{"product_id":"the-logic-of-discipline-global-capitalism-and-the-architecture-of-government-9780199846146","title":"The Logic of Discipline: Global Capitalism and the Architecture of Government","description":"The era of economic liberalization, spanning 1978 to 2008, is often regarded as a period in which government was simply dismantled. In fact, government was reconstructed to meet the needs of a globalized economy. Central banking, fiscal control, tax collection, regulation, port and airport\u003cbr\u003emanagement, infrastructure development-in all of these areas, radical reforms were made to the architecture of government. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA common philosophy shaped all of these reforms: the logic of discipline. It was premised on deep skepticism about the ability of democratic processes to make sensible policy choices. It sought to impose constraints on elected officials and citizens, often by shifting power to technocrat-guardians\u003cbr\u003ewho were shielded from political influence. It placed great faith in the power of legal changes--new laws, treaties, and contracts--to produce significant alterations in the performance of governmental systems. Even before the global economic crisis of 2007-2009, the logic of discipline was under\u003cbr\u003eassault. Faced with many failed reform projects, advocates of discipline realized that they had underestimated the complexity of governmental change. Opponents of discipline emphasized the damage to democratic values that followed from the empowerment of new groups of technocrat-guardians. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe financial crisis did further damage to the logic of discipline, as governments modified their attitudes about central bank independence and fiscal control, and global financial and trade flows declined. It was the market that now appeared to behave myopically and erratically--and which now\u003cbr\u003einsisted that governments should abandon precepts about the role of government that it had once insisted were inviolable. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA sweeping account of neoliberal governmental restructuring across the world, \u003cem\u003eThe Logic of Discipline\u003c\/em\u003e offers a powerful analysis of how this undemocratic model is unraveling in the face of a monumental--and ongoing--failure of the market.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Alasdair Roberts\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/01\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 220\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.69lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.46d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780199846146\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAlasdair Roberts\u003c\/strong\u003e is the Jerome L. Rappaport Professor of Law and Public Policy at Suffolk University Law School. He is also a Fellow of the US National Academy of Public Administration and an Honorary Senior Research Fellow of the School of Public Policy, University College London. Professor\u003cbr\u003eRoberts received his law degree from the University of Toronto and his PhD in public policy from Harvard University. He is co-editor of the journal \u003cem\u003eGovernance\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Oxford University Press, USA","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40349976592499,"sku":"9.7802E+12","price":61.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_d424e29c-1a7d-4755-af43-67bd8175f8f2.jpg?v=1660050341","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/the-logic-of-discipline-global-capitalism-and-the-architecture-of-government-9780199846146","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}