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

by Roser Manzanera-Ruiz (Editor), Carmen Lizárraga (Editor), Fernando López-Castellano (Editor)

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780367720674
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	01/29/2024
Series:	Routledge Studies in Development Economics
Pages:	264
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

About the Author

Fernando López Castellano is Professor of Applied Economics at the Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Granada, Spain.

Carmen Lizárraga is Professor of Applied Economics at the Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Granada, Spain.

Roser Manzanera Ruiz is Professor in the Department of Sociology of University of Granada, Spain. Institute for Women and Gender Studies, University of Granada, Spain.

Table of Contents

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