Neoliberal hegemony : a global critique / edited by Dieter Plehwe, Bernhard Walpen and Gisela Neunhöffer.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Plehwe, Dieter.

Walpen, Bernhard.

Neunhöffer, Gisela, 1972-

Series:

RIPE series in global political economy

Routledge/RIPE studies in global political economy ; 18.

Routledge/RIPE studies in global political economy ; 18

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Liberalism.

Free enterprise.

Free trade.

Globalization.

International economic relations.

Physical Description:

xviii, 294 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 2006.

Summary:

Neoliberalism is fast becoming the dominant ideology of our age, yet politicians, businessmen and academics rarely identify themselves with it, and even political forces critical of it continue to carry out neoliberal policies around the globe. How can we make sense of this paradox? Who actually are "the neoliberals"?

This book provides a comprehensive account of the creation and reproduction of the current neoliberal hegemony; focusing on both the strategies for and opposition to the production and distribution of neoliberal ideas in a diverse range of contexts. The authors survey the global network of think tanks, policy institutes, corporate planning groups, intellectuals, political and corporate leaders which have underpinned the ideological and political dominance of neoliberalism, and consequently, neoliberal forms of globalization. This volume also analyses the following. Specific neoliberal projects, regional contexts and structures of knowledge. The effects of neoliberalism on international institutions-from the World Bank to the UN. The growing corporate and political connections. The impact of neoliberalism on popular culture, education and other ideologies. The various forms of opposition to neoliberalism.

Broadening our collective understanding of neoliberalism, this book will be of great interest to students and scholars of international political economy and globalization.

Contents:

Introduction: Reconsidering neoliberal hegemony / Dieter Plehwe, Bernhard Walpen, Gisela Neunhoffer 1

Part I Global neoliberal projects 25

1 Between network and complex organization: the making of neoliberal knowledge and hegemony / Dieter Plehwe, Bernhard Walpen 27

2 Neoliberalism, capitalist class formation and the global network of corporations and policy groups / William K. Carroll, Colin Carson 51

3 Peddling reform: the role of think tanks in shaping the neoliberal policy agenda for the World Bank and International Monetary Fund / Christian E. Weller, Laura Singleton 70

Part II Neoliberal hegemonic constellations in the (semi)periphery: transnational and domestic roots 87

4 Why is there no third way? The role of neoliberal ideology, networks and think tanks in combating market socialism and shaping transformation in Poland / Dorothee Bohle, Gisela Neunhoffer 89

5 The neoliberal ascendancy and East Asia: geo-politics, development theory and the end of the authoritarian developmental state in South Korea / Mark T. Berger 105

6 The Mexican economy since NAFTA: socioeconomic integration or disintegration? / Enrique Dussel Peters 120

Part III Neoliberal discourse relations: dissemination, diffusion, and adaptation 139

7 The great lie: markets, freedom and knowledge / Richard Hull 141

8 Frontiers and dystopias: libertarian ideology in science fiction / Peter Josef Muhlbauer 156

9 The education of neoliberalism / Oliver Scholler, Olaf Groh-Samberg 171

10 Gender mainstreaming: integrating women into a neoliberal Europe? / Susanne Schunter-Kleemann, Dieter Plehwe 188

Part IV Major hegemonic battle lines 205

11 Neoliberalism and communitarianism: social conditions, discourses and politics / Hans-Jurgen Bieling 207

12 Neoliberalism and cultural nationalism: a danse macabre / Radhika Desai 222

13 The world wide web of anti-neoliberalism: emerging forms of post-Fordist protest and the impossibility of global Keynesianism / Ulrich Brand 236.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [252]-283) and index.

ISBN:

0415373271

OCLC:

58647907

Publisher Number:

9780415373272