Stories of Progressive Institutional Change
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Stories of Progressive Institutional Change

Challenges to the Neoliberal Economy

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eBook - PDF

Stories of Progressive Institutional Change

Challenges to the Neoliberal Economy

About this book

This Palgrave Pivot presents a series of political economy short stories of collective agency, weaving together the history of a progressive change with a discussion of the role of institutions to effect change. These stories highlight sustained activism around valuing caring, ending discrimination, protecting the environment, improving worker well-being, and reimagining ways to encourage local economic development by restoring public-private social balance. Ultimately, these stories demonstrate that challenges to the neoliberal economy are possible. Neoliberalism can be viewed as a value structure that is undermining sustainable human development by elevating the level of risk experienced in daily economic life. Its hallmarks are globalization, market liberalization, deregulation, financialization, cutbacks in social provisioning through the public sector, and restructuring of labor markets in ways that increase instability. Social movements have responded, agitating for change. The stories here provide examples of how social actors engage in collective behavior to advance the objectives of economic justice, democratic participation in economic life, and human development.

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Information

Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Year
2017
Print ISBN
9783319597782
eBook ISBN
9783319597799
Topic
Economics
Subtopic
Economic Theory
Index
Economics

Table of contents

  1. Contents
  2. Abbreviations
  3. List of Figures
  4. List of Tables
  5. Chapter 1 Introduction to Institutions, Institutional Change, and the Stories
  6. Chapter 2 Accounting for Household Production: Toward an Improved Measure of Macroeconomic Well-Being
  7. Chapter 3 Funding Infrastructure and Local Economic Development: A Public Bank Option
  8. Chapter 4 Contesting the Gig Economy: #SchedulesThatWork
  9. Chapter 5 Delving into the Food Supply Chain: The Case of Fresh Tomatoes
  10. Chapter 6 Doing Business Responsibly: ROC United and Restaurant Workers
  11. Chapter 7 Swimming in Debt: Student Loans and the Fight to Save a Generation
  12. Chapter 8 Transforming Legal Rights and Social Values: Marriage Redefined
  13. Chapter 9 Greening the Economy: Certified Sustainable Coffee
  14. Index