Interrogating the Neoliberal Lifecycle: The Limits of Success

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In this timely collection, contributors from a number of disciplines discuss neoliberal visions of success, and the subsequent effects they have on the construction of the lifecycle. Frequently mentioned in popular political discourse, the notion of neoliberalism is often deployed as shorthand for the consensus that austerity is necessary and the hard-working individual can survive it. This volume unpicks and interrogates the term by engaging with the interface between the political ubiquity of neoliberal forms and its lived experience in neoliberal societies, cutting across a multiplicity of factors including gender, age, and access to education. Impressive in its wide scope and analysis, Interrogating the Neoliberal Lifecycle presents an informed discussion not only of the limits of the neoliberal paradigm but also of possible alternatives. Front Matter ....Pages i-xi Introduction: Welcome to the Neoliberal Life Cycle! (Beverley Clack, Michele Paule)....Pages 1-16 Front Matter ....Pages 17-17 Personal Moral Autonomy, Responsibility and Choice: Do We Know What Our Cultural Discourses Are Doing to Young People’s Mental Health? (Philippa Donald)....Pages 19-38 Boys from the Bronx, Men from Manhattan: Gender, Aspiration and Imagining a (Neoliberal) Future After High School in New York City (Patrick Alexander)....Pages 39-65 Girl Trouble: Not the Ideal Neoliberal Subject (Michele Paule)....Pages 67-93 Front Matter ....Pages 95-95 Paying for Success “Outside Your World”: Antagonising Neoliberal Higher Education (Louise Livesey)....Pages 97-126 Universities: The Neoliberal Agenda (Bob Brecher)....Pages 127-142 Front Matter ....Pages 143-143 Gender Equality, Austerity, Vulnerabilities and Resistance in the Spanish Neoliberal Life Cycle (Louise Grisoni, Sonia Ruiz)....Pages 145-167 Towards a Manifesto: On the Love of Failure (Susan Crozier)....Pages 169-188 ‘I Don’t Want to Live Too Long!’: Successful Aging and the Failure of Longevity in Japan (Jason Danely)....Pages 189-212 Front Matter ....Pages 213-213 Old Age and the Neoliberal Life Course (Susan Pickard)....Pages 215-234 Death and Dying in “Third Way” Death Manuals: Shaping Life and Death After Neoliberalism (Beverley Clack)....Pages 235-252 Front Matter ....Pages 253-253 Afterword: Advice for a Life Beyond Neoliberalism? (Beverley Clack, Michele Paule)....Pages 255-262 Back Matter ....Pages 263-268