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Romani politics in contemporary Europe : poverty, ethnic mobilization, and the neoliberal order
This book examines experiences of Romani political participation in eastern and western Europe, providing an understanding of the emerging political space that over 8 million Romani citizens occupy within the EU, and addressing issues related to the socio-political circumstances of Romani communities within European countries.
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Europe since 1989 : a history
This book describes how liberalization, deregulation, and privatization had catastrophic effects on former Soviet Bloc countries from the period of 1989 to the present.
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The Battle for Europe
The Battle for Europe brings into sharp focus the historical importance of the current Eurozone crisis. Thomas Fazi argues that European Union (EU) elites have seized on the financial crash to push through damaging neoliberal policies, undermining social cohesion and vital public services. Drawing on a wealth of sources, Fazi argues that the EU’s austerity policies are not simply a case of political and ideological short-sightedness, but part of a long-term project by elites to remove the last remnants of the welfare state and complete the neoliberal project. As well as an urgent critique of the EU and monetary union as currently constituted, The Battle for Europe showcases a programme for progressive reform and outlines how citizens and workers of Europe can radically overhaul EU institutions.
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Europe and the political philosophy of neoliberalism
According to Foucault, while liberal political rationality sees the economy as an already existing, quasi-natural arena that the state should simply allow to operate by means of its own laws, neoliberal political rationality emphasizes the state's active role in constructing the economy (Foucault, 2010, p. 131). [...]neoliberalism as a discourse entails a fundamental inversion of classical liberal governmental principles in terms of the relationship between politics and the economy.
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Re-inventing western civilisation : transnational reconstructions of liberalism in Europe in the twentieth century
The volume shows that neoliberalism concerns a tradition carried by a network of people, who understood themselves as liberals (and at times as neoliberals) and who sought to create societies based on individual freedom and a free market economy. It also shows that neoliberalism emerged as a transnational and multilingual phenomenon and that it cannot be reduced to one doctrine or practice. The book will enrich the readers knowledge of the political-ideological landscapes and developments in.
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Divided they fell : crisis and the collapse of Europe's centre-left
Examines the failures of mainstream politics, and in particular the inability of the centre-left - the UK Labour Party and France's Parti Socialiste - to respond to the Great Recession more effectively.
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Moral economies of the welfare state
This paper uses innovative democratic forums carried out in Germany, Norway, and the United Kingdom to examine people’s ideas about welfare-state priorities and future prospects. We use a moral economy framework in the context of regime differences and the move towards neo-liberalism across Europe. Broadly speaking, attitudes reflect regime differences, with distinctive emphasis on reciprocity and the value of work in Germany, inclusion and equality in Norway, and individual responsibility and the work-ethic in the UK. Neo-liberal market-centred ideas appear to have made little headway in regard to popular attitudes, except in the already liberal-leaning UK. There is also a striking assumption by UK participants that welfare is threatened externally by immigrants who take jobs from established workers and internally by the work-shy who undermine the work-ethic. A key role of the welfare state is repressive rather than enabling: to protect against threats to well-being rather than provide benefits for citizens. UK participants also anticipate major decline in state provision. In all three countries there is strong support for continuing and expanding social investment policies, but for different reasons: to enable contribution in Germany, to promote equality and mobility in Norway, and to facilitate self-responsibility in the UK.
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New municipalism in action or urban neoliberalisation reloaded? An analysis of governance change, stability and path dependence in Madrid (2015–2019)
Local politics in Spain has triggered iconic shifts over the last few years, and the electoral success of new ‘movement parties’ in particular has dramatically challenged the political establishment. Between 2015 and 2019, many municipalities – including, crucially, the two biggest cities, Madrid and Barcelona – were governed by coalitions originating from anti-austerity, anti-eviction and pro-democracy struggles. This has significantly affected hegemonic and widely normalised discourses supporting the neoliberalisation of urban politics, and to some extent has also prompted novel governance approaches. Based on empirical research undertaken with local councillors, officials, consultants and activists, the article develops an in-depth analysis of governance transformations in the Spanish capital of Madrid. By doing so, it evaluates the ambiguities and contradictions that the government coalition Ahora Madrid was facing during the 2015–2019 legislative term. The debate stimulates critical reflections for academics, practitioners and movements on the transformative capacities that new municipalisms may enact, as well as the constraints faced by established multi-level urban governance regimes.
过去几年，西班牙的地方政治引发了标志性的转变，尤其是各个新“运动党”在选举中的成功，极大地挑战了政治建制派。2015年至2019年间，许多城市（最重要的是，它们包括了两个最大的城市马德里和巴塞罗那）由反紧缩、反驱逐和支持民主斗争的联盟治理。这极大地影响了支持城市政治新自由主义的、霸权性的、和普遍常态化的话语，并在一定程度上推动了新的治理方法。本文基于对地方议员、官员、顾问和活动家的实证研究，对西班牙首都马德里的治理变革进行了深入分析。藉此，我们评估了政府联盟马德里阿霍拉 (Ahora Madrid) 在2015-2019任期内面临的含糊和矛盾。这场辩论激发了学术界、从业者和活动人士对“新自治”可能实现的变革能力、以及现有的多层次城市治理制度面临的制约因素的批判性思考。
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