Politics and Neoliberalism: Structure, Process and Outcome: 16 - Rilegato

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ISBN 10: 0762314354 ISBN 13: 9780762314355

Casa editrice: Jai, 2007

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The articles in this volume directly or indirectly examine central tenets of neoliberalism: interference with market mechanisms is the cause of poor economic performance, and returning to market fundamentalism will restore prosperity. Despite these bold claims, scholars have not examined the extent to which neoliberal policies result in positive outcomes or whether economic successes are explained by neoliberalism. This volume of "Research in Political Sociology" assesses these neoliberal claims. The introductory article compares classical liberalism to neoliberalism, and summarizes the political-legal changes in corporations environment and the redistribution of income and wealth from the mid-1970s to the present in the United States.The first part of this volume examines the effects of neoliberal policies on higher education in the state of Missouri and workers health in Canada, and whether neoliberalism can explain changes in social service provisions and economic development initiatives by local US governments. The second part of this volume examines how the politics of neoliberal reforms affected polices of racial redress in Fuji and Tanzania, and the capacity of neoliberalism to explain economic development and change in the organization of business enterprises in China and India. Together, these articles find little support for the claims of neoliberalism, which suggests that liberalism is better understood as an ideology than as a theory.

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PREFACE

POLITICS, NEOLIBERALISM, AND MARKET FUNDAMENTALISM: AN INTRODUCTION
John Harms and Harland Prechel

PART I: REDISTRIBUTION AND INSECURITY UNDER THE NEOLIBERAL REGIME

THE LOCAL STATE, DECENTRALIZATION, AND NEOLIBERAL ROLL-OUT: A COMPARATIVE, SUBNATIONAL ANALYSIS OF GROWTH AND REDISTRIBUTION RESPONSES
Linda Laboo

WORK-RELATED INSECURITY IN THE NEW ECONOMY: EVALUATING THE CONSEQUENCES FOR HEALTH
Heather Scott-Marshall

NEOLIBERALISM AND SOCIAL IMBALANCE: HIGHER EDUCATION IN MISSOURI
John Harms

REMAKING CORPORATE WELFARE: NEOLIBERALISM AND THE CRITIQUE OF CORPORATE SUBSIDIES
Daniel Egan

PART II: NEOLIBERALISM IN AND GLOBALIZATION

CHINESE FIRMS UNDER TRANSFORMATION: CORPORATE RESTRUCTURING, EMPLOYEE LAYOFF AND MANAGEMENT TURNOVER IN 1990s
Lu Zheng and Jean Oi

NEO-LIBERALISM AND RACIAL REDRESS: INDIGENIZATION AND POLITICS IN TANZANIA AND FIJI
Erik Larson and Ron Aminzade

TRANSFORMATION OF THE POLITICAL-LEGAL ENVIRONMENT AND THE MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS BOOM IN INDIA
Shilpa Ranganathan and Harland Prechel

PART III:
CRISIS, PROFITABILITY AND CLASS STRUGGLE: THE THEORY AND PROLIFERATION OF NEO-LIBERALISM
John OConnor

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Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Jai
• Data di pubblicazione: 2007
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0762314354
• ISBN 13: 9780762314355
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 247
• Redattore: Prechel Harland N.
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