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Record Nr.

UNINA9910793106303321

Autore

Humphrys Elizabeth

Titolo

How labour built neoliberalism : Australia's accord, the labour movement and the neoliberal project / / Elizabeth Humphrys

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden : , : Brill, , [2018]

©2018

ISBN

90-04-38346-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xii, 268 pages)

Collana

Studies in critical social sciences ; ; Volume 126

Disciplina

330.122

Soggetti

Neoliberalism - Australia

Labor movement - Australia

Australia Economic conditions 1945-

Australia Politics and government 1945-

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based on print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front Matter -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Illustrations -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Theorising the State–Civil Society Relationship -- Corporatism in Australia -- Destabilising the Dominant Narrative -- Periodising Neoliberalism -- The Disorganisation of Labour -- An Integral State -- How Labour Made Neoliberalism -- A Return to the International -- Conclusion: Neoliberalism at Dusk -- Back Matter -- References -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

Why do we always assume it was the New Right that was at the centre of constructing neoliberalism? How might corporatism have advanced neoliberalism? And, more controversially, were the trade unions only victims of neoliberal change, or did they play a more contradictory role? In How Labour Built Neoliberalism , Elizabeth Humphrys examines the role of the Labor Party and trade unions in constructing neoliberalism in Australia, and the implications of this for understanding neoliberalism’s global advance. These questions are central to understanding the present condition of the labour movement and its prospects for the future.