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Neoliberalism is easily one of the most powerful discourses toemerge within the social sciences in the last two decades, and the number of scholars who write about this dynamic and unfolding process of socio-spatial transformation is astonishing. Even more surprising though is that there has, until now, not been an attempt to provide a wide-ranging volume that engages with the multiple registers in which neoliberalism has evolved.

The Routledge Handbook of Neoliberalism seeks to offer a comprehensive overview of the phenomenon of neoliberalism by examining the range of ways that it has been theorized, promoted, critiqued, and put into practice in a variety of geographical locations and institutional frameworks. With contributions from over 50 leading
authors working at institutions around the world the volumes seven sections will offer a systematic overview of neoliberalism’s origins, political implications, social tensions, spaces, natures and environments, and aftermaths in addressing ongoing and emerging debates.

The volume aims to provide the first comprehensive overview of the field and to advance the established and emergent debates in a field that has grown exponentially over the past two decades, coinciding with the meteoric rise of neoliberalism as a hegemonic ideology, state form, policy and program, and governmentality. It includes a substantive introductory chapter and will serve as an invaluable resource for undergraduates, graduate students, and professional scholars alike.

Table of Contents

An introduction to neoliberalism, SimonSpringer, KeanBirch, JulieMacLeavy; Part 1 Origins; Chapter 1 Historicizing the neoliberal spirit of capitalism, MatthewEagleton-Pierce; Chapter 2 The ascendancy of Chicago neoliberalism, EdwardNik-Khah, RobertVan Horn; Chapter 3 Neoliberalism and the transnational capitalist class, William K.Carroll, J.P.Sapinski; Chapter 4 Theorizing neoliberalization, KimEngland, KevinWard; Chapter 5 Neoliberal hegemony, DieterPlehwe; Chapter 6 Governmentality at work in shaping a critical geographical politics, NickLewis; Chapter 7 Neoliberalism in question, PhillipO’Neill, SallyWeller; Chapter 8 Neoliberalism, accomplished and ongoing, Stephanie L.Mudge; Part 2 Political implications; Chapter 9 Neoliberalism and authoritarianism, IanBruff; Chapter 10 Neoliberalism and citizenship, KatharyneMitchell; Chapter 11 Development and neoliberalism, DouglasHill, NaveWald, TessGuiney; Chapter 12 Neoliberalism and the end of democracy, JasonHickel; Chapter 13 The violence of neoliberalism, SimonSpringer; Chapter 14 Neoliberalism and the biopolitical imagination, NicholasKiersey; Chapter 15 Neoliberalism, surveillance and media convergence, JulieCupples, KevinGlynn; Chapter 16 ResilienceA right-wingers’ ploy?, VladMykhnenko; Part 3 Social tensions; Chapter 17 Race and neoliberalism, David J.Roberts; Chapter 18 Gender and neoliberalism, ChristinaScharff; Chapter 19 Neoliberalizing sex, normativizing love, SealingCheng; Chapter 20 Health and the embodiment of neoliberalism, MatthewSparke; Chapter 21 Neoliberalism and welfare, JulieMacLeavy; Chapter 22 Neoliberalism, labour and trade unionism, BenJackson; Chapter 23 The commons against neoliberalism, the commons of neoliberalism, the commons beyond neoliberalism, MaxHaiven; Chapter 24 Retooling social reproduction for neoliberal times, PeterGraefe; Part 4 Knowledge productions; Chapter 25 Education, neoliberalism, and human capital, Michael A.Peters; Chapter 26 Pedagogies of neoliberalism, Sheila L.Macrine; Chapter 27 Financial economics and business schools, KeanBirch; Chapter 28 Neoliberalism everywhere, RussellPrince; Chapter 29 Science, innovation and neoliberalism, DavidTyfield; Chapter 30 Performing neoliberalism, Michael R.Glass; Chapter 31 Neoliberalism as austerity, HeatherWhiteside; Chapter 32 The housing crisis in neoliberal Britainfree market think tanks and the production of ignorance, TomSlater; Part 5 Spaces; Chapter 33 Urban neoliberalism, RogerKeil; Chapter 34 Neoliberalism and rural change, CristóbalKay; Chapter 35 The heartlands of neoliberalism and the rise of the austerity state, BobJessop; Chapter 36 Peripheries of neoliberalism, Warwick E.Murray, JohnOverton; Chapter 37 Neoliberal geopolitics, Susan M.Roberts; Chapter 38 In the spirit of whiteness, JosephNevins; Chapter 39 Housing and home, RaeDufty-Jones; Part 6 Natures and environments; Chapter 40 Re-regulating socioecologies under neoliberalism, Rosemary-ClaireCollard, JessicaDempsey, JamesRowe; Chapter 41 Neoliberalism’s climate, LarryLohmann; Chapter 42 Neoliberal energies, MatthewHuber; Chapter 43 Neoliberalizing water, AlexLoftus, JessicaBudds; Chapter 44 The neoliberalization of agriculture, JameyEssex; Chapter 45 Making bodily commodities, MariaFannin; Chapter 46 Rethinking the extractive/productive binary under neoliberalism, SonjaKilloran-McKibbin, AnnaZalik; Part 7 Aftermaths; Chapter 47 The crisis of neoliberalism, GérardDuménil, DominiqueLévy; Chapter 48 Regulated deregulation, Manuel B.Aalbers; Chapter 49 Neoliberalism version 3+, James D.Sidaway, ReijerHendrikse; Chapter 50 Postneoliberalism, UlrichBrand; Chapter 51 Neoliberal gothic, JaphyWilson; Chapter 52 Everyday contestations to neoliberalism, Richard J.White, Colin C.Williams; Chapter 53 Our new arms, MarkPurcell;