The system of neo-liberalism and the “self-defence of society” Cover Image

A neoliberalizmus rendszere és a „társadalom önvédelme”
The system of neo-liberalism and the “self-defence of society”

Author(s): Attila Ágh
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences, Political Theory
Published by: MTA Politikai Tudományi Intézete
Keywords: neo-liberalism; welfare state; increasing social inequality

Summary/Abstract: According to Polanyi’s theory, European civilization emerged with the formation of economy and society – specifically the market economy and the “selfdefence of society” - as two separate systems with their own internal organizations. The logic of the market economy dominated since the seventies over society as a whole, but at the end of the 2000s the global fiscal crisis generated the crisis of neoliberalism and reinvigorated the self-defence of society. With the crisis of neoliberalism the Age of Uncertainty has arrived with the emergence of the New World Order that has been described by a large academic literature. In the decline of neoliberalism, as a manifestation of the contradictions of this transition period, neopopulism has been the most characteristic crisis product of the new era.

  • Issue Year: XXVII/2018
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 7-26
  • Page Count: 20
  • Language: Hungarian