Neoliberalism, Big Society, and Progressive Localism

Three decades of neoliberalism in Mexico: the destruction of society.

Neoliberalism has been implemented in Latin America for about three decades. This article reviews Mexico's neoliberal trajectory to illustrate the political, economic, and social alterations that have resulted from this process. It finds that representative democracy has been perverted through fear, putting central political decisions in the hands of power groups with special interests. The bor...

Localism and Welfare∗

We analyze competition between a mass media producer and providers of local content. The business model is that of a two-sided market: advertising finances programming. Broadcasters compete by choosing ad levels and program quality. The local market decision (advertising level) is tailored to each market, while the quality decision is one-size fits all. This means there are externalities betwee...

Leg clubs and the big society.

2010 has been an exciting and challenging year for the Lindsay Leg Club Foundation with the introduction of the Big Society and The NHS White Paper: Equity and excellence: Liberating the NHS (Department of Health (DH), 2010). The coalition government’s vision of a society where individuals and communities have more power and responsibility, and are encouraged to create better neighbourhoods and...

Enlightened Localism: A Narrative Account of Poverty and Education in the Great Society

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...