authority, sovereignty and the logic of competition /
First Statement of Responsibility
William Davies
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
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xiii, 220 pages ;
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24 cm
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Theory, culture & society
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 202-214) and index
SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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This text examines the efforts and failures of economic experts to make government and public life amenable to measurement, and to re-model society and state in terms of competition. It explores the practical use of economic techniques and conventions by policy-makers, politicians, regulators and judges and how these practices are being adapted to the perceived failings of the neoliberal model