商品簡介
This interesting slim volume examines the social and cultural costs of the era of the "Third Way," the globalized, business-modeled, policies exemplified by the Clinton administration in the US and, as pertains to this work, the Tony Blair, New Labor era in the UK. Jordan, a former social worker and professor of social policy at the University of Plymouth, argues that contrary to the Third Way's stated goals of rational banking oligarchy and social justice, the "contractualizing" of interactions formerly governed by moral, traditional or cultural rules has created a world in which the glue that had any chance of promoting real interdependence and social caring has been replaced with simple cost benefit analysis based on the best interests of the solitary actor. The work is well researched and notated and will appeal to students of political science, economics and social policy. Distributed in the US by ISBS. Annotation c2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
作者簡介
Bill Jordan is Professor of Social Policy at the University of Plymouth. He has held visiting chairs in Germany, the Netherlands, Denmark, Slovakia and Hungary. He worked for 20 years in the UK social services, and is the author of 27 books on social policy, social theory, politics and social work.
