Neoliberal Transformations of the Italian State: Understanding the Roots of the Crises
Adriano Cozzolino, "Neoliberal Transformations of the Italian State: Understanding the Roots of the Crises "
English | ISBN: 1786614731 | 2021 | 216 pages | EPUB, PDF | 3 MB + 6 MB
English | ISBN: 1786614731 | 2021 | 216 pages | EPUB, PDF | 3 MB + 6 MB
'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.
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