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The Neoliberal Revolution: Forging the Market State

By Richard Robison

Book information

Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Year
2006
ISBN
1403997152, 9781403997159, 9780230625235
LCC
JZ1318 .N46 2006
Open Library ID
OL22726248M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
966 kB (989176 bytes)
Series
International Political Economy
Pages
304\304
Topic
Economy
Orientation
yes
Scanned
no
Time added
2010-05-31 00:48:14

Description

The book examines the rise of the amalgam of economic and political ideas we know as neo-liberalism and how these became the defining orthodoxy of our times. It investigates the inexorable global spread of market economies and how neo-liberal agendas are accommodated or hijacked in collisions with authoritarian states and populist oligarchies. The contributors address conflicts within the neo-liberal camp itself, and ask whether neo-liberalism, with its inherent distrust of politics and fear of society, requires an illiberal state defined by techno-managerial rule, or whether it invites descent into populist social contracts.

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