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Record Nr.

UNINA9910554204303321

Autore

Germann Julian

Titolo

Unwitting architect : German primacy and the origins of neoliberalism / / Julian Germann [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Stanford, California : , : Stanford University Press, , 2021

ISBN

1-5036-1429-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (304 p.)

Collana

Emerging frontiers in the global economy

Stanford scholarship online

Disciplina

337.1420943

Soggetti

Monetary policy - Germany (West) - History

Monetary policy - Germany - History

Neoliberalism - History

Germany (West) Economic policy

Germany Economic policy 1990-

Germany (West) Foreign economic relations

Germany Foreign economic relations

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Also issued in print: 2021.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Abbreviations and Acronyms -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- CHAPTER 1 The Origins of Neoliberalism and the Role of the German State -- CHAPTER 2 Foreign Economic Policy and Advanced Unevenness -- CHAPTER 3 Embedding Liberalism The German Social Model and Its International Supports -- CHAPTER 4 Unwinding Bretton Woods The Deutsche Mark Float and the Renewal of Stability Politics -- CHAPTER 5 Defeating Alternatives German Grand Strategy and the European Left -- CHAPTER 6 Disciplining the Hegemon German Monetary Power and the Volcker Shock -- CHAPTER 7 Deflecting Neoliberalism Power and Purpose in Germany’s Eurocrisis Management -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

The global rise of neoliberalism since the 1970s is widely seen as a dynamic originating in the United States and the United Kingdom, and only belatedly and partially repeated by Germany. From this Anglocentric perspective, Germany's emergence at the forefront of



neoliberal reforms in the Eurozone is perplexing, and tends to be attributed to the same forces conventionally associated with the Anglo-American pioneers. This book challenges this ruling narrative. It recasts the genesis of neoliberalism as a process driven by a plenitude of actors, ideas, and interests. And it lays bare the pragmatic reasoning and counterintuitive choices of German crisis managers obscured by this master story.