Liberal Democracy in Crisis
Rethinking Resistance under Neoliberal Governmentality
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Beschreibung
This book rethinks resistance against neoliberalism in the context of the crisis of Western liberal democracy and the rise of new radical left parties in Europe. Drawing upon a wide range of methodological approaches in contemporary political and social theory, it explores how the aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis represents the opening of possibilities for resistance and examines the structural hurdles facing radical politics in effectively challenging neoliberalism. The author challenges the dominant conceptions of democratic politics by critically interrogating the role of liberalism in the depoliticisation of governing and the neoliberal restructuring of the democratic role of the state. The trajectory of new radical left parties in Slovenia, Greece and Spain is used to demonstrate the need to overcome the binary divide between institutional politics and resistance in radical political theory and practice.
This book rethinks resistance against neoliberalism in the context of the crisis of Western liberal democracy and the rise of new radical left parties in Europe. Drawing upon a wide range of methodological approaches in contemporary political and social theory, it explores how the aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis represents the opening of possibilities for resistance and examines the structural hurdles facing radical politics in effectively challenging neoliberalism. The author challenges the dominant conceptions of democratic politics by critically interrogating the role of liberalism in the depoliticisation of governing and the neoliberal restructuring of the democratic role of the state. The trajectory of new radical left parties in Slovenia, Greece and Spain is used to demonstrate the need to overcome the binary divide between institutional politics and resistance in radical political theory and practice.
Provides a theoretical and analytical study in the contemporary crisis of liberal democracy Engages with the democratic challenges encountered by the post-2011 protest movements Is attentive to both history and the role of ideology in shaping structures of power
Autor*in
Alen Toplišek
Themen in »Liberal Democracy in Crisis«
Liberal Democracy Neoliberalism Depoliticisation Governmentality and institutions Foucault and Polanyi Liberal State Free-Market Capitalism Trauma and resistance New Radical Left democracy
Stimmen zu »Liberal Democracy in Crisis«
“Liberal democracy currently experiences a multi-level crisis. Within the emerging post-democratic context, radical politics has re-appeared as a potent force internationally. How can we genealogically grasp the relationship between economics and politics, resistance and institutional politics? How do resistance movements challenge neoliberal governmentality? Where does resistance fail and how can movements and radical parties reconstruct their potential as agents of true change? Alen Toplišek offers a detailed analysis of our theoretico-political predicament, thoroughly charting the conditions of possibility for effective resistance. Employing a variety of dynamic theoretical resources, he advances a sophisticated agonistic reconceptualisation of democratic politics, crucial for the years to come.” (Yannis Stavrakakis, Professor, School of Political Sciences, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece)
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