Neoliberalism - Science topic

Resumo A reestruturação produtiva na era da globalização e do neoliberalismo impulsionou amplas transformações territoriais, onde a urbanização busca sustentar os fluxos crescentes e a logística adquire papel fundamental. Este estudo explora mudanças relacionadas ao uso logístico do solo na periferia da Região Metropolitana de São Paulo (1998-2020)...

Production restructuring in the era of globalization and neoliberalism has boosted broad territorial transformations, where urbanization seeks to support growing flows and logistics has acquired a fundamental role. In this context, the study explores changes related to logistical land use in the outskirts of the Metropolitan Region of São Paulo (19...

Relative or Absolute Gain: A Theoretical Analysis of US-Germany Relations under the Trump Presidency Öz Bu çalışmada neorealizm ve neoliberalizm teorilerinden hareketle 2017-2021 Trump dönemi ABD-Almanya ilişkileri incelenmektedir. Çalışmanın ana yöntemi olarak söylem analizi (İng. discourse analysis) belirlenmiştir. Bu metodun seçilmesinin ana seb...

A coletânea resulta em análises e reflexões propostas por pesquisadores pertencentes ao Grupo de Estudos e Pesquisas em Educação Superior da Universidade de Passo Fundo (GEPES/UPF), coordenado pelos professores Dr. Altair Alberto Fávero (UPF) e Dra. Carina Tonieto do Instituto Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (IFRS). Participam do grupo doutorandos, me...

Resumo Realizamos uma análise crítica da Promoção à Saúde e os efeitos do neoliberalismo sobre suas práticas e discursos. São descritos historicamente sentidos e tensionamentos na formação do conceito de Promoção à Saúde. A partir de uma perspectiva governamental e biopolítica, discutimos como a gestão neoliberal do risco modifica os ideais de vida...

In the west we live in societies of Neoliberal governments, including Australia, the United Kingdom, and the USA, that have resulted in tearing rents through the social fabric of the society, since the late 1970s, with ever increasing inequality and inequity. So, to reach an inclusive society requires substantial improvements to (a) social services...

In the context of the positive information society, domination is revealed as a freedom of communication, where neoliberal power techniques are assimilated. It does not matter if the influencer works in the world of fitness, beauty, travel or politics; the incessant evocation of freedom, creativity and authenticity is always present. Advertisements...

This article brings a critical analysis of health promotion and the effects of neoliberalism on its practices and discourses. The meanings and tensions in the creation of the concept of Health Promotion are described historically. From a governmental and biopolitical perspective, we discuss how neoliberal risk management modifies the ideals of heal...

AI systems are imposing escalating calls on the key resources of energy, water, land and minerals and on the hidden labour, often located ‘offshore’, required to build and service them. These demands are the latest episodes in the long history of capitalist accumulation and exploitation organised around enclosure and extraction. This paper suggests...

Este artículo tiene como propósito analizar la reconfiguración espacial de las ciudades latinoamericanas, impulsada por la oferta inmobiliaria para clases medio-altas, las cuales han pasado de residir en barrios “abiertos” propios del periodo de modernización a “fragmentos urbanos cerrados de vivienda” que reflejan la dinámica especulativa de la ur...

Introduction. Increasingly, universities rely on casualised labour for teaching and research activities. Previous research demonstrates that the information practices of academics working in these conditions are significantly compromised, making their information work more difficult. This paper further explores the context in which contract academi...

This theoretical essay takes up charter schooling as a form of neoliberal educational reform. This essay grapples with multiple theoretical ideas to present a novel way of thinking about charter schooling, especially charter networks, as a form of racialized enclosure. This essay uses the concept of “the commons”—a form of communal wealth that hist...

ZET İnsanlık tarihi geçmişten günümüze yaşaması için gerekli olan malzemeyi doğadan elde etmiştir. İnsanların varlığını sürdürebilmesi zorunluluğu geçmişte var olan, bu gün devam eden gelecekte de devam edecek bir gerçekliktir. İnsanoğlunun bu ihtiyaçlarını karşılayabileceği yer içerisinde yaşadığı çevredir. Bu süreçte kurulan ilişkinin biçimi, ins...

Esse capítulo tem por objetivo refletir/discutir sobre as margens de um sistema marcadamente excludente, num país, como o Brasil, e rever o contexto neoliberal e educacional para refletirmos sobre os órgãos de controle financeiro global que colocam parâmetros e diretrizes para os países continuarem no Fundo Monetário Internacional (FMI) e Banco Mun...

Este estudio muestra los resultados de la indagación de la implementación de la Nueva Escuela Mexicana (NEM) a través del análisis entre los hallazgos proporcionados por los informantes, los documentos oficiales de la SEP y las teorías que permitieron comprender el fenómeno: la teoría de la crisis de las significaciones imaginarias, como planteamie...

This book provides a comparative analysis of minimum apartment size in different cities and jurisdictions around the globe. Put differently: how small is a 'small' apartment, and are there policies and regulations that determine the minimum size of housing units? Housing constitutes a significant planning and social challenge in Israel and in a v...

Amparado em pesquisa bibliográfica, este artigo tem como objetivo identificar aspectos para a construção de uma agenda investigativa que ofereça aportes para o delineamento e a materialização da Educação Integral na América Latina. O tema tem se revelado como uma demanda neoliberal, manifesta a partir da pressão pelo aumento de tempo da jornada esc...

This Article offers a first comparative analysis of the evolution of U.S. corporate personhood doctrine and the “freedom to conduct a business” under Article 16 of the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights. It argues that, over the past fifty years, the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) and the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) hav...

This chapter emphasises the critical need to decolonise business and entre-preneurship curricula and argues that current educational content is heavily biased towards Western principles, which undermines global sustainability goals. The dominance of capitalist and neoliberal ideologies in curricula often marginalises Indigenous knowledge and busine...

Only two years after the 2016 Olympics closed in Rio de Janeiro’s Maracanã stadium, far-right candidate Jair Bolsonaro won the national elections with a campaign rooted in authoritarian and hateful discourse against minorities and praising the nation’s military past. Much has been written about the roots of Bolsonaro’s success and his strong suppor...

O artigo acadêmico utilizou o método de abordagem qualitativa através de uma pesquisa bibliográfica que objetiva analisar as estratégias de controle neoliberais, afim de compreender suas propriedades biopolíticas e psicopolíticas que determinam as condutas, as formas de pensar, as regras e os modos de viver na sociedade no período de 1980 a 1990.

As Australia looks forward to hosting the 2032 Olympics, it is an opportune time to reflect on the hard edges of mega-event soft power in the land down under, especially in relation to Brisbane’s experience with Expo 88. This chapter provides a brief review of the history of Australian mega-events, including international exhibitions and the Olympi...

Este artigo investiga a educação crítica e emancipatória, analisando tanto as teorias quanto as práticas em contextos desafiadores. A educação crítica tem como objetivo capacitar os alunos para que se tornem agentes de mudança em suas comunidades, promovendo a justiça social e a equidade. Este estudo explora as abordagens pedagógicas que integram a...

While normative theories of participatory democracy and practical experiences of participatory research share a common democratic commitment, the two fields have emerged and to date exist in isolation from each other. This article bridges this divide and asks what participatory democracy and participatory research can learn from one another. It arg...

O artigo intitulado “O processo de expansão da EaD no Brasil: uma análise dos fatores políticos, econômicos e tecnológicos que impulsionaram a expansão da EaD no Brasil” examina criticamente a consolidação da Educação à Distância (EaD) no ensino superior brasileiro, com foco no período entre as décadas de 1990 e 2000. A análise tem como ponto de pa...

This paper critically examines the political economy of financial globalization, arguing that the liberalization of capital markets has entrenched systemic instability at the heart of the global financial system. Through a comparative analysis of complexity theory, hegemonic governance, and institutional coordination models, it contends that financ...

This article examines the role of ordoliberal ideas in the Economic and Monetary Union (EMU) reforms adopted during the Euro crisis. Drawing on discursive institutionalism and morphological analysis, the study employs process-tracing and discourse analysis to reconstruct the reform process. The analysis primarily focuses on the public discourses of...

Resumen: Este trabajo explora el desarrollo social desde una perspectiva de intervención pública vertical orientada al combate estructural de la pobreza. Se analizan las políticas públicas verticales como mecanismos institucionales diseñados desde el Estado para intervenir directamente sobre las condiciones de desigualdad, marginación y privación s...

This paper interrogates the intersection of neoliberal economic policies, environmental degradation, and global climate governance in Africa, with a particular focus on Nigeria. It posits that the implementation of neoliberal reforms, which are characterized by privatization, deregulation, and influx of foreign investment has systematically, dimini...

The article offers a single case study of emergency governance during the COVID-19 pandemic in Poland. Using Interpretative Process Tracing, the paper studies how it became possible for decision makers to drastically change their interpretation concerning restrictions to mobility. The sources contain official documents, political speeches, and twen...

This article examines performance-based funding (PBF) as a governance tool in higher education through a meta-narrative review of recent literature. Rather than offering yet another extensive critique of neoliberalism and new public management (NPM) as drivers of PBF, it calls for a closer look at the conditions under which PBF succeeds or fails, a...

This article focuses on the elites governing central banks in order to provide new theoretical and empirical insights into central bank scientization. We first critically discuss the ‘politics of scientization’ as a discursive strategy that depoliticizes monetary policy under neoliberalism. We then propose an alternative, sociological approach to s...

This paper examines the intensified conflict over sexualities education curricula brought about by anti‐(trans)gender and anti‐Muslim policy and political discourse transnationally. Backlash against inclusive sexualities education has taken shape across several policy territories, driven in part by de‐democratising right‐wing populist governments a...

Neozapatismo e instrumentalización estatal del indígena a través del multiculturalismo en México. Ensayo sobre la re-presentación indígena a finales del siglo XX en México 1 Recibido: 11 de enero de 2025 Aceptado: 26 de febrero de 2025 Resumen Este artículo propone un análisis del impacto que tuvo el Ejército Zapatista de Liberación Nacional (EZLN)...

Introduction Educational practice increasingly makes use of technology to improve teaching and learning. New wearable technology is being developed that measures mental states like attention and stress, through neurophysiological signals like electroencephalography (EEG), electrodermal activity (EDA) and heart rate. However, little is known about t...

This paper addresses the factors driving economic stagnation and inequality in the US over recent decades. We study a demand‐driven model with joint adjustment of the functional distribution and capacity utilization in the short run, and explore the dynamics of wealth accumulation and labor productivity growth in the long run. Our analysis formally...

Ce chapitre explore les défis et les enjeux auxquels font face les administrateurs universitaires canadiens, un groupe professionnel, rarement étudié. À partir d'une recension systématique de 17 scientifique et 19 entretiens menés au Québec, et en Ontario, il met en lumière des tensions entre gouvernance collégiale, autonomie académique et réformes...

This manuscript explores the challenges faced by Black women in higher education. Despite the social, educational, and financial benefits of academia, Black women often encounter significant drawbacks, including limited support, mentorship, and funding, as well as experiencing pervasive anti‐Black rhetoric and exclusionary practices. These experien...

This article develops a new understanding of energy transition through a qualitative historical analysis of the links between 'so-called' global transition and histories of colonialism and capitalism in the sub-Saharan Africa. Drawing from 52 energy transition materials centered on Africa, the article critiques dominant emphasis on global transitio...

O estudo analisa a política de transporte público de ônibus do município de Porto Alegre (RS), focando no impacto do Edital de Licitação de 2015 sobre acessibilidade e sustentabilidade do sistema de ônibus. Entre 2017 e 2024, a pesquisa demonstra, por meio de testes estatísticos, que o aumento das tarifas correlaciona-se com a redução no número de...

This research wants to explain the Korean Beauty phenomenon from the perspective of International Relations, especially neoliberalism. The Korean Beauty phenomenon as part of the Korean Wave is often seen from the perspective of cultural or media studies. Meanwhile, in International Relations, many people discuss the Korean Wave and other derivativ...

The rapid urban expansion in mega-cities like Istanbul leads to increased habitat degradation, harming biodiversity. Since 2010, the central government of Türkiye has proposed and implemented controversial mega-projects in Istanbul as part of neoliberal urbanisation. This study analyzes the impacts of these projects on habitat quality and land-cove...

In the aftermath of the Soviet Union’s collapse, Kazakhstan inherited the remnants of one of the world’s most contaminated landscapes: the Semipalatinsk Test Site, known locally as the Polygon. Resigned to dispossession, residents have chosen to remain on the abandoned nuclear test site, despite the isolation and the radioactive environment, rather...

This study provides a comprehensive analysis of the evolution of feminist movements from the mid-19th century to the present, exploring their development across distinct historical periods and contextual frameworks. Beginning with the first wave of feminism, the research investigates its emergence alongside Enlightenment ideals and its rise during...

The aim of this paper is to compare structures of affordable housing provision in new large-scale housing projects in second-tier cities in Central and Eastern Europe. The paper builds on the conceptual framework of structures of housing provision to highlight complexities stemming from spatial conditions, structural processes reflected by housing...

This study explored the enduring influence of Kenneth Kaunda’s humanism on contemporary Zambian politics, investigating its relevance and impact in a post-colonial context. Kaunda’s humanism, rooted in values of dignity, unity, and social justice, served as a moral and ethical framework during his presidency. However, with Zambia’s transition to a...

The establishment of private universities in Greece sparked concerns in the academic community. For about a month, two images of private universities were juxtaposed. The media and government officials communicated an optimistic image emphasising the purported benefits to the county’s economy. Critics argued that establishing private universities w...

This paper explores the intersection of neoliberalism and right-wing populism in the repression of pro-Palestinian student activism at universities, with a focus on the University of Alberta. Since October 2023, students across Canada have mobilized to demand their universities divest from companies complicit in the genocide of Palestinians, disclo...

The Nueva Escuela Mexicana (NEM)-an education reform implemented in Mexico since 2023-represents a departure from previous neoliberal education reforms, emphasizing inclusion and diversity cultivated through active and project-based learning. As one of the first large-scale qualitative studies on the NEM, this study aimed to situate the reform with...

The use of video games in formal education has grown across all sectors over the past twenty years. However, much literature focuses on measuring learning and motivation, foregrounding game technologies without critical exploration of contexts and politics of use. This neoliberal approach of valuing what we chose to measure limits our understanding...

Aula ministrada no Profiap/UFF, estabelecendo a definição de homo economicus a partir do debate entre a perspectiva de Foucault e de Wendy Brown.

Este artigo investiga o neoliberalismo como expressão máxima do individualismo capitalista, articulado ao conservadorismo contemporâneo enquanto fator de fragmentação do indivíduo e obstáculo à socialização humana. O estudo parte da constatação de que, com a crise estrutural do capitalismo a partir do final dos anos 1960, consolidou-se uma nova con...

La academia mexicana en Ciencias Sociales: navegando las pautas del neoliberalismo El neoliberalismo ha tenido un impacto justamente en la academia mexicana en "Ciencias sociales", haciendo énfasis en las practicas, percepciones y sus términos laborales de estos miembros. Así como las políticas neoliberales, por medio del Sistema Nacional de Invest...

The philosophy, theory and practice of museology has traditionally followed the dualist logic that separates humanity from nature and this means that social justice is separated from ecological justice in thinking and practice. Despite emergent, more relational museological perspectives this philosophical artifact remains influential in both intern...

This article examines the academic literature and reports on Colombia's National Development Plans over the past 50 years. It aims to identify the central debates regarding Colombia's development model, addressing a series of contradictions, path‐dependent outcomes, salient variations, and issue framing. This work is based on a comprehensive web se...

En un contexto marcado por el capitalismo de crisis y de vigilancia (Fircke et al., 2022), la emergencia climática nos aboca a un cruce de caminos civilizatorio. La apuesta neoliberal por situar la economía como principio regulador de la vida (Ahedo y Telleria, 2020) ha llevado a la humanidad y al planeta a un posible punto de no retorno. Este proy...

Neoliberalism, as a dominant paradigm across various sectors, has significantly impacted the practice and direction of contemporary education. This article aims to critically examine the influence of neoliberalism on education through the lens of Christian educational philosophy. The study employs a qualitative literature review method, analyzing r...

Between 1998 and 2024, the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) was in government for twenty‐three out of twenty‐seven years—either as the senior partner in a coalition (from 1998 to 2005 with the Greens and from 2021 to 2024 with the Greens and liberals (FDP)) or as the junior partner in a coalition with the centre‐right Christian Democrats (C...

Histories of postmodern architecture have generally accepted the idea that postmodernism is embedded in the cultural logic of late capitalism. In this collection, however, we show that architectural postmodernism is not just a mere symbol of neoliberalism in the West but intertwined with the larger dynamics of imperialism on the one hand and social...

Ten years after the Asian financial cataclysm of 1997, the economies of the Western Pacific Rim are growing, though not at the rates they enjoyed before the crisis. The region has been indelibly scarred by the crisis. There is greater poverty, inequality, and social destabilization than before the crisis. South Korea's painful labor market reforms,...

As racionalidades neoliberais e seu ritmo de produção do espaço, que estendem os imperativos do mercado e da propriedade privada ao ordenamento espacial, dominam as cidades atualmente. Mesmo com a consolidação dos processos participativos, estabeleceu-se no Brasil um aparato regulatório de políticas urbanas de caráter antagônico ao permitir alguma...

It is widely assumed that the Japan-U.S. military alliance plays a key role in securing peace in Northeast Asia. It not only shores up procedural democracy in Japan and South Korea but also assures Japan's neighbors, China in particular, of Japan's commitment to pacifism. Close analysis of the current stage of neonationalism and neoliberal austerit...

Objective: Analyzing the management of agricultural land and irrigation water historical transformations in the La Parada-Justino-Bocas river basin and their social impacts at north of Mexquitic, San Luis Potosí. Methodology: Ethnographic work, bibliographic review, and archive consultation with a political ecology approach for the processual analy...

This article shows how urban life in Seoul under the Lee Myung-bak government combines neoliberal political economy priorities with an immense accumulation of spectacles. It examines the Cheonggye stream restoration, which has been promoted as upgrading Seoul to become a cleaner, greener and competitive global city. The Cheonggye stream project poi...

This paper discusses the fast growth of online freelancing in Bangladesh, its contribution to economic development, labor structure, and integration into global value chains. The freelance platforms give access to international markets, thus opening new opportunities for IT, design, and creative work. While these platforms are contributing to econo...

In the wake of the DPJ landslide victory and the first decisive defeat of a reigning Japanese government in more than half a century, attention has focused on two signature issues of the Hatoyama administration: • The U.S-Japan and China-Japan Relations and the possibility of a more independent Japanese foreign policy. • The critique of neoliberali...

South Korea's welfare system has undergone radical institutional expansion since the 1990s, largely as a consequence of the financial crisis of 1997. Despite these changes, however, public social expenditure remains extremely low in comparison with all other Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) countries. The social insuranc...

I propose to examine the resurgence of East Asia in the final decades of the long twentieth century in relation to three major forces that shape the era and the region: nationalism, regionalism and globalism. I understand contemporary globalism primarily in relation to the US bid to forge a hegemonic order predicated on military and diplomatic supr...

LONDON – “Economic reform” has been the banner slogan of Japanese governments for the last 10 years, and the new government promises more of it. For Prime Minister Abe Shinzo, it is not quite the strident claim to fearless determination that it was for his predecessor, but there is no doubt about the general direction of economic institutional chan...

The rise of neoliberal reforms in the period of globalization is often claimed to be linked with wider outcomes, such as increased inequality, unemployment, and different cultural grievances. Because of these economic and cultural concerns, voters might seek solutions to their ostensible problems by turning to illiberal populist parties, which tend...

What is it like as an academic to be doing social science research in pandemic times? How do research engagements and interactions transform in the wake of a global crisis? This creative piece ruminates on questions of care and ethics in the context of doing fieldwork during the pandemic. These poems emerged from the need to reimagine anthropologic...

On 6 June 2008, the Ainu were recognized as an indigenous people. A new set of policies was promised for Autumn 2009 in line with the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. This article offers a major review of this policy-making process. It contends that because of the nature of the UN Declaration, the structure of contemporary Japane...

The financial crisis sweeping the world has led many to reconsider the neoliberal premises of the U.S. government. Jae-Jung Suh sits down with sociologist and world systems theorist Immanuel Wallerstein to consider the paradigm shift in global thinking on economic policy and the future of capitalism. This interview originally appeared at Hankyoreh...

[This article by Eamonn Fingleton exemplifies the “Japan as Number One” genre, a type that has become such a rara avis in recent years that it seemed virtually extinct. The conventional wisdom among international economists as well as Japanese neoliberals, is that Japan is washed up and has to learn from America. Using Japan's trade with China as a...

Poverty alleviation is in the mainstream policy agenda across the governments in the world and the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals and academic platforms. Despite all this, the world is still faced with a high number of its population trapped in poverty. International financial institutions such as the World Bank and International Mone...

This paper unpacks key issues, realities, challenges and possibilities linked to higher education in conflict settings. The focus is on the impact of violent conflict on higher education, and the neglect of the sector when it comes to recovery and rebuilding in the aftermath of conflict. The paper touches on the externally driven initiatives aimed...

Obesity research has been predominantly shaped by biomedical and political economy approaches that emphasize energy imbalance and individual responsibility. While critical perspectives challenge these narratives, they often neglect the structural and socio-economic production of obesogenic environments. This study conceptualizes obesity as a struct...

Our work explores the impact of generative AI (GenAI) on academic life through the lenses of three female scholars. It highlights how the rapid rise of AI technologies has created pressure for faster productivity, leading to feelings of disconnection and overwhelm. In response, we advocate for embracing ‘slowness’ as an act of resistance to the fas...

Book Review Book: Brown, Wendy. In the Ruins of Neoliberalism: The Rise of Antidemocratic Politics in the West. New York: Columbia University Press, 2019.

The global mobility of students is a central feature of the internationalization of higher education. The discussions in the current literature on the issue of international student mobility seem to concentrate on three main questions: 1) What is the current pattern of international student mobility? 2) How do we explain the current mobility patter...

A educação brasileira vem abrindo espaço para inserção de práticas neoliberais em sua organização, visível mais fortemente desde fins do século passado com o processo de redemocratização no país e a expansão do mercado através da globalização. As políticas públicas educacionais têm sofrido influências de organismos internacionais, com objetivos de...

For a long time Western reason, of which capitalism embodies the most accomplished and radical form, seemed able of acquiring a growing capacity to control the world. Social turmoil and the ecological crisis appear to question such capacity, while in social theory ‘new materialisms’ are committed to denounce its engine – the separation and hierarch...

Psychedelic‐assisted therapies can be intertwined with the forces of neoliberal rationality, reductionist psychiatry, biomedical psychopharmacology, individualized models of subjectivity and fascism. Through a genealogical and critical review, this study seeks to demonstrate how the ongoing ‘psychedelic renaissance’ and its current medicalization o...

Título O Real Foracluído no Diagnóstico: DSM-5, Periferia Social e a Gestão Neoliberal do Sofrimento Resumo Este artigo propõe uma leitura crítica do DSM-5 a partir da teoria lacaniana dos registros, centrando-se na noção de foraclusão dos marcadores sociais no discurso psiquiátrico contemporâneo. Com base em uma articulação entre psicanálise, soci...

This article presents a new way of understanding Global Environmental Governance (GEG), historically and functionally. We outline a revised analytical framing, which connects the post-WWII moment of early globalizing conservation with the intensifying attempts to govern the human-earth relationship through an ever-growing assemblage of governable e...

Based on a documentary analysis focusing on the relationship between education and work, specifically within the scope of the History of the Present Time and Curriculum Policy Studies, the study focused on the teacher-student dynamic that emerges within the limits of Brazilian neoliberal rationality, influenced by the legal frameworks established s...

O artigo busca analisar as manifestações contra a diversidade de orientações sexuais e identidades de gênero como estratégia política em meio à crise das democracias, neoconservadorismo crescente e políticas anti-gênero na Hungria e na Polônia. Assim, pretende-se verificar como esses países adotam estratégias na tentativa de controlar e reprimir a...

This open access book explores the hidden politics of time—the chronopolitics—that profoundly shapes the contours of academic life and knowledge production in contemporary universities. Moving beyond familiar critiques of academic acceleration, Ulrike Felt explores the diversity of time generators and the resultant complex, multilayered timescapes...

A Embraer, muito embora não seja mais uma agência estatal, é reconhecida como um sucesso na indústria aeroespacial global. Sua história, que começou com o incentivo governamental, evoluiu para uma empresa privada de grande relevância mundial. A empresa se destacou por sua capacidade de inovação, desenvolvimento de aeronaves e adaptação às necessida...

Resumo: Nas últimas três décadas, as lutas sociais e políticas bolivianas foram marcadas pelo protagonismo camponês e indígena. Suas organizações foram fundamentais, por exemplo, no enfrentamento ao ciclo neoliberal, que teve na Guerra do Gás, em 2003, um dos seus eventos centrais. A própria eleição presidencial de Evo Morales, em 2005, e o início...

National politics has a significant impact on organizing and accessing community welfare. This book engages with notions of everyday politics within two London-based food co-ops emerging from different political environments and ideologies. It provides a careful and engaging examination of the experiences of political and economic change in Austeri...

prevailing notion of unfettered capitalism as a guarantor of freedom, contending that it has instead exacerbated income inequality, political polarization, and the erosion of social safety nets. The review highlights Stiglitz's critique of free-market fundamentalism while drawing upon his analysis of the failure of neoliberal policies to address va...

O estudo apresentado neste artigo procura contribuir com a análise das dimensões políticas e socioeconômicas do período da História do Brasil compreendido entre 2016 e 2022, caracterizado pela implantação de políticas econômicas pautadas por uma agenda neoliberal que privilegiava as demandas dos grandes capitais. Procurou-se apresentar o discurso p...

Drawing on thirteen years of personal experience researching Middle Eastern politics, I examine how digitality has eroded traditional boundaries between safety and danger, public and private, and democratic and authoritarian spaces. While digital tools initially promised to make research more accessible and secure, they have instead created new vul...

Despite decades of aid and policy "guidance" from institutions like the IMF and World Bank, many African nations remain trapped in cycles of debt, underdevelopment, and policy dependency. This article interrogates the colonial roots of international financial institutions and how their one-size-fits-all neoliberal prescriptions have often dismantle...

Exclusionary, pathologizing, and dehumanizing policies, practices, and procedures continue to shape an educational ecosystem that reproduces injustice. In this paper, a paradigm shift is proposed for school social work practice-toward the abolition of oppressive frameworks. This article journeys through the origins of the profession shaped by the v...

La sociedad del cansancio y las ideas que conlleva que nos ha compartido Byung-Chul Han tienen una incidencia importante para el pensamiento filosófico de las ciencias penales. No se puede obviar que el mundo globalizado tiene un sistema económico dominante que es el capitalismo neoliberal, y que este mismo modelo, transmite patrones en el marco de...

Social sustainability, often overshadowed by economic and environmental concerns, is crucial for the holistic development of societies. This article emphasizes the importance of social sustainability in the context of the upcoming federal election in Australia. Drawing from five years of experience as a community mental health social worker, the au...

This paper conceptualizes the evolution of stigma facing Chinese MNEs in Western markets. From the 1980s-early 2010s, MNEs faced “latecomer stigma” (i.e., stigma from perceived low product quality, copycat behavior, and other latecomer disadvantages) whereas at present they face “geopolitical stigma” (i.e., stigma from threatening Western economic...