Neoliberal disruption and neoliberalism’s afterlife in Latin America: What is left of post-neoliberalism?

Riggirozzi, Pia and Grugel, Jean (2018) Neoliberal disruption and neoliberalism’s afterlife in Latin America: What is left of post-neoliberalism? Critical Social Policy, 1-20. (doi:10.1177/0261018318765857).

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Abstract

The rejection of neoliberalism in Latin America at the time of the new millennium led to the emergence of a wave of ‘post neoliberal’ governments that sought to renegotiate the relationship between state and market and pioneer new forms of inclusive welfare. Supported by income from an export boom and a commitment to raising taxes, these governments attempted to implement a new economic model which bore some similarities to social democracy, alongside greater emphasis on recognition and identity politics. We ask here what accounts for the difficulties of institutionalising Leftist governance in Latin America and, in so doing, we draw attention to the embeddedness of the idea of neoliberal governance, globally and regionally. Whilst the weaknesses of the Left are real, the return of neoliberalism return, now on the horizon in Latin America, reflects the fact it is the global status quo.

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