NEOLIBERALISM AND THE ASCENDANCY OF THE MARKET-BASED MODES OF GOVERNANCE
NEOLIBERALISM AND THE ASCENDANCY OF THE MARKET-BASED MODES OF GOVERNANCE

Summary/Abstract: The article aims to investigate the influence of current neoliberal theory and policies on restructuring the European model of welfare state and analyses of different types of neoliberal policies both in terms of concrete actions and types of discourse through which are underlined the supposed benefits of the de-regulation model of the European state and its replacement with one based on the supremacy of market mechanisms. Particularly, the analysis focuses on the “narrative” discourse of de-regulation, privatization and social austerity that had been used to justify the abandonment of policies specific to welfare state and the full introduction of mechanisms of free market including on the labour market by dropping the “safety net” for the labour force from The European states.

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