About the Book
Neoliberalism is easily one of the most powerful discourses toemerge within the social sciences in the last two decades, and the number of scholars who write about this dynamic and unfolding process of socio-spatial transformation is astonishing. Even more surprising though is that there has, until now, not been an attempt to provide a wide-ranging volume that engages with the multiple registers in which neoliberalism has evolved.
The Routledge Handbook of Neoliberalism seeks to offer a comprehensive overview of the phenomenon of neoliberalism by examining the range of ways that it has been theorized, promoted, critiqued, and put into practice in a variety of geographical locations and institutional frameworks. With contributions from over 50 leading
authors working at institutions around the world the volumes seven sections will offer a systematic overview of neoliberalism’s origins, political implications, social tensions, spaces, natures and environments, and aftermaths in addressing ongoing and emerging debates.
The volume aims to provide the first comprehensive overview of the field and to advance the established and emergent debates in a field that has grown exponentially over the past two decades, coinciding with the meteoric rise of neoliberalism as a hegemonic ideology, state form, policy and program, and governmentality. It includes a substantive introductory chapter and will serve as an invaluable resource for undergraduates, graduate students, and professional scholars alike.
Table of Contents:
An introduction to neoliberalism, SimonSpringer, KeanBirch, JulieMacLeavy; Part 1 Origins; Chapter 1 Historicizing the neoliberal spirit of capitalism, MatthewEagleton-Pierce; Chapter 2 The ascendancy of Chicago neoliberalism, EdwardNik-Khah, RobertVan Horn; Chapter 3 Neoliberalism and the transnational capitalist class, William K.Carroll, J.P.Sapinski; Chapter 4 Theorizing neoliberalization, KimEngland, KevinWard; Chapter 5 Neoliberal hegemony, DieterPlehwe; Chapter 6 Governmentality at work in shaping a critical geographical politics, NickLewis; Chapter 7 Neoliberalism in question, PhillipO’Neill, SallyWeller; Chapter 8 Neoliberalism, accomplished and ongoing, Stephanie L.Mudge; Part 2 Political implications; Chapter 9 Neoliberalism and authoritarianism, IanBruff; Chapter 10 Neoliberalism and citizenship, KatharyneMitchell; Chapter 11 Development and neoliberalism, DouglasHill, NaveWald, TessGuiney; Chapter 12 Neoliberalism and the end of democracy, JasonHickel; Chapter 13 The violence of neoliberalism, SimonSpringer; Chapter 14 Neoliberalism and the biopolitical imagination, NicholasKiersey; Chapter 15 Neoliberalism, surveillance and media convergence, JulieCupples, KevinGlynn; Chapter 16 ResilienceA right-wingers’ ploy?, VladMykhnenko; Part 3 Social tensions; Chapter 17 Race and neoliberalism, David J.Roberts; Chapter 18 Gender and neoliberalism, ChristinaScharff; Chapter 19 Neoliberalizing sex, normativizing love, SealingCheng; Chapter 20 Health and the embodiment of neoliberalism, MatthewSparke; Chapter 21 Neoliberalism and welfare, JulieMacLeavy; Chapter 22 Neoliberalism, labour and trade unionism, BenJackson; Chapter 23 The commons against neoliberalism, the commons of neoliberalism, the commons beyond neoliberalism, MaxHaiven; Chapter 24 Retooling social reproduction for neoliberal times, PeterGraefe; Part 4 Knowledge productions; Chapter 25 Education, neoliberalism, and human capital, Michael A.Peters; Chapter 26 Pedagogies of neoliberalism, Sheila L.Macrine; Chapter 27 Financial economics and business schools, KeanBirch; Chapter 28 Neoliberalism everywhere, RussellPrince; Chapter 29 Science, innovation and neoliberalism, DavidTyfield; Chapter 30 Performing neoliberalism, Michael R.Glass; Chapter 31 Neoliberalism as austerity, HeatherWhiteside; Chapter 32 The housing crisis in neoliberal Britainfree market think tanks and the production of ignorance, TomSlater; Part 5 Spaces; Chapter 33 Urban neoliberalism, RogerKeil; Chapter 34 Neoliberalism and rural change, CristóbalKay; Chapter 35 The heartlands of neoliberalism and the rise of the austerity state, BobJessop; Chapter 36 Peripheries of neoliberalism, Warwick E.Murray, JohnOverton; Chapter 37 Neoliberal geopolitics, Susan M.Roberts; Chapter 38 In the spirit of whiteness, JosephNevins; Chapter 39 Housing and home, RaeDufty-Jones; Part 6 Natures and environments; Chapter 40 Re-regulating socioecologies under neoliberalism, Rosemary-ClaireCollard, JessicaDempsey, JamesRowe; Chapter 41 Neoliberalism’s climate, LarryLohmann; Chapter 42 Neoliberal energies, MatthewHuber; Chapter 43 Neoliberalizing water, AlexLoftus, JessicaBudds; Chapter 44 The neoliberalization of agriculture, JameyEssex; Chapter 45 Making bodily commodities, MariaFannin; Chapter 46 Rethinking the extractive/productive binary under neoliberalism, SonjaKilloran-McKibbin, AnnaZalik; Part 7 Aftermaths; Chapter 47 The crisis of neoliberalism, GérardDuménil, DominiqueLévy; Chapter 48 Regulated deregulation, Manuel B.Aalbers; Chapter 49 Neoliberalism version 3+, James D.Sidaway, ReijerHendrikse; Chapter 50 Postneoliberalism, UlrichBrand; Chapter 51 Neoliberal gothic, JaphyWilson; Chapter 52 Everyday contestations to neoliberalism, Richard J.White, Colin C.Williams; Chapter 53 Our new arms, MarkPurcell;
About the Author :
Simon Springer is an Associate Professor in the Department of Geography at University of Victoria, Canada.
Kean Birch is an Associate Professor in the Department of Social Science at York University, Canada.
Julie MacLeavy is a Senior Lecturer in Human Geography at the University of Bristol, UK.
Review :
'This extraordinary collection offers a comprehensive review of neoliberalism. It answers all questions you may have about neoliberalization including those you might be afraid to pose. A must read for all those who believe that a different world must be possible.'
Erik Swyngedouw, MAE, Professor of Geography, School of Education, Environment and Development, Manchester University, UK
'Providing a comprehensive introduction to one of the most contentious terms in contemporary social science, this multi-disciplinary handbook draws together established scholars and new contributors. Collectively these authors offer an extraordinarily wide range of debates and perspectives, making this a landmark contribution to the field.'
Wendy Larner, Provost and Professor of Human Geography, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand
'This is the most wide-ranging and multi-perspectival overview of neoliberalism available. The book is a true treasure trove where graduate students can find countless ideas for designing original research projects.'
Henk Overbeek, Professor Emeritus of International Relations, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Netherlands
"‘Neoliberalism is a slippery concept, meaning different things to different people’ (p. 1). Springer, Birch and MacLeavy’s excellently edited volume starts its mission with this nailing definition. Neoliberalism has become one of the concepts that one cannot avoid mentioning in analysing a recent development in social sciences. It is safe to argue that neoliberalism is now a term that is overly used even in partly overlapping and partly contradictory ways (Ferguson 2010: 166). There is not any easy way of defining what neoliberalism is. Is it a state form, or a policy, or a version of governmentality, or an ideology? Or simply, is it an epistemology? Perhaps, because of this nuisance, no scholar has attempted to provide an overview of this powerful but amorphous concept in a volume that engages with multiple registers in which the concept has evolved. However, as the editors of this volume argue, neoliberalism is in need of unpacking because it serves as a way of understanding the transformation of society with new political, economic and social arrangements that emphasise market relations, re-tasking the role of state, and individual responsibility in the last few decades (p. 2). This volume represents the first attempt that contributes to the existing knowledge with an interdisciplinary and global perspective by advancing the established and emergent debates around the concept."
Gorkem Altinors, Bilecik Seyh Edebali University, Turkey
