Neoliberalism in question
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2016
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O'Neill, P.
Weller, S.
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Springer, S.
Birch, K.
MacLeavy, J.
Birch, K.
MacLeavy, J.
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Source details - Title: The handbook of neoliberalism, 2016 / Springer, S., Birch, K., MacLeavy, J. (ed./s), Ch.7, pp.84-92
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The question is: what is this neoliberalism? This book abounds with definitions - a motivating spirit, a theoretical approach, an internationalized policy framework, a mobile policy knowledge, a complex of regimes, a set of practices, a cultural orientation infiltrating contemporary life, and so o n. This chapter, which takes its title from Andrew Sayer's (1989) critique Post-Fordism in Question, challenges the usefulness of calling so many different ideas and practices neoliberalism. Our objective is to question the usefulness of the concept as a framework for explaining contemporary capitalism and the politics surrounding it, and to ask whether neoliberalism's power to shape contemporary societies is overstated.
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Copyright 2016 Routledge