Authors
Esra Alkim Karaagac
Publication date
2019/1
Source
cultural geographies
Volume
26
Issue
1
Pages
156-157
Publisher
SAGE Publications
Description
In the aftermath of the global financial crisis, neoliberalism has been the predominant system of economic and political power, which shapes post-2008 policies at international, national, and local scales. Yet each subsequent crisis of capitalism introduces more authoritarian and violent measures into the repertoire of neoliberalism. In this respect, States of Discipline revisits the question:‘What makes neoliberalism such a resilient mode of economic and political governance in the face of popular opposition?’, tracing the state’s constitutive role in protecting and reproducing neoliberalism as a regime of capital accumulation (p. 2). This skillfully edited volume (part of the Transforming Capitalism book series) aims at developing a new research agenda to shed light on the adoption and exercise of certain state practices that force top-down policies, restrain the channels of opposition, and criminalize resistance in the face …