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Paperback. Why do some countries govern by moderate neoliberalism while others by a radical version? Looking at Spain and Romania, Ruling Ideas points to the role of local intellectual traditions, the strength of international alternatives, the resources of the local advocates of neoliberalism, and their vulnerability to external coercion. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: JPFK; JPS; KCA; KCP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 235 x 26. Weight in Grams: 450.
Neoliberal economic theories are powerful because their domestic translators make them go local, hybridizing global scripts with local ideas. This does not mean that all local translations shape policy, however. External constraints and translators' access to cohesive policy institutions filter what kind of neoliberal hybrids become policy reality. By comparing the moderate neoliberalism that prevails in Spain with the more radical one that shapes policy thinking in Romania, Ruling Ideas explains why neoliberal hybrids take the forms that they do and how they survive crises. Cornel Ban contributes to the literature by showing that these different varieties of neoliberalism depend ... Read more
Neoliberal economic theories are powerful because their domestic translators make them go local, hybridizing global scripts with local ideas. This does not mean that all local translations shape policy, however. External constraints and translators' access to cohesive policy institutions filter what kind of neoliberal hybrids become policy reality. By comparing the moderate neoliberalism that prevails in Spain with the more radical one that shapes policy thinking in Romania, Ruling Ideas explains why neoliberal hybrids take the forms that they do and how they survive crises. Cornel Ban contributes to the literature by showing that these different varieties of neoliberalism depend ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
Number of Pages
312
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780190600396
SKU
V9780190600396
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Ref
99-22
About Cornel Ban
Assistant Professor of Political Science, Boston University
Reviews for Ruling Ideas
"This book delivers a careful analysis of the national forces that determine what type of neoliberalism a country develops, looking at domestic, international, historical, and intellectual explanatory factors. The author offers a sophisticated advancement in understanding the political and economic forces that affect the world and how neoliberalism as a structure varies across nation-states. Excellent for collections on globalization, economics, ... Read more