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This book brings together in one volume contributions made to the public debate that has developed around the Kilburn Manifesto, a Soundings project that seeks to map the political, economic, social and cultural contours of neoliberalism. The manifesto opens with a framing statement and each chapter then analyses a specific issue or theme. The contributors call into question the neoliberal order itself, and find radical alternatives to its foundational assumptions. Contributors: Beatrix Campbell, John Clarke, Sally Davison, Stuart Hall, Ben Little, Doreen Massey, Janet Newman, Alan O'Shea, Platform, Michael Rustin, George Shire Stuart Hall, Doreen Massey and Michael Rustin founded Soundings in 1995. Doreen Massey is Emeritus Professor of Geography at the Open University. Michael Rustin is Professor of Sociology at the University of East London. Stuart Hall was Emeritus Professor at the Open University. 'The Kilburn Manifesto is a fitting testament to the contribution of Stuart Hall to British political life. It presents an incisive and powerful analysis of the current neoliberal moment making it essential reading for anyone interested not only in understanding the present but also in developing strategies for intervening into it.' Alan Finlayson, Professor of Political and Social Theory at The University of East Anglia
Stuart Hall
Stuart Hall taught at the Centre for Contemporary Cultural Studies at Birmingham University from 1964 to 1979, and was Professor of Sociology at the Open University from 1979. He was a founding editor of Soundings and wrote widely on politics and culture, including pioneering work on Thatcherism, race, empire and representation. The Observer called him 'one of the UK's leading cultural theorists'.
Doreen Massey
Doreen Massey (1944 - 2016) was a geographer, theorist and political activist. She was widely renowned for her work on globalisation, cities and reconceptualisation of place. She was widely renowned for her work on globalisation, cities and reconceptualisation of place. Her sophisticated yet accessible work on spatial divisions of labour, on how place is gendered, and on the complexities of space were influential across the social sciences and humanities where she was awarded the Prix Vautrin Lud ('the Nobel Prize for Geography') in 1998. She co-founded Soundings: A Journal of Politics and Culture in 1995 with Michael Rustin and Stuart Hall.
Michael Rustin
Michael Rustin is professor and head of the Sociology Department at North East London Polytechnic. He is the author of For a Pluralist Socialism (Verso 1985) and with Margaret Rustin, Narratives of Love and Loss.
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