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The Body as a Weapon of Resistance in Postcolonial Short Stories: The Cases of Augusto Monterroso and Zulema de la Rúa Fernández
Kyle S. McQuillan - The arrival of Spanish conquistadors in the "New World" at the end of the fifteenth century triggered an age of violence, oppression, and colonization that lasted until the United States took the stage as a modern colonial power in 1898. Overt colonization... Keep Reading »
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Antonio Gramsci, Hegemony, and the Greek Crisis: Building New Hegemony to Supersede Neoliberal Discourse
Carter Vance - Antonio Gramsci's interpretation and analysis of "hegemony," its mechanisms, causes and consequences for the Left, is fundamentally an attempt to grapple with how culture and the "common sense of the epoch" (Miliband, 1990) grow out of... Keep Reading »
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Rethinking Microcredit in Bangladesh: Does Grameen Bank Serve the Neoliberal Agenda?
Mehran Shamit - Grameen Bank, translated as "rural bank" in the Bangla language, is a grassroots microcredit organization founded in 1983 by Bangladeshi economist Muhammad Yunus to provide new financial opportunities to the poor. Grameen Bank and Muhammad Yunus were jointly awarded... Keep Reading »
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Mega-Events and the Neoliberal Production of Space in Rio de Janeiro
Sam Smith - Sporting mega-events in Rio de Janeiro, including the 2014 World Cup and the upcoming 2016 Olympics, employ particular tactics of spatio-temporal scale-making to produce a utopic atmosphere of global camaraderie, modern urban development, and sporting revelry. However... Keep Reading »
Book Review: Planet of Slums by Mike Davis (2006)
Florence Lee - Planet of Slums by Mike Davis (2006) is a startling, terrifying, and honest exposé of the world's poorest big-city slum dwellers. The book explores the future of an unstable and impoverished urban world, and provides a thematic overview of the rise of... Keep Reading »
The keyword Neoliberalism is tagged in the following 13 articles.
Postcolonial Literature
By Kyle S. McQuillan
The arrival of Spanish conquistadors in the "New World" at the end of the fifteenth century triggered an age of violence, oppression, and colonization that lasted until the United States took the stage as a modern colonial power in 1898... Read Article »
Postcolonial Literature Latin America Caribbean Literature Short Stories Resistance Colonialism Neoliberalism
By Carter Vance
Antonio Gramsci's interpretation and analysis of "hegemony," its mechanisms, causes and consequences for the Left, is fundamentally an attempt to grapple with how culture and the "common sense of the epoch" (Miliband... Read Article »
Marxism Antonio Gramsci Greece Socialism Hegemony Neoliberalism Political Parties
By Mehran Shamit
Grameen Bank, translated as "rural bank" in the Bangla language, is a grassroots microcredit organization founded in 1983 by Bangladeshi economist Muhammad Yunus to provide new financial opportunities to the poor. Grameen Bank and Muhammad Yunus... Read Article »
Microcredit Microfinance Grameen Bank Bangladesh NGOs International Development Capitalism Neoliberalism
By Sam Smith
Sporting mega-events in Rio de Janeiro, including the 2014 World Cup and the upcoming 2016 Olympics, employ particular tactics of spatio-temporal scale-making to produce a utopic atmosphere of global camaraderie, modern urban development, and sporting... Read Article »
Neoliberalism Critical Theory Brazil Olympics Favelas Slums Urbanization Forced Evictions Gentrification
Developing World
By Florence Lee
Planet of Slums by Mike Davis (2006) is a startling, terrifying, and honest exposé of the world's poorest big-city slum dwellers. The book explores the future of an unstable and impoverished urban world, and provides a thematic overview... Read Article »
Poverty Slums Human Rights Neoliberalism Capitalism World Bank IMF International Development Developing World
Defeating Apathy and Alienation in Scotland: True Victors of the Scottish Referendum
By Shaun Docherty
At 7am in the morning after the Referendum on Scottish Independence, a triumphant David Cameron stood on the steps of number 10 Downing Street and announced to the world that the Scottish people had, with 55% of the electorate voting No, comprehensively... Read Article »
Scottish Referendum Neoliberalism Scotland United Kingdom British Politics Political Economy
Book Review: A Brief History of Neoliberalism by David Harvey (2005)
Michael Thompson, reviewing A Brief History of Neoliberalism by David Harvey, calls it 'the world according to David Harvey' (2005). This is an accurate remark: although erring slightly on the side of conspiracy, the book is a breathtaking... Read Article »
Neoliberalism Capitalism Political Economy Economic Inequality Class Power Neoliberal Theory David Harvey
The Occupation of Common Sense: From Neoliberalism to Radical Democracy
By Tristan Smaldone
Conceiving Neoliberalism as a form of constructivism, an ideological project rather than a doctrine prefigured by 'human nature', illuminates a promising path towards countering its impoverishing effect on both the citizen subject and... Read Article »
Occupy Wall Street Neoliberalism Constructivism Political Theory Protest Discourse Analysis Hegemony
Media Discourse During the Financial Crisis: An Inquiry into the Nature of the Contemporary "Fourth Estate"
The concept of a "fourth estate" was first articulated by John Declare, editor of The Times in an article published in 1853. He believed the press had a crucial role to play in British society's transformation into a representative... Read Article »
Political Economy Communications Financial Crisis Mass Communication News Media Neoliberalism Democracy
Capitalist Hegemony: The Political Challenge of Alter-Globalization
By Jessica C. Tselepy
Concern regarding the inequity and commodification apparently necessary for the capitalist system to thrive is not new. Marx, in his work Capital: Critique of Political Economy (1867), raised the idea of the fallibility of fetishism, including an... Read Article »
Globalization Capitalism Neoliberalism Hegemony Critical Theory Political Economy World Order
Challenging Stereotypes in Glee, or Not? Exploring Masculinity and Neoliberal Flexibility
By Katherine J. Wolfenden
The popular television show Glee (2009-current) features a fictional glee club, the New Directions, which – in the words of the choir director character – is made up of students from "just about every race, religion, sexual orientation... Read Article »
Sexuality Gender Masculinity Glee Television Queer Theory Neoliberalism
Superbrands, Globalization, and Neoliberalism: Exploring Causes and Consequences of the Nike Superbrand
By Tasnim B. Kazi
The rise of superbrands has many implications for the nature of work, workers, and organizations. This paper explores superbrands and their impact in three ways. First, the dynamics of the superbrand Nike, along with the implications of Nike as... Read Article »
Globalization Neoliberalism Superbrands Nike Organizations Multinational Corporations
Effects of Globalization on Work and Organizations: Exploring Post-Industrialism, Post-Fordism, Work and Management in the Global Era
As we move from Fordism to Post-Fordism and from Industrialism to Post-Industrialism, the new Market that prevails under Globalization implies many changes to the nature of work and organizations. This new Market dictates, or rather governs, the... Read Article »
Globalization Neoliberalism Industrialism Fordism Management Organizations