- Title Pages
- Dedication
- List of figures, tables and boxes
- List of abbreviations
- Notes on contributors
- Acknowledgements
- Foreword
- Editors’ preface
-
Introduction The open-market society and its opponents: an overview -
Part One Alternative paradigms and perspectives: Editors’ overview -
One Modes of anti-neoliberalism: moralism, Marxism and 21st century socialism -
Two People, planet, power: toward a new social settlement -
Three Beyond neoliberalism, or life after capitalism? A red-green debate -
Four The democratic deficit: institutional democracy -
Part Two Reform within economic and governance restraints: pushing the boundaries: Editors’ overview -
Five The limits of neoliberalism? Austerity versus social policy in comparative perspective -
Six The European Union and the UK: neoliberalism, nationalist populism, or a cry for democracy? -
Seven Reform from within? Central banks and the reconfiguration of neoliberal monetary policy -
Eight The corporate cuckoo in the neoliberal nest: reconnecting civil society with big business -
Nine Avoiding ‘back to the future’ policies by reforming the ‘foundational economy’ -
Part Three Economic and political democracy: restoring the market-civil society balance: Editors’ overview -
Ten Neoliberalism and social democracy -
Eleven Rethinking public ownership as economic democracy -
Twelve Turning the tide: a role for social movements -
Conclusion A Brexit from neoliberalism? - Index
The open-market society and its opponents: an overview
The open-market society and its opponents: an overview
- Chapter:
- (p.1) Introduction The open-market society and its opponents: an overview
- Source:
- Alternatives to Neoliberalism
- Author(s):
- Bryn Jones, Mike O’Donnell
- Publisher:
- Policy Press
This chapter provides a description and critique of neoliberalism with reference to both its Chicago School and Austrian varieties. At neoliberalism’s core is the adoption of market solutions to social as well as economic problems. The Introduction outlines the growing global impact of neoliberalism as an economic, political and cultural ideology with particular reference to the United States and Britain. It then reviews alternative approaches to neoliberalism: social democratic, Marxist, and a range of policies and ideas emerging from social movement activism, including feminism and the green movement. In summary the chapter argues that neoliberalism has disrupted the trilateral balance of the state, markets and civil society and calls for a ’rebalancing’ in favour of the re-empowerment of civil society.
Keywords: civil society, ideology, market, neoliberalism, trilateral rebalancing
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- Title Pages
- Dedication
- List of figures, tables and boxes
- List of abbreviations
- Notes on contributors
- Acknowledgements
- Foreword
- Editors’ preface
-
Introduction The open-market society and its opponents: an overview -
Part One Alternative paradigms and perspectives: Editors’ overview -
One Modes of anti-neoliberalism: moralism, Marxism and 21st century socialism -
Two People, planet, power: toward a new social settlement -
Three Beyond neoliberalism, or life after capitalism? A red-green debate -
Four The democratic deficit: institutional democracy -
Part Two Reform within economic and governance restraints: pushing the boundaries: Editors’ overview -
Five The limits of neoliberalism? Austerity versus social policy in comparative perspective -
Six The European Union and the UK: neoliberalism, nationalist populism, or a cry for democracy? -
Seven Reform from within? Central banks and the reconfiguration of neoliberal monetary policy -
Eight The corporate cuckoo in the neoliberal nest: reconnecting civil society with big business -
Nine Avoiding ‘back to the future’ policies by reforming the ‘foundational economy’ -
Part Three Economic and political democracy: restoring the market-civil society balance: Editors’ overview -
Ten Neoliberalism and social democracy -
Eleven Rethinking public ownership as economic democracy -
Twelve Turning the tide: a role for social movements -
Conclusion A Brexit from neoliberalism? - Index
