Education, neoliberalism, and ‘truths’

neoliberalism and commercialization of education: the challenges for moral education

the aim of this paper is to critique the influences of commercialization of education on moral education. for this aim we used critical method. investigating the challenges of neoliberal education for moral education, with case study of nclb, indicated that increasing competition and reducing social participation, instrumentalist view on human being, converting knowledge to a commodity for prof...

Competing Capitalisms and Neoliberalism :

This paper explores the impact of neoliberalism on the ‘Asia-Pacific’ region generally and on Japan and China in particular. It argues that while the impact of neoliberal ideas is having an important long-term impact on the countries of East Asia, there remain important difference in patterns of political practice and economic organisation which continue to distinguish the region. Indeed, there...

Desiring Neoliberalism

The paper is based on the premise that neoliberalism is a political rationality that is not only anti-social but also requires an anti-democratic and violent form of statehood. However, neoliberalism is not solely based on coercion and force, but paradoxically also on consensus. This consensus is not least organized through its flexibilized and pluralized sexual politics. By focussing on sexual...

Does Adversarialism Cause Neoliberalism

The Politics of Free Markets (Prasad 2006) is a major contribution to political sociology. It addresses a central mystery in the field: why did the rich democracies suddenly embrace neoliberal policies in the last decades of the twentieth century—cutting taxes, abandoning welfare commitments, and reducing the state’s control over industry? And it does not pin the blame for neoliberal policies o...

Natural Principles and Fundamental Truths