What is the Use of Neoliberalism and Neoliberalisation? Contentious Concepts between Description and Explanation

<span class="abs_content">The growing interest in neoliberalism and neoliberalisation has produced a wave of academic production, but also criticisms toward these concepts. They concern the conditions under which they may actually work as both/either explanans and/or explanandum of t...

Descripción completa

Guardado en:

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal:	Ernesto d'Albergo
Formato:	article
Lenguaje:	EN
Publicado:	Coordinamento SIBA 2016
Materias:	description/explanation ideal types neoliberalism neoliberalisation public policy Political science (General) JA1-92
Acceso en línea:	https://doaj.org/article/8b77c795d2774595a7dcfa56d8cc6c29
Etiquetas:	Agregar Etiqueta Sin Etiquetas, Sea el primero en etiquetar este registro!

id	oai:doaj.org-article:8b77c795d2774595a7dcfa56d8cc6c29
record_format	dspace
spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:8b77c795d2774595a7dcfa56d8cc6c292021-11-21T15:11:39ZWhat is the Use of Neoliberalism and Neoliberalisation? Contentious Concepts between Description and Explanation1972-76232035-660910.1285/i20356609v9i2p308https://doaj.org/article/8b77c795d2774595a7dcfa56d8cc6c292016-09-01T00:00:00Zhttp://siba-ese.unisalento.it/index.php/paco/article/view/16307https://doaj.org/toc/1972-7623https://doaj.org/toc/2035-6609<span class="abs_content">The growing interest in neoliberalism and neoliberalisation has produced a wave of academic production, but also criticisms toward these concepts. They concern the conditions under which they may actually work as both/either explanans and/or explanandum of transformations affecting contemporary societies. The main accusations made are presented and compared with the actual uses of these catego-ries, building above all on the applications made in the articles that follow in this special issue. It is argued that this pair of concepts may help to detect critical processes descriptively, but so far it has not been able to provide explanations. Working more as descriptors, or identifiers of processes and out-comes they, rather, provide indirect paths to explanation, by becoming explananda themselves. It is easier to understand the "why" of social processes and changes starting from these concepts and turning to oth-er "real" theories than by direct use of them. In order to do that we need to operationalize neoliberalism and neoliberalisation as articulated ideal types, so as to take into account the existing varieties of policies, practices and relationships. This is still to be done and looks a lot like being a collective effort based on cumulative research and theorization.</span><br />Ernesto d'AlbergoCoordinamento SIBAarticledescription/explanationideal typesneoliberalismneoliberalisationpublic policyPolitical science (General)JA1-92ENPartecipazione e Conflitto, Vol 9, Iss 2, Pp 308-338 (2016)
institution	DOAJ
collection	DOAJ
language	EN
topic	description/explanation ideal types neoliberalism neoliberalisation public policy Political science (General) JA1-92
spellingShingle	description/explanation ideal types neoliberalism neoliberalisation public policy Political science (General) JA1-92 Ernesto d'Albergo What is the Use of Neoliberalism and Neoliberalisation? Contentious Concepts between Description and Explanation
description	<span class="abs_content">The growing interest in neoliberalism and neoliberalisation has produced a wave of academic production, but also criticisms toward these concepts. They concern the conditions under which they may actually work as both/either explanans and/or explanandum of transformations affecting contemporary societies. The main accusations made are presented and compared with the actual uses of these catego-ries, building above all on the applications made in the articles that follow in this special issue. It is argued that this pair of concepts may help to detect critical processes descriptively, but so far it has not been able to provide explanations. Working more as descriptors, or identifiers of processes and out-comes they, rather, provide indirect paths to explanation, by becoming explananda themselves. It is easier to understand the "why" of social processes and changes starting from these concepts and turning to oth-er "real" theories than by direct use of them. In order to do that we need to operationalize neoliberalism and neoliberalisation as articulated ideal types, so as to take into account the existing varieties of policies, practices and relationships. This is still to be done and looks a lot like being a collective effort based on cumulative research and theorization.</span><br />
format	article
author	Ernesto d'Albergo
author_facet	Ernesto d'Albergo
author_sort	Ernesto d'Albergo
title	What is the Use of Neoliberalism and Neoliberalisation? Contentious Concepts between Description and Explanation
title_short	What is the Use of Neoliberalism and Neoliberalisation? Contentious Concepts between Description and Explanation
title_full	What is the Use of Neoliberalism and Neoliberalisation? Contentious Concepts between Description and Explanation
title_fullStr	What is the Use of Neoliberalism and Neoliberalisation? Contentious Concepts between Description and Explanation
title_full_unstemmed	What is the Use of Neoliberalism and Neoliberalisation? Contentious Concepts between Description and Explanation
title_sort	what is the use of neoliberalism and neoliberalisation? contentious concepts between description and explanation
publisher	Coordinamento SIBA
publishDate	2016
url	https://doaj.org/article/8b77c795d2774595a7dcfa56d8cc6c29
work_keys_str_mv	AT ernestodalbergo whatistheuseofneoliberalismandneoliberalisationcontentiousconceptsbetweendescriptionandexplanation
_version_	1718418776482906112

What is the Use of Neoliberalism and Neoliberalisation? Contentious Concepts between Description and Explanation

Ejemplares similares