Neoliberalism and Unequal Development: Alternatives and Transitions in Europe, Latin America and Sub-Saharan Africa

ISBN-13: 9780367720643 / Angielski / Twarda / 2022 / 232 str.

Roser Manzanera Ruiz

Opis

This book examines critical perspectives in mainstream neoliberal development analysis. It examines the neoliberal experiment as a global historical construct through the cases of Africa, Latin America, and Europe.

Spis treści

Prologue: Neoliberalism or Neoliberalisms? Ideology, Governmentality and Real World "Experiments" Fernando López Castellano, Carmen Lizárraga and Roser Manzanera Ruíz Part One - Neoliberal policies Section 1. Sub-Saharan Africa 1. The structural adjustment programme and a new political order. Mbuyi Kabunda Badi 2 The neoliberal narrative of growth in Africa: the Afro-optimistic discourse. Demba Moussa Dembele 3. Neoliberal programmes in Africa south of the Sahara: Gender-blindness and development "laundering". Soledad Vieitez & Teresa Cunha Section 2. Latin America 4. Globalization as a 'simulation' of development: beyond the Washington Consensus in Latin America. Maria del Carmen Villarreal Villamar & Enara Echart Munoz 5. The new imperialism beyond conquest: free markets, democracy, and social protest. Cristina Zurrbrigen & Alexandra Lizbona 6. Deterritorialization of the local: The role of gender in the case of the state of Puebla (Mexico). Rosa M. Soriano, Antonio Trinidad Requena, Marlene Solis & Federico López Capra Section 3. Europe 7. Tales of passage from the North to the South and back: Constitutionalizing (European) neoliberalism. Dieter Plehwe & Karin Fischer 8. The euro system as a laboratory for neoliberalism and colonialism. Antoni Aguilo 9. A decade of austerity politics and neoliberal reform: Overview of the Greek financial crisis (2010-2020). Maria Markantonatou Part Two - Post-development, alternatives to development and transitions 10. Moving from postcolonial critiques of development towards alternatives to development in Africa. Sally Matthews 11. At the Razor’s Edge of Democracy: Authoritarian Capitalism and Decolonial International Feminisms. Macarena Gómez-Barris 12. Europe and the economic "lessons" of COVID-19: ecofeminism and development alternatives. Lina Gálvez & Astrid Agenjo Epilogue Fernando López Castellano and Alberto Ruíz Villaverde