Constructing Neoliberalism: Economic Transformation in Anglo-American Democracies Contributor(s): Swarts, Jonathan (Author) |
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ISBN: 1442646462 ISBN-13: 9781442646469 Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Binding Type: Hardcover - See All Available Formats & Editions Published: July 2013 * Out of Print * Click for more in this series: Studies in Comparative Political Economy and Public Policy |
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BISAC Categories: - Political Science | World - Australian & Oceanian - Political Science | World - European - Political Science | World - Canadian |
Dewey: 338.9 |
Series: Studies in Comparative Political Economy and Public Policy |
Physical Information: 1" H x 6.3" W x 9.1" L (1.35 lbs) 312 pages |
Themes: - Cultural Region - Canadian - Cultural Region - Oceania |
Features: Dust Cover |
Review Citations: Choice 06/01/2014 |
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Publisher Description: Constructing Neoliberalism presents a rich analysis of the shift to neoliberal economic policies in four Anglo-American democracies - Canada, Britain, Australia, and New Zealand - over the course of the 1980s and 1990s. This period witnessed a dramatic shift away from traditional post-war consensus policies of active state economic intervention, public ownership, and full employment toward those informed by an ideological commitment to deregulation, privatization, entrepreneurialism, and freer trade. Jonathan Swarts argues that this transformation was not simply a marginal adjustment in existing economic policies, but rather the result of political elites seeking to reshape what he calls their societies' political-economic imaginaries. Swarts demonstrates that this shift cut across traditional party lines, and that in all four cases, the result was a new set of intersubjective norms about appropriate economic policies, the role of the state in the economy, the expectations and aspirations of citizens, and the very nature of an advanced industrial democracy in a globalizing world. |
Contributor Bio(s): Swarts, Jonathan: - Jonathan Swarts is an associate professor of Political Science in the Department of Social Sciences at Purdue University North Central. |
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