
Market Citizenship
Experiments in Democracy and Globalization
Amanda Root(Author)
SAGE Publications Inc (Publisher)
1st Edition
Published on 18. June 2007
Book
Hardback
200 pages
978-0-7619-7443-7 (ISBN)
Description
Citizens are caught in a paradox. Voting levels are falling, there are growing feelings of powerlessness, social unfairness and yet citizens are constantly told that they have more choice as well as greater freedom and liberty.
This book brilliantly explains these discrepancies. It shows that the new definitions of freedom as responsibility to create prosperity through markets is seriously distorting citizenship whilst appearing to be unbiased and neutral. It exposes inconsistencies in the market-based and apolitical vision of our collective future. This book:
outlines how market citizenship involves a new kind of rationality in which citizens are defined as individualized utility maximizers
shows how the idea that citizens act primarily to develop their narrow self-interest has encouraged the creation of competitive governance mechanisms
analyses how market mechanisms are used to decide who are 'winners' and 'losers' - from the loss of youth groups funding to global treaties
discussess the shortfalls when key contemporary issues are tackled through 'win-win' solutions with business working alongside consumers, with little or no role for government
explaims how localism and the devolution of power is being used to support the status quo.
suggests new kinds of engagement are emerging because markets have undermined politics.
Essential reading for students, policy-makers and researchers of citizenship within sociology, politics, economics, geography and social policy.
This book brilliantly explains these discrepancies. It shows that the new definitions of freedom as responsibility to create prosperity through markets is seriously distorting citizenship whilst appearing to be unbiased and neutral. It exposes inconsistencies in the market-based and apolitical vision of our collective future. This book:
outlines how market citizenship involves a new kind of rationality in which citizens are defined as individualized utility maximizers
shows how the idea that citizens act primarily to develop their narrow self-interest has encouraged the creation of competitive governance mechanisms
analyses how market mechanisms are used to decide who are 'winners' and 'losers' - from the loss of youth groups funding to global treaties
discussess the shortfalls when key contemporary issues are tackled through 'win-win' solutions with business working alongside consumers, with little or no role for government
explaims how localism and the devolution of power is being used to support the status quo.
suggests new kinds of engagement are emerging because markets have undermined politics.
Essential reading for students, policy-makers and researchers of citizenship within sociology, politics, economics, geography and social policy.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Thousand Oaks
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 161 mm
Thickness: 15 mm
Weight
470 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7619-7443-7 (9780761974437)
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Content
PART ONE: Frameworks
Citizenship
Markets
Market Citizenship
PART TWO: Producer Promises
Choice
Politics
Freedoms
PART THREE: Consumer Demands
Trade
Environment
Democratic Deficit
PART FOUR: Reasons for Hope
Democratic Institutions
Citizens as Agents of Change
Citizenship
Markets
Market Citizenship
PART TWO: Producer Promises
Choice
Politics
Freedoms
PART THREE: Consumer Demands
Trade
Environment
Democratic Deficit
PART FOUR: Reasons for Hope
Democratic Institutions
Citizens as Agents of Change