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Beyond Defeat and Austerity: Disrupting (the Critical Political Economy of) Neoliberal Europe

Beyond Defeat and Austerity: Disrupting (the Critical Political Economy of) Neoliberal Europe

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Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd
Year 21/09/2017
Pages 298
Version hardback
Readership level Professional and scholarly
Language English
ISBN 9781138890541
Categories International economics
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Much of the critical discussion of the European political economy and the Eurozone crisis has focused upon a sense that solidaristic achievements built up during the post-war period are being continuously unravelled. Whilst there are many reasons to lament the trajectory of change within Europe's political economy, there are also important developments, trends and processes which have acted to obstruct, hinder and present alternatives to this perceived trajectory of declining social solidarity. These alternatives have tended to be obscured from view, in part as a result of the conceptual approaches adopted within the literature.





Drawing from examples across the EU, this book presents an alternative narrative and explanation for the development of Europe's political economy and crisis, emphasising the agency of what are typically considered subordinate (and passive) actors. By highlighting patterns of resistance, disobedience and disruption it makes a significant contribution to a literature that has otherwise been more concerned to understand patterns of heightened domination, exploitation, inequality and neoliberal consolidation. It will be of interest to students and scholars alike. "This book successfully debunks the idea that neo-liberalism and austerity are firmly established in Europe. In fact, austerity is constantly contested by a new, disruptive form of agency at the workplace and across society. This volume is a contribution of utmost importance to understanding exploitation and resistance in Europe, a must-read for everyone interested in progressive ways out of the crisis!" - Prof. Andreas Bieler, Professor of Political Economy, University of Nottingham.





"This book brings a breath of fresh air to the debate about Neoliberal Europe. Prevalent Marxist CPE approaches to European integration fail to connect Critical Political Economy with the disruptive force of labour struggles at the grassroots. To engage with this, the authors offer a disruptive-oriented approach to CPE. They call this approach 'minor Marxism' for it focuses on disruption rather than domination. I believe that this minor Marxism is a major contribution to an understanding of the pre-figurative power of old and new working class resistances. The book shows that they can do both: challenge nationalistic and authoritarian tendencies of European integration and organise new anti-austerity radicalisms in defence of the commons, leading to an alternative integration from below." - Dr Ana Cecilia Dinerstein, University of Bath, UK.

Beyond Defeat and Austerity: Disrupting (the Critical Political Economy of) Neoliberal Europe

Table of contents

Introduction

















Beyond Left Melancholy: towards a disruption-oriented account

The limits of market-based pacification: Labour unrest and European integration

In search of a new radicalism? Workers and trade unions during the European crisis

Resisting neoliberal Europe, responding to the dismantling of welfare states

Defending the common: struggles against marketization and austerity in education

Everyday endeavours towards a needs-based housing policy

Trapped between authoritarian constitutionalism, pragmatic prefigurative movements and Brexit? Disrupting neoliberal Europe

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