Political neoliberalism : order and rupture / Christian Joppke.
| Author/creator | Joppke, Christian author. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication | New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2025] |
| Description | ix, 387 pages ; 25 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Liberalism v. neoliberalism -- End of the liberal-democratic synthesis : an inventory -- From right to left, and back? A genealogy -- The populist right : illiberal democracy and the economics-culture conundrum -- The identity left : antiracism and transgender -- End of neoliberalism? The Covid-19 pandemic, and after. |
| Abstract | "Commonly rejected as shrill and overspent, "neoliberalism", this book argues, is a useful lens for understanding a wide range of political phenomena: those pertaining to the order of advanced Western societies, but also others that signal rupture at the extreme right and left ends of the political spectrum, often referred to as identity politics. With respect to order, neoliberalism undermines the liberal-democratic synthesis that had brought prosperity and stability after World War II. A tension with, if not hostility to, democracy is the common denominator of neoliberalism`s multiple political forms, from authoritarianism to governance (and several more). The iron feature of the neoliberal condition is to be "without alternative", which fully imposed itself once the political left, in terms of the Third Way, embraced its principles. In response to the center right-left consensus on market-conformant principles and policies, there have been radical parties and movements that signal rupture: right-wing populism, on the one hand, and left identity politics, on the other, both mutually reenforcing one another in an escalating spiral of conflict. However, rather than repairing the notorious democracy deficit of the neoliberal order, the explicitly illiberal leanings of these forces of rupture, despite their claims to be authentically democratic, make them a threat to liberal democracy, not a cure to its problems. Against early hopes for a return of a public-good minded and "caring" state, political neoliberalism also survived the Covid-19 pandemic unscathed, and there is no force on the horizon that could put it off-track. "-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Issued in other form | Online version http://id.loc.gov/entities/relationships/onlineversion Joppke, Christian Political neoliberalism New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2025] 9780197801956 |
| LCCN | 2025007152 |
| ISBN | 9780197801925 |
| ISBN | 9780197801918 hardcover |
| ISBN | 0197801919 hardcover |
| ISBN | 0197801927 paperback |
| ISBN | electronic book |
| ISBN | electronic book |
| ISBN | electronic publication |
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