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.
General
| Imprint: |
JAI Press Inc.
|
| Country of origin: |
United States |
| Series: |
Research in Political Sociology |
| Release date: |
August 2007 |
| First published: |
2007 |
| Editors: |
Harland Prechel
|
| Dimensions: |
229 x 152 x 24mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Hardcover
|
| Pages: |
268 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-0-7623-1435-5 |
| Categories: |
Books >
Social sciences >
General
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| LSN: |
0-7623-1435-4 |
| Barcode: |
9780762314355 |
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