(After) Neoliberalism? Rethinking the Return of the State

Khurana, Ishan; Narayan, John

doi:10.51428/dsoc.2021.04.0003

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“…The findings could also be used in relation to arguments regarding the future of neo-liberalism. Current debate includes issues such as whether neo-liberalism is now dead as a popular ideology ( Cooper, 2021 ), moves towards national capitalism ( Eaton, 2021 ), questioning of globalisation and a return to state intervention in the economy ( Khurana and Narayan, 2021 ), and even the possible emergence of a new consensus ( Mazzucato, 2021 ). Data examined in this article could certainly be used to develop a narrative that the pre-2015 years appear as something of a high water mark in efforts by governments and media to harden attitudes to ‘welfare’, but that limits were reached.…”

Section: Discussion: Re-setting Debatementioning

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COVID-19 and (mis)understanding public attitudes to social security: Re-setting debate

Orton

Sarkar

2022

Critical Social Policy

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The Covid-19 pandemic has seen emerging debate about a possible shift in ‘anti-welfare commonsense’ i.e. the orthodoxy previously described in this journal as solidifying negative public attitudes towards ‘welfare’. While a shift in attitudes might be ascribed to the circumstances of the crisis it would still be remarkable for such a strongly established orthodoxy to have changed quite so rapidly. It is appropriate, therefore, to reflect on whether the ‘anti-welfare’ orthodoxy was in fact as unequivocal as claimed? To address this question, challenges to the established orthodoxy that were emerging pre-pandemic are examined along with the most recently available survey data. This leads to discussion of broader issues relating to understanding attitudes: methodology; ‘messiness’ and ambivalence of attitudes; attitudes and constructions of deservingness; and following or leading opinion. It is argued that the ‘anti-welfare’ orthodoxy has always been far more equivocal than claimed, with consequent implications for anti-poverty action and re-setting debate.

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COVID-19 and (mis)understanding public attitudes to social security: Re-setting debate

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Sarkar

2022

Critical Social Policy

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“…Alternatives to neoliberalism should have gained ground following the 2008-2009 global financial crisis, when global neoliberalism arguably lost its triumphal claims (Gerbaudo, 2016;Khurana & Narayan, 2021). And yet, alternatives have not gained ground and neoliberalism continues to evolve its uncanny non-death (Crouch, 2011).…”

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3. On public goods, cursing, and finding hope in the (neoliberal) twilight zone

Khoo

2023

Higher Education for Good

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This chapter traces the predicaments of public higher education in the neoliberal “twilight zone”, stuck between neoliberal globalism and global neoliberalism (Khoo, 2017; Schuurman, 2009). Confronting a rising sense of darkness (Fleming, 2021) and dread (Goldberg, 2021), this chapter reverses the aphorism that “it is better to light a candle than to curse the darkness”. Cursing the darkness that neoliberalism visits on HE might be a critically generative thing to do, to surface the normative foundations otherwise occluded by a pervasive sense of dread. The chapter discusses the importance of hope, turning to gentler educational darkness and generative aspects of dark pedagogies. To dare to think about what is meant by public good, educational good or higher good requires more than the lighting of candles. It calls for energetically rejecting the cursed times that all are living through and opening the possibility of reclaiming reality.

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Higher Education for Good

2023

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After decades of turbulence and acute crises in recent years, how can we build a better future for Higher Education? Thoughtfully edited by Laura Czerniewicz and Catherine Cronin, this rich and diverse collection by academics and professionals from across 17 countries and many disciplines offers a variety of answers to this question. It addresses the need to set new values for universities, trapped today in narratives dominated by financial incentives and performance indicators, and examines those “wicked” problems which need multiple solutions, resolutions, experiments, and imaginaries. This mix of new and well-established voices provides hopeful new ways of thinking about Higher Education across a range of contexts, and how to concretise initiatives to deal with local and global challenges. In an unusual and refreshing way, the contributors provide insights about resilience tactics and collective actions across different levels of higher education using an array of styles and formats including essays, poetry, and speculative fiction. With its interdisciplinary appeal, this book presents itself as a provocative and inspiring resource for universities, students, and scholars. Higher Education for Good courageously offers critique, hope, and purpose for the practice and the trajectory of Higher Education.

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(After) Neoliberalism? Rethinking the Return of the State

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COVID-19 and (mis)understanding public attitudes to social security: Re-setting debate

COVID-19 and (mis)understanding public attitudes to social security: Re-setting debate

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