Beyond defeat and austerity : disrupting (the critical political economy of) neoliberal Europe This book takes as its point of departure the observation that much of the critical discussion of the European political economy and the Eurozone crisis has focused upon an impending sense that solidaristic achievements built up during the first thirty years of the post war period are being continuously unravelled.Bailey et al argue thatwhilst there are clearly many reasons to lament and be concerned about the trajectory of change within Europe s political economy there are nevertheless also important developments trends and processes