Neoliberalism and Insecurity in Advanced Capitalism
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Neoliberalism and Insecurity in Advanced Capitalism
About this book
This book examines the relationship between neoliberalism and insecurity, beginning with the post?World War II period and continuing up through the present. Neoliberalism – the dominant political economic perspective that elevates competition above all else at both the structural and individual levels – has increased the amount of insecurity (e.g., food, energy, job) across the world. It provides a theoretical and empirical analysis of how and why neoliberalism and insecurity have become intertwined over the last half century.
The book takes a novel approach to the study of neoliberalism, insecurity, and their intersection. First, in addition to examining specific types of insecurity, the overall concept of insecurity is defined and theorized as a fundamental part of neoliberal capitalism. Second, to help bypass the structural versus individual binary that has come to characterize much of the neoliberalism literature, a field?theoretic framework, heavily influenced by the work of Pierre Bourdieu, is employed.
As such, it will be of great interest for researchers in neoliberalism, insecurity, and Bourdieu's theory of practice, including advanced undergraduate students and graduate scholars from sociology, anthropology, geography, political science, and public health.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Half Title
- Series page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Table of Contents
- List of Figures
- List of Tables
- Acknowledgments
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Neoliberalism in the Global North and South
- 3 The Political Economy of Food and Food Insecurity
- 4 The Political Economy of Energy and Energy Insecurity
- 5 The Political Economy of Work and Job Insecurity
- 6 Neoliberal Governmentality, Competition, Individual Responsibility, and Insecurity
- 7 The Space of US Neoliberal Capitalism
- 8 Conclusion
- Appendix A: Cross-National Incarceration Rates (Per 100,000 People) by Decade, 1950–Present
- Appendix B: Insecurity Survey
- Index