Neoliberalism: The Key Concepts (Routledge Key Guides)

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Neoliberalism: The Key Concepts provides a critical guide to a vocabulary that has become globally dominant over the past forty years. The language of neoliberalism both constructs and expresses a particular vision of economics, politics, and everyday life. Some find this vision to be appealing, but many others find the contents and implications of neoliberalism to be alarming.Despite the popularity of these concepts, they often remain confusing, the product of contested histories, meanings, and practices. In an accessible way, this interdisciplinary resource explores and dissects key terms such as:

Capitalism

Choice

Competition

Entrepreneurship

Finance

Flexibility

Freedom

Governance

Market

Reform

Stakeholder

State

Complete with an introductory essay, cross-referencing, and an extensive bibliography, this book provides a unique and insightful introduction to the study of neoliberalism in all its forms and disguises.

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"This book is a remarkable achievement: it organises the best scholarship on and about neoliberalism, summarises the material around a selected group of key concepts, and presents them clearly, comprehensively, and in beautiful prose. This solid academic work has been carefully written for a wide readership. If you want to learn more about neoliberalism, this book is for you." - Alfredo Saad-Filho, SOAS University of London, UK.

"Since 2008, and the government bail-outs that followed the financial crisis, there has been a flood of interest in neoliberalism. Eagleton-Pierce has done a sterling job in identifying the core themes and concepts and putting them into an accessible and readable volume. Highly recommended." - Ray Kiely, Queen Mary University of London, UK.

"In the tradition of Raymond Williams’ Keywords, Eagleton-Pierce provides an indispensable guide to decoding the lexicon of neoliberal political-speak. Scholars will find the etymologies highly suggestive, enabling them to contextualize and nuance their analyses of the evolving dynamics of neoliberalism." - Nik Theodore, University of Illinois at Chicago, USA.

“Neoliberalism is a pleasure in its own right. … It will make a welcome addition to a reference book shelf and can be enjoyed end to end or through browsing from entry to entry, letting serendipity arise.” – Barton Edgerton, The London School of Economics and Political Science Review of Books

About the Author

Matthew Eagleton-Pierce is Lecturer in International Political Economy, SOAS, University of London, UK.

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An Informative and Essential Read

J.K.T.P.R. · 5 February 2018

George Carlin was fond of saying, Words are the only things we have. Words define the human experience, and, as this book brilliantly demonstrates, defines the Neoliberal philosophy. In this book, Eagleton-Pierce accomplishes the near-impossible: writing a book about economics which is interesting and engaging instead of putting the reader to sleep.This book is invaluable. It is academic enough to be used by an MBA student, but not too stifling for a general reader. This book is not just about Neoliberalism, but accomplishes many other purposes:1. It begins each treatment with a linguistic analysis. Eagleton-Pierce examines words, some business-related, some with common usage, and traces its historical origin. He then discusses how the word initially was applied in the beginning to business and economics, and then show how it was transformed by the neoliberal ethos.2. It is a history of general, contemporary, and post-WWII economic history. In writing about neoliberalism, Eagleton-Pierce necessarily discusses how we got here with a broad overview of early economic history, a more pointed discussion of the Bretton Wood Agreement implemented after the Second World War, and frequent mention of the 2007 - 2008 Financial Crisis.3. It is a discussion of contemporary business and managerial philosophy and practices. Elsewhere Eagleton-Pierce engages in short discussions of political and economic philosophy. Marxism, Capitalism’s nemesis, is prominently featured.4. It decodes the contorted language of contemporary business. Ever heard the words, “emerging markets” and wonder what they meant? Ever wonder how Exxon and BP, responsible for the great environmental disasters, could dare present themselves as champions of the environment? These and other euphemisms and oxymorons are decoded with Eagleton-Pierce’s translation from these spin doctors.5. It does indeed define neoliberalism. Contrary to what Eagleton-Pierce states in the introduction, his book is a good exposition on neoliberalism. The definition is piece-meal, you need to mentally cut and paste the facets of neoliberal philosophy from each treatment of the words discussed, but taken together these pieces present by far one of the best overviews on neo-liberalism I have seen.Eagleton-Pierce successfully balances these separate features. He is methodical and even-handed in his treatment. He supports all his observations with references from a vast array of economic literature. The general reader is given a choice in this book: Either consult the seemingly innumerable books written on neoliberalism, or read the salient features distilled in this book. The choice is obvious in this highly recommended treatment.

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