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Foundational economy collective : the infrastructure of everyday life / Foundational Economy Collective ; Davide Arcidiacono [and twenty-one others].
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- The Foundational Economy Collective, author.
- Series:
- Manchester capitalism.
- 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:
- 1 online resource (xxx, 176 pages) : illustrations (black and white), digital, PDF file(s).
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2018.
- Language Note:
- In English.
- Summary:
- The foundational economy means those universally necessary goods and services that form the basis of a civilised life: everything from clean piped water to decent health care. In the last generation privatisation and outsourcing have degraded this provision. The book documents all this, and shows how it can be renewed.
- Contents:
- Front matter
- Contents
- List of exhibits
- Foreword
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations and glossary
- 1 Introduction
- 2 (Re)discovering the foundational
- 3 Wrecking the foundational
- 4 The constitution of the foundational
- 5 Renewing the foundational
- Measuring and shaping the economy
- References
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9781526158727
- 1526158728
- 9781526133984
- 1526133989
- OCLC:
- 1467877775
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