The Return of Ordinary Capitalism: Neoliberalism, Precarity, Occupy

by Sanford F. Schram

As Frances Fox Piven and Richard Cloward argued in the early seventies, in a capitalist economy, social welfare policies alternatingly serve political and economic ends as circumstances dictate. In moments of political stability, governments emphasize a capitalistic work ethic (even if it means working a job that will leave one impoverished); when times are less politically stable, states liberalize welfare policies to recreate the conditions for...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0190253029
• ISBN13: 9780190253028
• Release Date: September 2015
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.1"