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Sylvia Walby OBE is Professor of Sociology and UNESCO Chair in Gender Research at Lancaster University. She has been a Research Consultant to the UK Equality and Human Rights Commission and the UN Division for the Advancement of Women, and is author of many books including Theorizing Patriarchy and The Future of Feminism
This extraordinary book gives us a sharp and illuminating examination of a condition that it is easy to think we understand until we read this book. We may all be touched by it but Walby shows us all that is actually mobilized in producing the outcomes. Saskia Sassen, Columbia University, author of Expulsions Sylvia Walby's new complexity theory analysis of the current crises adds an essential dimension, addressing the financial, economic, welfare state and political ramifications of the crisis as strongly connected dynamics. She convincingly argues why the conflict between democracy and capitalism can only be resolved through a deepening of democracy. As such, her book is an indispensable academic intervention in the politics of knowledge and empowers academics, politicians and citizens alike to address crisis. Mieke Verloo, Radboud University A lucid text that ranges across disciplines yet maintains accessibility for a wide readership including sociologists, policy communities, students, and activists. [Walby] has produced a book that comfortably straddles the alleged divides among professional, policy, public, and critical sociology Crisis makes signal contributions to sociological analysis and presents a pragmatic alternative to neoliberalism, which could be fairly readily implemented. American Journal of Sociology
