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Neo-Liberalism, State Power and Global Governance

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  • © 2007

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Editors:
  1. Simon Lee

    1. Department of Politics and International Studies, University of Hull, UK

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  2. Stephen Mcbride

    1. Department of Political Science, Simon Fraser University, Canada

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  • Provides in a single volume an evaluation of neo-liberalism as a basis for state power
  • Provides in a single volume an evaluation of neo-liberalism as a basis for global governance
  • Provides concise case studies of North American, European and emergent market economies

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Table of contents (16 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
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  4. Labour: A Special Case in the Global Economy?

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 125-125
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    2. Governance, Trade and Labour Mobility

      • Christina Gabriel
      Pages 127-143

    3. Neo-Liberal Policies and Immigrant Women in Canada

      • Habiba Zaman
      Pages 145-153
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This volume explores some of the ways in which neo-liberalism has affected both the exercise of state power and the conduct of global governance in the cont- porary global economy. While the contributors have approached their subject from a variety of social science perspectives, their research is united by a number of underlying themes. First, neo-liberalism has failed to deliver a framework for state power and global governance capable of delivering stability and enduring prosperity. Second, the role of the politics in general, and the state and global governance in particular, should be defined more broadly than the simple neo-liberal construction of institutions for the market. There is an urgent need for the re-balancing of state power and global governance in favour of the public domain of the state and citizenship, in order to redress some of the inequalities bequeathed by three decades of liberalization, privatization, and de-regulation. Third, the degree to which globalization has undermined the policy autonomy of the de- cratic state has been overstated in many cases. While many poorer developing economies have been presented with a developmental fait accompli, for many more affluent polities, neo-liberal globalization has been a deliberate policy choice. As a consequence, any analysis of the impact of neo-liberalism upon state power and global governance must acknowledge the importance of context, including the role played by society, historical traditions, and culture, in mediating the effects of neo-liberalism.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Politics and International Studies, University of Hull, UK

    Simon Lee

  • Department of Political Science, Simon Fraser University, Canada

    Stephen Mcbride

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