358kg ISBN: 9780745669854ISBN 10: 0745669859 Pages: 200 Publication Date: 30 October 2015 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Out of stock ![]() The supplier is temporarily out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you on backorder and shipped when it becomes available. Table of ContentsList of abbreviations Acknowledgements 1. Neoliberalism and the problem of knowledge 2. Knowledge and the problem of capitalism 3. The corrosion of the public service ethos 4. Knowledge for citizens, customers or objects? 5. Citizens, customers, professionals, politicians and moneymen References IndexReviews""Accessible to all, here's a book to be read by all who rely on increasingly beleaguered 'public services'. We can see how reliant our politicians have become on what some have called 'policy - based evidence' rather than 'evidence-based policy'. Crouch shows with his customary incisive clarity why this hasn't worked and just what's wrong with relying so heavily on markets and neo-liberalism."" Sir Tim Brighouse Accessible to all, here's a book to be read by all who rely on increasingly beleaguered 'public services'. We can see how reliant our politicians have become on what some have called 'policy - based evidence' rather than 'evidence-based policy'. Crouch shows with his customary incisive clarity why this hasn't worked and just what's wrong with relying so heavily on markets and neo-liberalism. Sir Tim Brighouse Accessible to all, here's a book to be read by all who rely on increasingly beleaguered 'public services'. We can see how reliant our politicians have become on what some have called 'policy - based evidence' rather than 'evidence-based policy'. Crouch shows with his customary incisive clarity why this hasn't worked and just what's wrong with relying so heavily on markets and neo-liberalism. Sir Tim Brighouse Author InformationCOLIN CROUCH is Professor Emeritus of the University of Warwick, and the External Scientific member of the Max Planck Institute for Social Research at Cologne. His many books include Post-democracy, The Strange Non-Death of Neoliberalism, and Making Capitalism Fit for Society. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |