Ordoliberalism and the 'Freiburg School' have gained traction in contemporary political economy in response to two factors: a rising interest in governmentality studies and the banking, financial and sovereign debt crisis in Europe. In the face of these crises, Germany has assumed a position of quasi-hegemony in the European Union, making decisions about bailouts, the politics of crisis management and the rise of austerity. This volume gathers together English translations of seminal ordoliberal texts by thinkers ranging from Walter Eucken and Wilhelm Ropke to Franz Bohm, Alexander Rustow and...

Ordoliberalism and the 'Freiburg School' have gained traction in contemporary political economy in response to two factors: a rising interest in governmentality studies and the banking, financial and sovereign debt crisis in Europe. In the face of these crises, Germany has assumed a position of quasi-hegemony in the European Union, making decisions about bailouts, the politics of crisis management and the rise of austerity. This volume gathers together English translations of seminal ordoliberal texts by thinkers ranging from Walter Eucken and Wilhelm Ropke to Franz Bohm, Alexander Rustow and...

This book offers an original analysis and critique of neoliberalism as it pertains to the state, democracy, science, and politics, demonstrating that neoliberalism is more than the doctrine of self-regulating markets.

This book offers an original analysis and critique of neoliberalism as it pertains to the state, democracy, science, and politics, demonstrating that neoliberalism is more than the doctrine of self-regulating markets.