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Melinda Cooper

    Melinda Cooper sa zameriava na skúmanie dopadov biotechnológie a kapitalizmu v neoliberálnom období. Jej dielo sa ponára do zložitých vzťahov medzi vedou, ekonomikou a spoločnosťou. Skúma, ako tieto sily formujú moderný život a naše chápanie ľudskej existencie. Jej prístup je analytický a kritický.

    Counterrevolution
    Life as Surplus
    The Asset Economy
    Family Values
    • 2024

      "This book seeks to explain the combination of austerity and extravagance that characterizes government spending and central bank monetary policy in our times"--

      Counterrevolution
    • 2020

      The Asset Economy

      • 176 stránok
      • 7 hodin čítania

      This book examines rising inequality in Anglo-capitalist societies, attributing it to the emergence of an asset economy where asset ownership surpasses employment in determining class status. It explores generational impacts, wealth disparities, urban property inflation, and the disconnect between public expectations and policy priorities.

      The Asset Economy
    • 2017

      Family Values

      • 448 stránok
      • 16 hodin čítania
      4,5(212)Ohodnotiť

      An investigation of the roots of the alliance between free-market neoliberals and social conservatives.

      Family Values
    • 2008

      Life as Surplus

      • 222 stránok
      • 8 hodin čítania
      3,9(64)Ohodnotiť

      Focusing on the period from 1970s onwards, this is a study of the relationship between politics, economics, science, and cultural values in the United States. It demonstrates that the history of biotechnology cannot be understood without taking into account the simultaneous rise of neo-liberalism as a political force and an economic policy.

      Life as Surplus