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Taking a chronological approach, this book challenges established
economistic and ideologistic narratives of neoliberalism in Britain
by charting the gradual diffusion of an increasingly
interventionist neoliberal governmental rationality in British
politics since the late 1970s, and the various means by which the
project has furnished itself with a hegemonic basis for its popular
support. Spanning five decades of British political history and
drawing on rich empirical evidence to bring conceptual clarity to,
and chart the effects of, a style of government bound up with a
host of epochal changes, it concludes by considering Brexit and the
rise of Corbynism as the final act in the neoliberal saga. It then
poses the question, Is British politics on the verge of a major
reconstruction representing a decisive rejection of neoliberalism?
This book will be of key interest to scholars and students of
British politics and neoliberalism, liberalism and, more broadly to
political theory, political economy and public policy.
Taking a chronological approach, this book challenges established
economistic and ideologistic narratives of neoliberalism in Britain
by charting the gradual diffusion of an increasingly
interventionist neoliberal governmental rationality in British
politics since the late 1970s, and the various means by which the
project has furnished itself with a hegemonic basis for its popular
support. Spanning five decades of British political history and
drawing on rich empirical evidence to bring conceptual clarity to,
and chart the effects of, a style of government bound up with a
host of epochal changes, it concludes by considering Brexit and the
rise of Corbynism as the final act in the neoliberal saga. It then
poses the question, Is British politics on the verge of a major
reconstruction representing a decisive rejection of neoliberalism?
This book will be of key interest to scholars and students of
British politics and neoliberalism, liberalism and, more broadly to
political theory, political economy and public policy.
This book illustrates the cyclical pattern in the kinds of dilemmas
that confront political leaders and, in particular, disjunctive
political leaders affiliated with vulnerable political regimes. The
volume covers three major episodes in disjunction: the interwar
crisis between 1923 and 1940, afflicting Stanley Baldwin, Ramsay
MacDonald and Neville Chamberlain; the collapse of Keynesian
welfarism between 1970 and 1979, dealt with by Edward Heath, Harold
Wilson and James Callaghan; and the ongoing crisis of neoliberalism
beginning in 2008, affecting Gordon Brown, David Cameron and
Theresa May. Based on this series of case studies of disjunctive
prime ministers, the authors conclude that effective disjunctive
leadership is premised on judicious use of the prime ministerial
toolkit in terms of deciding whether, when and where to act,
effective diagnostic and choice framing, and the ability to manage
both crises and regimes.
The toy industry is one of the most consistently misunderstood
sectors of American business, comprising a wide range of businesses
under one banner—entertainment, commodities, fashion, and
licensing—that each behave differently. Unlike other industries,
more than 40 percent of products are new every year, and success
often depends on the whims of a child.Currently about $22 billion
per year at wholesale for traditional toys, the United States toy
industry has remained relatively constant since the 1990s, with a
short-term boom in 2020 and 2021 in response to a global pandemic.
This edition has been updated to reflect these and other dynamic
changes in recent years, including the impacts of shifts in
marketing, technology, consumption, and retailing. It offers an
introduction to the structure, practices, and market forces that
impact the toy industry, including a short history, a description
of the current market landscape, product trends, emerging
opportunities and threats and expectations for the future. The
primary focus is the U.S. toy industry, but one cannot ignore the
global scope of the business, particularly with respect to
manufacturing and opportunities for growth in emerging markets. It
is intended to provide a foundation for understanding the diverse
and dynamic nature of the toy industry and many things that make it
unique and to introduce this fast-paced, always changing and
fiercely competitive business where success is often more an art
than a science.
The toy industry is one of the most consistently misunderstood
sectors of American business, comprising a wide range of businesses
under one banner-entertainment, commodities, fashion and
licensing-that each behave differently. Broad-based change is
constant, with more than 40 percent of toy products new each year.
The U.S. market comprises about 600 publicly and privately held
companies, valued at about $22 billion per year at wholesale for
traditional toys, which has remained relatively constant since the
1990s. It is also the only industry where success depends on the
whims of a child. This book is a concise and in-depth introduction
to the structure, practices, and market forces that impact the toy
industry, including a short history, a description of the current
market landscape, product trends, emerging opportunities and
threats and expectations for the future, as well as aspects of
retailing, consumer behavior, and financial markets. While the
book's primary focus is the U.S. toy industry, one cannot ignore
the global scope of the business, particularly related to
manufacturing, growth potential and emerging markets. It is
intended to provide a foundation for understanding the diverse and
dynamic nature of the toy industry and many things that make it
unique and to provide an introduction to this fast-paced, always
changing and fiercely competitive business where success is often
more an art than a science.
Although Aristotle's contribution to biology has long been
recognized, there are many philosophers and historians of science
who still hold that he was the great delayer of natural science,
calling him the man who held up the Scientific Revolution by two
thousand years. They argue that Aristotle never considered the
nature of matter as such or the changes that perceptible objects
undergo simply as physical objects; he only thought about the many
different, specific natures found in perceptible objects.
Aristotle's Science of Matter and Motion focuses on refuting this
misconception, arguing that Aristotle actually offered a systematic
account of matter, motion, and the basic causal powers found in all
physical objects. Author Christopher Byrne sheds lights on
Aristotle's account of matter, revealing how Aristotle maintained
that all perceptible objects are ultimately made from physical
matter of one kind or another, accounting for their basic common
features. For Aristotle, then, matter matters a great deal.
The toy industry is one of the most consistently misunderstood
sectors of American business. Thats no surprise because on many
levels it resists easy definition. Its a commodity business. No,
its a fashion business. No, its a consumer products business. No,
its an entertainment business. The fact is its all of these
businesses, each of which addresses and responds to market forces
differently. And often, especially with the larger, publicly traded
companies all of these businesses share a balance sheet. This book
will provide a concise and in-depth introduction to the structure,
practices and market forces that impact the toy industry. It will
offer a short history of the industry, a description of the current
market landscape, major and emerging industry competitors,
contemporary trends, changes and expectations for the future. It
will further cover aspects of retailing, consumer behavior, and
financial markets as they relate to the industry. As noted, the
book will focus primarily on the U.S. toy industry, but will
provide guidelines for extrapolating the information to the global
toy market and a highlight of those issues, such as manufacturing,
that are relatively consistent worldwide. The book is intended to
provide a foundation for understanding the diverse and changing
nature of the toy industry and to help readers develop a context
for appreciating it relevant to other, more predictable and
definable industries. Many studentsaEURO"and professionals for that
matteraEURO"come to the toy industry ill equipped for success
because they are unable to understand the various disciplines and
business practices it encompasses and therefore unable to apply
those practices appropriately for the product or product category.
A preschool toy will never behave like a toy from a hot movie. Its
something many successful people in the business know and have
learned over time, but it remains a mystery to the uninitiated.
Withal this book is intended as an initiation into a fascinating,
fast-paced and fiercely competitive business that is very often
more an art than a science.
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