Foundational economy : the infrastructure of everyday life / Foundational Economy Collective.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Foundational Economy Collective.

Contributor:

John Lammey Stewart Memorial Library Fund.

Series:

Manchester capitalism

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Municipal services--Economic aspects.

Municipal services.

Privatization--Social aspects.

Privatization.

Social policy--Economic aspects.

Social policy.

Community development--Economic aspects.

Community development.

Welfare economics.

Physical Description:

xxx, 176 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.

Place of Publication:

Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2018.

Summary:

Privatisation, market choice, outsourcing: these are the watchwords that have shaped policy in numerous democratic states in the last generation. The end result is the degradation of the foundational economy. The foundational economy encompasses the material infrastructure at the foundation of civilised life - things like water pipes and sewers - and the providential services like education, health care and care for the old which are at the base of any civilised life. This book shows how these services were built up in the century between 1880 and 1980 so that they were collectively paid for, collectively delivered and collectively consumed. This system of provision has been undermined in the age of privatisation and outsourcing. The book describes the principles that should guide renewal of the foundational economy and the initiatives which could begin to put these principles into practice. -- .

Contents:

Introduction: foundational matters

(Re)discovering the foundational

Wrecking the foundational

The constitution of the foundational

Renewing the foundational.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the John Lammey Stewart Memorial Library Fund.

ISBN:

1526134004

9781526134004

OCLC:

1028623326

Publisher Number:

99978078981