Late neoliberalism: Delineating a policy regime

McGimpsey, Ian

doi:10.1177/0261018316653552

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“…and the austerity measures, which governments were forced to pursue after the 2007-2008 crisis, provided new momentum for the concepts stating that the era of the welfare state is coming to an end. It should be replaced with a new mechanism for providing social goods, where the institutions of civil society would play the most important role (see references and reviews in McGimpsey, 2017). This view does not contradict our theory.…”

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confidence: 57%

Towards a general theory of social and economic development: Evolution of coordination mechanisms

Polterovich¹

2018

RUJEC

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A new approach to understanding social and economic development is proposed, based on consideration of the evolution of coordination mechanisms. The work consists of two parts. In the first part, a critical analysis of four recently proposed theories of social development, focusing on geographical, institutional or cultural factors, is given. These theories have greatly enriched our understanding of the evolution of society, however, as analysis shows, none of them provides a satisfactory description of the driving forces and mechanisms of this evolution; the main reason is rooted in their common deficiency — monocausality. It is proposed to distinguish between two types of development, catching up and leading. The basic ideas of the theory of catching up development are presented. This approach makes it possible to explain the phenomenon of the “economic miracle” as a result of mutually conditioned changes in culture, institutions, technological progress and well-being in the context of interaction of competition, power and collaboration mechanisms. The second part is devoted to the theory of leading socioeconomic development. It is shown how in Western Europe, as a result of the interaction of the above four factors, specific forms and combinations of the three main mechanisms of coordination — competition, power and collaboration — emerged at each stage of evolution. I emphasize the importance of ideology and the phenomenon of technical progress in the formation of institutions of economic and political competition that contributed to the creation of the welfare state. These changes and economic growth created the conditions for further transformation of civil culture: increasing levels of trust, tolerance, altruism and cosmopolitanism, expanding the planning horizon. The decrease in the level of coercion built into the mechanisms of power and competition are demonstrated as well as the expansion of the role of collaboration. A hypothesis is advanced that the speed of this process depends on geographical factors. The idea of the welfare world is discussed.

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confidence: 57%

Towards a general theory of social and economic development: Evolution of coordination mechanisms

Polterovich¹

2018

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“…The principles of co‐production also appear to reflect the broader neoliberal agenda, characterized by a rolling back of the state and a shift of power in the decision‐making process from policymakers to the people (Dahl & Soss, ). From this perspective, a genuine shift in power may not always be genuine, as public support for a decision may be declared by policymakers to justify and legitimize decisions made on the basis of the austerity measures that dominant contemporary policy processes (McGimpsey, ).…”

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confidence: 99%

Inside co‐production: Stakeholder meaning and situated practice

Crompton

2018

Soc Policy Adm

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Co-production has risen to the fore of contemporary policymaking, with the intention of placing citizens at the heart of public service design and production. Although this may lead to more democratic and legitimate decisionmaking, achieving "meaningful" co-production can be difficult. In this qualitative study, we examine what constitutes meaningful co-production, in particular asking whether there is a disconnect between the elite policy narrative that legitimizes co-production and stakeholder experiences of this approach. Our research adopts a decentred approach to examine the different ways that actors understand and participate in co-production, both as a methodology and as an interactive social practice. We conclude that a lack of synergy between local narratives may undermine the potential success of co-production.

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“…Social work was drawn deeper into managerial, marketoriented ways of thinking and practising (Harris & White, 2009). Although the neoliberal project led to the 2007/08 financial crash and resulting Great Recession, it emerged remarkably unscathed, with subsequent governments implementing savage public expenditure cuts and attempts to "get more for less" under the banner of austerity (Farnsworth & Irving, 2018;McGimpsey, 2017). Such austerity policies are designed to continue the dismantling of the welfare state, bring down wages and fully marketise the economy, thus destroying all the post-war social and economic gains of ordinary people.…”

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Neoliberalism and social work with children and families in the UK: On-going challenges and critical possibilities

Rogowski

2018

ANZSWJ

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INTRODUCTION: Neoliberalism, the belief that free market economies are the best way to achieve human well-being, continues to dominate economic, political and social life in the UK, Europe and the globalised world. In the UK the welfare state has gradually been dismantled and become more punitive, the market place has been introduced, and social work has been de-professionalised and transformed into a narrower, more restricted, role. Instead of relationship-based work, practitioners are largely concerned with completing bureaucracy speedily to ration resources and assess/manage risk. Moreover, in relation to children and families, parents need to be self-responsible and, if they fail, a punitive response awaits: being told to change their behaviour/lifestyle or face losing their children to adoption.APPROACH AND CONCLUSIONS: Drawing and building upon my previous work (for example, Rogowski, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2016), this article outlines the neoliberal changes and challenges to social work with children and families in the UK, arguing that critical practice is ever more necessary. Such practice entails working alongside children and families on the issues at the root of social injustice, notably growing inequality in the neoliberalised world. Importantly, examples of what such a practice might entail are highlighted.

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Late neoliberalism: Delineating a policy regime

Cited by 49 publications

References 45 publications

Towards a general theory of social and economic development: Evolution of coordination mechanisms

Towards a general theory of social and economic development: Evolution of coordination mechanisms

Inside co‐production: Stakeholder meaning and situated practice

Neoliberalism and social work with children and families in the UK: On-going challenges and critical possibilities

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