debating progressive politics in Europe and beyond
Neoliberal restructuring and the economic crisis have led to increasing inequality, social polarisation and societal disintegration. That austerity politics fosters these developments is widely acknowledged. Its gender effects, however, are mostly neglected, though, in contrast to the public rhetoric of equal opportunities and gender mainstreaming, gender inequality is rising. This contribution, therefore, focuses on the impact of [...]
Culminating in the current economic crisis, neoliberal restructuring has led to growing social disintegration and increasing exclusion from societal participation. This indicates a profound social and a latent political crisis, as reflected by, partly tremendous, electoral gains of the extreme right in many European countries. Reawakening nationalisms and increasing xenophobia, racism, Islamophobia and sexism characterise [...]
We need to resist the neoliberal tendency to reduce everything to the economic. Neoliberalism has not only led to the reorganisation of all sectors of society in accordance with market principles; it has also implied a fundamental redefinition of human life in terms of economic criteria. As well as reframing fundamental political and social ideas [...]
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