The Antidote
How People-Powered Movements Can Renew Politics, Policy and Practice
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Bristol University Press
Publishing:28th May '25
£19.99
This title is due to be published on 28th May, and will be despatched as soon as possible.
The gap between personal and formal politics has been widening globally and locally. As personal politics have become more inclusive and egalitarian inspired by new social movements, neoliberal ideologies have undermined democracy, increasing isolation, inequality, poverty, disease and environmental threat. Yet this paradox may also offer a path to transformation.
Using international evidence and examples, The Antidote explores what we can learn from the equalisation of personal roles and relationships that’s been taking place, to help us reconnect with ourselves and each other and make possible more participatory and liberatory policy and politics. It sets out the barriers we face and offers a route map to bring an end to the destructive effects of unfettered neoliberal ideology, economics, policy and politics.
“Wholly original and timely, and steeped in the current moment, this is a book to savour slowly and to remain in frequent dialogue with.” Peter Barham, psychologist, historian and author
“Beresford provides a comprehensive and thought-provoking analysis of the consequences of neoliberalism and offers a guide to how we can challenge its damaging social consequences”. Lee Gregory, University of Nottingham
ISBN: 9781447375449
Dimensions: unknown
Weight: unknown
256 pages