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Titolo: | Neoliberalization : states, networks, peoples / / edited by Kim England and Kevin Ward |
Pubblicazione: | Malden, MA, : Blackwell Pub., 2007 |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (348 p.) |
Disciplina: | 338.9 |
Soggetto topico: | Neoliberalism |
Free enterprise - Social aspects | |
Economic development - Social aspects | |
Capitalism - Social aspects | |
Comparative economics | |
Altri autori: | EnglandKim <1960-> WardKevin <1969-> |
Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [263]-292) and index. |
Nota di contenuto: | ; Introduction : reading neoliberalization / Kevin Ward, Kim England -- Competing capitalisms and neoliberalism : the dynamics of, and limits to, economic reform in the Asia-Pacific / Mark Beeson -- Neoliberalizing the grassroots? : microfinance and the politics of development in Nepal / Katharine N. Rankin, Yogendra B. Shakya -- Learning to compete : communities of investment promotion practice in the spread of global neoliberalism / Nicholas A. Phelps, Marcus Power, Roseline Wanjiru -- Temporary staffing, "geographies of circulation," and the business of delivering neoliberalization / Kevin Ward -- Neoliberalizing Argentina? / Pete North -- Neoliberalizing home care : managed competition and restructuring home care in Ontario / Kim England ... [et al.] -- Spatializing neoliberalisrn : articulations, recapitulations, and (a very few) alternatives / Catherine Kingfisher -- Co-constituting "after neoliberalism" : political projects and globalizing governmentalities in Aotearoa/New Zealand / Wendy Lamer, Richard Le Heron, Nicholas Lewis -- ; Conclusion : reflections on neoliberalizations / Kim England, Kevin Ward. |
Sommario/riassunto: | The book is an analysis of cultural, social as well as political economic expressions of neoliberalization and argues for an appreciation of the relational geographies of neoliberalization.In-depth empirical research spanning a variety of world regionsA range of topics including homelessness, comparative politics, economic development and social policyReviews how neoliberalism is enacted as a way to highlight the complexity and contingency of this economic modelEngages in debates within anthropology, gender studies, geography, health studies, international studies, planning |
Titolo autorizzato: | Neoliberalization |
ISBN: | 1-281-06927-2 |
9786611069278 | |
0-470-71280-5 | |
0-470-76597-6 | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910877732403321 |
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