
Neoliberalism Is Fast Becoming The Dominant Ideology Of Our Age, Yet Politicians, Businessmen And Academics Rarely Identify Themselves With It And Even Political Forces Critical Of It Continue To Carry Out Neoliberal Policies Around The Globe. How Can We Make Sense Of This Paradox? Who Actually Are The Neoliberals? This Is The First Explanation Of Neoliberal Hegemony, Which Systematically Considers And Analyzes The Networks And Organizations Of Around 1.000 Self Conscious Neoliberal Intellectuals Organized In The Mont Pèlerin Society. This Book Challenges Simplistic Understandings Of Neoliberalism. It Underlines The Variety Of Neoliberal Schools Of Thought, The Various Approaches Of Its Proponents In The Fight For Hegemony In Research And Policy Development, Political And Communication Efforts, And The Well Funded, Well Coordinated, And Highly Effective New Types Of Knowledge Organizations Generated By The Neoliberal Movement: Partisan Think Tanks. It Also Closes An Important Gap In The Growing Literature On Private Authority’’, Presenting New Perspectives On Transnational Civil Society Formation Processes. This Fascinating New Book Will Be Of Great Interest To Students Of International Relations, Political Economy, Globalization And Politics.
This book investigates the paradox of how neoliberalism maintains its status as a dominant global ideology despite widespread public and political opposition. The authors, Bernhard J. A. Walpen, Dieter Plehwe, and Gisela Neunhöffer, utilize a network-analysis framework to examine the Mont Pèlerin Society and its associated intellectual infrastructure. By tracing the development of partisan think tanks and transnational knowledge organizations, the authors argue that neoliberal hegemony is not a monolithic force but a highly coordinated, multi-faceted project of intellectual and policy influence.
What You Will Find
Experts identify this work as a foundational text for understanding the institutional architecture of neoliberalism. Readers frequently note the academic density of the prose and the rigorous, evidence-based approach to mapping transnational political networks.
Page Count:
288
Publication Date:
2005-11-23
Publisher:
Routledge
ISBN-10:
0203099508
ISBN-13:
9780203099506
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