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Informationen zum Autor Alfredo Saad-Filho is Professor of Political Economy and International Development in the Department of International Development. Previously, he was Professor of Political Economy at SOAS University of London and Senior Economic Affairs Officer at the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (2011-12). Alfredo was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Medal from the Federal University of Goiás, Brazil in 2014 and the SOAS Director’s Teaching Prize in 2016. His academic publications include Marx's Capital , Neoliberalism: A Reader , Anti-Capitalism: A Marxist Introduction and Brazil: Neoliberalism versus Democracy, and has produced numerous reports as well and other contributions for the United Nations and other international agencies. Alfredo Saad Filho is Professor of International Political Economy at Queen’s University Belfast, Distinguished Visiting Professor at the University of Johannesburg (South Africa), Visiting Professor at LUT University (Finland), Visiting Professor at Università degli Studi della Campania ‘Luigi Vanvitelli’ (Italy), Senior Associate Researcher at the University of Brasília (Brazil) and Professorial Research Associate at SOAS University of London (UK). He was Senior Economic Affairs Officer at the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), in Geneva. He has taught in universities and research institutions in Belgium, Brazil, Canada, China, Finland, Germany, Italy, Japan, Mozambique, South Africa, Switzerland and the UK. His publications include 18 books, 80 journal articles, 60 book chapters, and 30 reports for UN and other international agencies. Deborah Johnston is a Lecturer in Development Economics at SOAS. She has worked on labour markets and poverty, and has undertaken consultancy work in the UK, Russia and in a number of countries in Africa. Klappentext A great resource for students of politics and economics! and anyone looking for a grounded critical approach to this broad subject. Zusammenfassung A great resource for students of politics and economics! and anyone looking for a grounded critical approach to this broad subject. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgements Contributors Introduction - Alfredo Saad-Filho and Deborah Johnston Part I - Theoretical Perspectives 1: The Neoliberal (Counter-)Revolution - Gerard Dumenil and Dominique Levy 2: From Keynesianism to Neoliberalism: Shifting Paradigms in Economics - Thomas I. Palley 3: Mainstream Economics in the Neoliberal Era - Costas Lapavitsas 4: The Economic Mythology of Neoliberalism - Anwar Shaikh 5: The Neoliberal Theory of Society - Simon Clarke 6: Neoliberalism and Politics! and the Politics of Neoliberalism - Ronaldo Munck 7: Neoliberalism! Globalisation and International Relations - Alejandro Colas Part II - Surveying the Landscape 8: Neoliberalism and Primitive Accumulation in LDCs - Terence J. Byres 9: Neoliberal Globalization: Imperialism without Empires? - Hugo Radice 10: Neoliberalism in International Trade: Sound Economics or a Question of Faith? - Sonali Deranyiagala 11: 'A Haven of Familiar Monetary Practice': The Neoliberal Dream in International Money and Finance - Jan Toporowski 12: From Washington to Post-Washington Consensus: Neoliberal Agendas for Economic Development - Alfredo Saad-Filho 13: Foreign Aid! Neoliberalism and US Imperialism - Henry Veltmeyer and James Petras 14: Sticks and Carrots for Farmers in Developing Countries: Agrarian Neoliberal in Theory and Practice - Carlos Oya 15: Poverty and Distribution: Back on the Neoliberal Agenda? - Deborah Johnston 16: The Welfare State and Neoliberalism - Susanne MacGregor 17: Neoliberalism! the New Right and Sexual Politics - Lesley Hoggart 18: Neoliberal Agendas for Higher Education - Les Levidow 19: Neolibera...
