Adriano Cozzolino

Neoliberal Transformations of the Italian State (eBook, ePUB)

Understanding the Roots of the Crises

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

'The book is an exploration, on both theoretical and empirical grounds, into the nature and the transformation of the state in the neoliberal era. Nowadays, a widespread crisis of legitimation affects the institutions and authority of the state; similarly, and especially after the Great Crisis of 2008 to present, the European project is increasingly questioned by populist and neo-nationalist forces, which politically advance in the state and society, and promote further coercive-oriented reconfiguration of state powers and apparatus. The 'nationalist international', the 'new populists' and/or the 'rise of new international fascism' are questions on the verge of international scholarship and political debate. However, many of these studies often miss the specificity and critical importance of the study of the state and of state (institutional and ideological) powers; even more importantly, the phenomenon of populism/neo-authoritarianism is interpreted by the mainstream as a clear break with traditional centrist parties, with the result of neglecting the past authoritarian tendencies that accompany the entire history of neoliberalism.

This book aspires to be a guide for political activist and policy-makers: specifically, by showing how the state is of critical importance to the making of neoliberalism in institutional and cultural terms, it also aims to rethink the state as the arena of politics and, accordingly, as the key site to promote alternatives to neoliberalism

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks US
• Seitenzahl: 216
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Januar 2021
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781786614759
• Artikelnr.: 60786227

Autorenporträt

Adriano Cozzolino is Teaching Assistant, Politics and International Relations, University of Naples L'Orientale. His main research interests focus on State theory and State transformation, critical social theory, theories of international political economy, research methodology; his expertise is mainly on the European Union area and Southern Europe. Adriano's most recent research articles include "Reconfiguring the State: Executive Powers, Emergency Legislation, and Neoliberalization in Italy" (Globalizations) and "Trumpism as nationalist neoliberalism: a critical enquiry into Donald Trump's political economy" (Interdisciplinary Political Studies). Adriano is also a member of the Critical Political Economy Research Network.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements
Abbreviations
List of Figures
1. Introduction
2. The State and its Transformations: An Unfolding Debate
3. The Integral State and its Transformations in the Global Political
Economy: An Alternative Approach
4. A Difficult Republic: Italy from the 'Economic Miracle' to the
Neoliberal Order
5. The Discursive Construction of the Neoliberal State in Italy
6. The Rise of the Executive State and the Crisis of Parliamentary
Democracy
7. Society, Territory, Politics: Understanding Contemporary Crises in Italy
8. Conclusions: State Transformations, Decline of Democracy and Neoliberal
Organic Crisis
Bibliography
Appendix 1
Index