{"product_id":"karl-polanyi-and-the-paradoxes-of-the-double-movement","title":"Karl Polanyi and the Paradoxes of the Double Movement","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis book offers a critical reconstruction of the double movement, the central thesis of Karl Polanyi’s \u003ci\u003eThe Great Transformation\u003c\/i\u003e, one of the most influential books of the 20th century. The double movement is the establishment of a free market economy and the subsequent effort by society to ameliorate the destructive effects of the market. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn Polanyi’s bold vision, the double movement constituted the hidden gear of social change and historical transformation within capitalism. The book is a forensic examination and critique of Polanyi’s argument. It develops an interpretive framework of the double movement as four interrelated social processes: the establishment of the self-regulating market, the rise of a market society that deepens and extends market imperatives, a social protection phase that constrains the market and safeguards society, and the contradictions and crises that result from this clash of social principles. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book will be an indispensable guide for students and scholars across the social sciences which illuminates the relevance of Polanyi’s insights to a critical understanding of the contemporary era –the scourge of insecurity and inequality, the multiple crises of neoliberalism, the rise of right wing populism- as well as those interested in egalitarian and emancipatory alternatives to capitalism. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45541748441326,"sku":"9780415390798","price":227.2,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/bookland.com.au\/products\/karl-polanyi-and-the-paradoxes-of-the-double-movement","provider":"Book Land AU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}