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Revisiting neoliberalism in the age of rising authoritarianisms: Between convictions and contradictions

Emel Akcali Orcid Logo

Routledge International Handbook of Global Studies, Pages: 97 - 107

Swansea University Author: Emel Akcali Orcid Logo

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This chapter scrutinizes the conundrum about neoliberalism by exploring the current convictions, contradictions, and ambiguities of ‘actually existing neoliberalism[s]’ (Brenner & Theodore, 2002), or, how their variegated character may lead to or sustain authoritarianism. ‘Actually existing neol...

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Published in: Routledge International Handbook of Global Studies
ISBN: 9780429470325
Published: London Routledge 2020
Online Access: https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/e/9780429470325/chapters/10.4324/9780429470325-7
URI: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa55283
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Abstract: This chapter scrutinizes the conundrum about neoliberalism by exploring the current convictions, contradictions, and ambiguities of ‘actually existing neoliberalism[s]’ (Brenner & Theodore, 2002), or, how their variegated character may lead to or sustain authoritarianism. ‘Actually existing neoliberalism’ reveals that despite having common points of reference, context-specific conditions, experiments, and struggles have meant that neoliberalism has never materialized in any one singular or uniform manner since its instigation in the 1970s (Peck, Theodore, & Brenner, 2009). This compels studying the hybrid character of neoliberalism. Such an analysis can avoid simplistic definitions of neoliberalism by more carefully exploring and comparing context-specific ‘neoliberal’ regulatory experiments. It can also help us better comprehend as such the eruption and the nature of counter-movements around the world that have been launched against the perceived neoliberal order, in variegated and situated ways.
Item Description: Book DOI: https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429470325
Keywords: neoliberalism, authoritarianism
College: Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
Start Page: 97
End Page: 107

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