The Politics of Economic Life
Seiten
2017
Routledge (Verlag)
978-0-8153-7022-2 (ISBN)
Routledge (Verlag)
978-0-8153-7022-2 (ISBN)
The Politics of Economic Life explores the ways by which practices of consumption, work, production and entrepreneurship can be imbued with political strategy and ideology, and assesses the potentials and perils of the politicization of economic activity for democracy in the 21st century.
In recent years, economic life has become increasingly politicized: now, every company has a ‘philosophy’, promising its customers some ethical surplus in return for buying their products; consumers shop for change; workers engage in individualized forms of employee activism such as whistleblowing; and governments contribute to the re-configuration of the economic sphere as a site of political contestation by reminding corporate and private economic actors of their duty to ‘do their bit’.
The Politics of Economic Life addresses this trend by exploring the ways in which practices of consumption, work, production, and entrepreneurship are imbued with political strategy and ideology, and assesses the potentials and perils of the politicization of economic activity for democracy in the 21st century.
In recent years, economic life has become increasingly politicized: now, every company has a ‘philosophy’, promising its customers some ethical surplus in return for buying their products; consumers shop for change; workers engage in individualized forms of employee activism such as whistleblowing; and governments contribute to the re-configuration of the economic sphere as a site of political contestation by reminding corporate and private economic actors of their duty to ‘do their bit’.
The Politics of Economic Life addresses this trend by exploring the ways in which practices of consumption, work, production, and entrepreneurship are imbued with political strategy and ideology, and assesses the potentials and perils of the politicization of economic activity for democracy in the 21st century.
Martin Beckstein is Postdoctoral Assistant for Political Theory at the University of Zurich.
Contents: Chapter 1: The Politicization of Economic Activity Chapter 2: Towards a Micro-Political Approach to Economic Life Chapter 3: The Marketplace as a Site of Politics Chapter 4: Work and the World of Micropolitics Chapter 5: Shopping for Change? Chapter 6: Political (By-)Products of Economic Production Chapter 7: Entrepreneurial Space Production Chapter 8: Faraway, So Close
| Erscheinungsdatum | 07.10.2017 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Routledge Innovations in Political Theory |
| Zusatzinfo | 3 Tables, black and white; 3 Halftones, black and white; 3 Illustrations, black and white |
| Verlagsort | New York |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 152 x 229 mm |
| Gewicht | 453 g |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Allgemeines / Lexika |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Systeme | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Theorie | |
| Wirtschaft ► Volkswirtschaftslehre ► Wirtschaftspolitik | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-8153-7022-9 / 0815370229 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-8153-7022-2 / 9780815370222 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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