Liberal Democracy in Crisis Rethinking Resistance under Neoliberal Governmentality /

• Main Author: Toplišek, Alen (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Series: The Theories, Concepts and Practices of Democracy
• Subjects: Political theory.; Democracy.; Political science.; Political Theory.; Governance and Government.

This book rethinks resistance against neoliberalism in the context of the crisis of Western liberal democracy and the rise of new radical left parties in Europe. Drawing upon a wide range of methodological approaches in contemporary political and social theory, it explores how the aftermath of the 2...

Table of Contents:

• 1. Introduction
• 2. Understanding the crisis of liberal democracy and rethinking democratic politics
• 3. Understanding (Neo)Liberalism: The Relationship between the Liberal State and Free Market Capitalism
• 4. Crisis: Critique, Temporality and Trauma
• 5. Politics and Resistance as Power
• 6. Challenging Neoliberal Governmentality: Social Movements and the New Radical Left
• 7. Conclusion.