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Still Neoliberalism?

Jamie Peck;

Jamie Peck

Jamie Peck is Canada Research Chair in Urban and Regional Political Economy and professor of geography at the University of British Columbia, Canada, where he is a Distinguished University Scholar. His recent books include Doreen Massey: Critical Dialogues (2018, coedited with Marion Werner, Rebecca Lave, and Brett Christophers); Offshore: Exploring the Worlds of Global Outsourcing (2017); Fast Policy: Experimental Statecraft at the Thresholds of Neoliberalism (2015, with Nik Theodore); and Constructions of Neoliberal Reason (2010).

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Nik Theodore

Nik Theodore

Nik Theodore is a professor of urban planning and policy and associate dean for research and faculty affairs in the College of Urban Planning and Public Affairs, University of Illinois at Chicago. His current research pursuits include the study of urban informal economies, low-wage labor markets, and worker organizing. He is coauthor (with Jamie Peck) of Fast Policy: Experimental Statecraft at the Thresholds of Neoliberalism (2015).

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South Atlantic Quarterly (2019) 118 (2): 245–265.

https://doi.org/10.1215/00382876-7381122

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Neo-liberalism: From New Liberal Philosophy to Anti-liberal Slogan

.”

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1

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61

.

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.”

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.

Cambridge, MA

:

Harvard University Press

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12

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62

–

65

.

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Neoliberalism: Oversold?

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,

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41

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Neoliberalism Resurgent? Market Rule after the Great Recession

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2

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88

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2018

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Actually Existing Neoliberalism

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The Sage Handbook of Neoliberalism

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3

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15

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London

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Thinkpiece

,

August

20

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www.adamsmith.org/blog/thinkpieces/looking-at-the-world-through-neo-liberal-eyes-2

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Poulantzas, Nicos.

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London

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Verso

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, no.

1

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78

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87

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The Global Financial Crisis

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Monthly

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www.themonthly.com.au/issue/2009/february/1319602475/kevin-rudd/global-financial-crisis

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Slobodian, Quinn.

2018

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Against the Neoliberalism Taboo

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January

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www.focaalblog.com/2018/01/12/quinn-slobodian-against-the-neoliberalism-taboo/

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Harvard University Press

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Chaos in the White House: ‘There’s Never Been Anything Like This’

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Observer

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www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/feb/18/trump-administration-chaos-white-house

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Conservative Party Conference

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10

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www.beersandpolitics.com/discursos/margaret-thatcher/the-free-society-speech/227

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Neoliberalism’s World Order

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3

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132

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36

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Venugopal, Rajesh.

2015

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Neoliberalism as Concept

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Economy and Society

44

, no.

2

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165

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87

.