New edition of this major work examining the development of neoliberalism
In this major work, sociologists Luc Boltanski and Eve Chiapello go to the heart of the changes in contemporary capitalism. Via an unprecedented analysis of the latest management texts that have formed the thinking of employers in their reorganization of business, the authors trace the contours of a new spirit of capitalism. They argue that from the middle of the 1970s onwards, capitalism abandoned the hierarchical Fordist work structure and developed a new network-based form of organization that was founded...

An exploration of the social thinking on management tools. Studying how management tools are infused by social norms and how they influence individual and group behaviours in organisations and society, this book provides an indispensable guide for scholars of management and social sciences, and professionals working with management tools.