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dc.contributor.authorNeilson, David
dc.date.accessioned2012-07-12T02:55:36Z
dc.date.available2012-07-12T02:55:36Z
dc.date.issued2011
dc.identifier.citationNeilson, D. (2011). Making history beyond neoliberalism: Response to Roper. New Zealand Sociology, 26(2), 66-76.en_NZ
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10289/6454
dc.description.abstractRoper (2011a, p. 39) sums up his account of neoliberalism in New Zealand with the following conclusion: “In the absence of a major upsurge in working class and social movement struggle, the neoliberal policy regime is likely to remain firmly in place.” The bulk of his article lends weight to this conclusion in the course of offering a detailed analysis of National’s neoliberalism and New Zealand’s social inequality. In his final assessment Roper turns to list mid-range factors that underpin his conclusion. In particular, he refers to structural constraints resulting from the neoliberalisation of New Zealand’s financial regime; neoliberalisation of the outlooks of successive New Zealand Governments since 1984; and the balance of class forces in favour of capital (pp.37-8). This response focuses, first, on building a sympathetic analysis of these mid-range factors which are linked here with the form and dynamic of the ‘neoliberal model of development’ (Neilson, 2011). In his conclusion Roper also states that if there is an upsurge in social movement and working class politics ‘then the question of alternatives to neoliberalism will come to the forefront of New Zealand politics’ (Roper, 2011a, p. 39). The second theme of this essay is linked to an exploratory discussion of why this might or might not happen and how more specifically a ‘counter-hegemonic project’ could be more consciously constructed and actively pursued.en_NZ
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dc.publisherSociological Association of Aotearoa New Zealanden_NZ
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dc.rightsThis article has been published in the journal: New Zealand Sociology. © New Zealand Sociology. Used with permission.en_NZ
dc.subjectNew Zealanden_NZ
dc.subjectneoliberalismen_NZ
dc.titleMaking history beyond neoliberalism: Response to Roperen_NZ
dc.typeJournal Articleen_NZ
dc.relation.isPartOfNew Zealand Sociologyen_NZ
pubs.begin-page66en_NZ
pubs.elements-id37063
pubs.end-page76en_NZ
pubs.issue2en_NZ
pubs.volume26en_NZ


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