How Labour Made Neoliberalism

Humphrys, E; Cahill, D

How Labour Made Neoliberalism

Humphrys, E

Cahill, D

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Publication Type:: Journal Article
Citation:: Critical Sociology, 2017, 43 (4-5), pp. 669 - 684
Issue Date:: 2017-07-01

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dc.contributor.author	Humphrys, E https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0192-0426	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Cahill, D	en_US
dc.date.available	2020-05-25T19:02:12Z
dc.date.issued	2017-07-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Critical Sociology, 2017, 43 (4-5), pp. 669 - 684	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	0896-9205	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/57342
dc.description.abstract	© 2016, © The Author(s) 2016. Critical explanations of neoliberalism regularly adhere to a dominant narrative as to the form and implementation of the neoliberal policy revolution, positing neoliberalism in its vanguard period as a project implemented by governments of the New Right, imposed coercively on civil society by state elites and only subsequently adopted by social democratic parties. In such accounts, labour is typically posited as the object and victim of neoliberalising processes. In contrast, this article focuses upon the active role of labour within the development of neoliberalism. The period of social democratic government in Australia (1983–1996) is used as a case study to illuminate labour’s active role in constructing neoliberalism. Indicative evidence from the USA and UK is then presented to argue that the agency of labour can usefully be ‘written in’ to the presently dominant narrative regarding the rise of neoliberalism to provide a more satisfactory account of its nature and resilience over time.	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	Critical Sociology	en_US
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1177/0896920516655859	en_US
dc.subject.classification	Sociology	en_US
dc.title	How Labour Made Neoliberalism	en_US
dc.type	Journal Article
utslib.citation.volume	4-5	en_US
utslib.citation.volume	43	en_US
utslib.for	1608 Sociology	en_US
utslib.for	1401 Economic Theory	en_US
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pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/e-Press
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences/School of Communication
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pubs.issue	4-5	en_US
pubs.publication-status	Published	en_US
pubs.volume	43	en_US

Abstract:

© 2016, © The Author(s) 2016. Critical explanations of neoliberalism regularly adhere to a dominant narrative as to the form and implementation of the neoliberal policy revolution, positing neoliberalism in its vanguard period as a project implemented by governments of the New Right, imposed coercively on civil society by state elites and only subsequently adopted by social democratic parties. In such accounts, labour is typically posited as the object and victim of neoliberalising processes. In contrast, this article focuses upon the active role of labour within the development of neoliberalism. The period of social democratic government in Australia (1983–1996) is used as a case study to illuminate labour’s active role in constructing neoliberalism. Indicative evidence from the USA and UK is then presented to argue that the agency of labour can usefully be ‘written in’ to the presently dominant narrative regarding the rise of neoliberalism to provide a more satisfactory account of its nature and resilience over time.

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