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This volume assesses the growing role of popular icons in the construction of a culture that appears to incorporate a critical attitude towards the capitalist experience while, in fact, legitimizing the neoliberal character of the modern world.
List of contents
Introduction: Neoliberal Capitalism as the Age of Icons Martijn Konings (University of Sydney, Political Economy) and Gavin Fridell (Saint Mary's University, Canada Research Chair in International Development Studies)
Chapter One: Humanitarian Heroes? Ilan Kapoor (York University, Environmental Studies)
Chapter Two: The ‘Oprah Effect’: The Ideological Work of Neoliberalism Janice Peck (University of Colorado Boulder, Journalism and Mass Communication)
Chapter Three: Celebritus Politicus, Neo-liberal Sustainabilities and the Terrains of Care Mike Goodman (King's College London, Geography)
Chapter Four: Al Gore as Carbon Warrior: The Politics of Inaction Kate Ervine (Trent University, Politics)
Chapter Five: (Product) RED: Glam-Aid, Consumer Citizens and the Colonization of Governance Colleen O'Manique (Trent University, Gender and Women's Studies) and Momin Rahman (Trent University, Sociology)
Chapter Six: Cosmopolitanism Reinvented: Neoliberal Globalization and Thomas Friedman Feyzi Baban (Trent University, Politics)
Chapter Seven: Governance Fantasies: Joseph Stiglitz and the Citizen-Bureaucrat Gavin Fridell (Saint Mary's University, Canada Research Chair in International Development Studies)
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Edited by Gavin Fridell and Martijn Konings
Summary
This volume assesses the growing role of popular icons in the construction of a culture that appears to incorporate a critical attitude towards the capitalist experience while, in fact, legitimizing the neoliberal character of the modern world.
