The philosophical turn: examining the foundational presuppositions of international relations theory and the potential for an alternative image of the state by Wright, Richard Ian

“…Mainstream International Relations theory (neorealism, neoliberalism and positivist constructivism) largely adheres to a model of the state as a rational unitary-actor. …”
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Juggling identities: Komik Bunda’s representation of “Good” working mothers during the Covid-19 pandemic by Stephani, Nicky

“…The discussion in this study shows that the tension between identities will continue as long as women are confined by the myths of “good” mothers and “ideal” workers promoted by the ideologies of neoliberalism and capitalism. This study concludes that identity negotiation is not only about the identity mothers choose to hold but also about the authenticity and balance displayed by working mothers during and after the pandemic.…”
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A Letter from the President — or: How the German Universities Excellence Initiative Became a Driver of Gender Change in the German Science Policy Discourse by Heike Kahlert

“…For several years, New Public Management and new forms of governance have dominated the agendas for reforms in research organisations and higher education institutions in many countries all over the world. Neoliberalism and the idea of the “entrepreneurial university” have produced a shift in how universities and “ideal researchers” are defined. …”
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VISUAL CULTURAL PRACTICES OF POSTCOLONIAL ELITE SCHOOLS IN GLOBALIZING CIRCUMSTANCES by Cameron McCarthy

“…The article turns on this fundamental fact: that these schools, which are the products of societies marked historically by British colonial and imperial encounters of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries and the first half of the twentieth, are now driven forward by new energies associated with marketization, neoliberalism and globalization as these countries lurch forward unevenly towards a postdevelopmental era. …”
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Mugabe’s Look East Policy in the Context of Iran: Afrocentricity and Mugabeism by Dominic Maphaka

“…The Policy was informed by Mugabe’s disdain towards neoliberalism, his bad history with the West and as a proponent of an economy that is driven by Africans based on their historical and material conditions. …”
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Modernità o capitalismo? Tornare davvero sulla terra by Luigi Pellizzoni

“…Moreover, the novelty of the case for the terrestrial attractor scales down once framed in the context of burgeoning claims about the overarching power of geological forces, of which it shares the ambiguity (plea for humility on one side; call for constant experimentation, on which neoliberalism thrives, on the other). Overall, the book represents the cutting-edge of a moderately progressive intelligentsia, who is aware that the situation requires radical interventions yet persists in believing that the world in which it has prospered can be salvaged in its basic coordinates.…”
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Techno-Rationalism and Higher Educational Law: Examining Legal Frameworks in Southern African Universities from a Freirean Critical Pedagogy Perspective by Doniwen Pietersen, Dean Collin Langeveldt, Arrie Van Wyk

“…Additionally, the article explores how pervasive neoliberalism and market-driven logic are at universities, questioning whether these practices overshadow the institution’s core objectives and commitment to social justice. …”
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HACIA UNA RESIGNIFICACIÓN DEL SENTIDO DE LA RESPONSABILIDAD SOCIAL DESDE LA AUTONOMÍA Y SOLIDARIDAD DE LAS ORGANIZACIONES CAMPESINAS: EL CASO DEL COMITÉ DE INTEGRACIÓN DEL MACIZO C... by William Macías

“…Nonetheless, the discourse of sustainable development, green neoliberalism and CSR seem to have channeled social discontent, although it is far from environmentally and socially sustainable business models. …”
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Political Bullshit Receptivity and its Correlates: A Cross-Country Validation of the Concept by Vukašin Gligorić, Allard Feddes, Bertjan Doosje

“…We investigated the relationship of these three measures with pseudo-profound bullshit, ideology (political ideology, support for neoliberalism), populism, and voting behavior. Three pre-registered studies conducted in early 2020 in the U.S., Serbia, and the Netherlands (total N = 534) yielded medium to high intercorrelations between political bullshit measures and pseudo-profound bullshit, and acceptable construct validity (hypothesized one-factor solution). …”
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Sociopolitics, Psychology, And Genocracy of Global Nationalism and Neo-Racism; Peace and Conflict Philosophy by Faruk Hadžić

“…The paper argues that contemporary sociopolitics, as an expression of neoliberalism, globalization, radical nationalism, and supremacy, maintain archaic conflicting ideological, racial antagonistic, and national entity relations, particularly in post-socialist and post-conflict ethnoreligiously controlled societies-Balkans. …”
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Desigualdad, discriminación y pedagogía de la igualdad / Inequality, discrimination and pedagogy of equality by Francisco Javier Conde González

“…We strive for the need to build the pedagogy of equality, an educational praxis that widens the opportunities of those who are excluded from the promise of progress in times of globalization and neoliberalism. The pedagogy of equality promotes inclusive, open to cultural and social diversity educational processes. …”
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Like our foremothers survived: Self-education, direct confrontation, and humor as resistance coping in Black womxn and femme college student being by LeAnna T. Luney

“…As such, the purpose of this article is to give prominence to the resistance types of coping strategies that Black womxn and femme college students used to maintain their dignity at a predominantly white university of the American West, where the psychological aftermath of anti-Black gendered racism remains hidden under dense layers of neoliberalism, affluence, faux progressivism, and whiteness. …”
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Benjamin Still Makes Sense: Forum on the Actuality of Benjamin’s ‘Critique of Violence’ at Its Centenary, Introduction - Why We Need Benjamin More than Ever by Gabriela Azevedo, Ludmila Franca-Lipke, James Martel

“…Benjamin explains the nature of authoritarianism, the link between liberalism (and neoliberalism) and fascism and how such forces can be resisted. …”
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Economic groups, corporate networks and think tanks. The case of the Centro de Estudios Públicos in Chile by Juan Jesús Morales-Martín, Martín Alfonso Videla-Rocha, Roberto Ibacache-Monasterio

“…Finally, it is concluded about the reticular structure of the power of productive elites in Chile and their consequences related to the resilience of neoliberalism in this country. …”
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On the proletarian public sphere and its contemporaneity: crises, class and the media by Yiannis Mylonas

“…By not addressing the systemic foundations of crises (e.g., economic, humanitarian) in their complexity, the insecurities triggered by neoliberalism are articulated by liberal pundits and mainstream media through discourses blaming targeted groups (e.g., migrants and workers of the European periphery). …”
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Exploring the Textual and Tactile Weave of Academic Subjectivities: by Haley Toll, Cecile Badenhorst, Heather McLeod

“…Within the neoliberal university, academics become positioned around market-driven managerialist ideologies and the techniques enacting those principles. …”
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Nation State, Marketisation of Social Services and Uncertainty of Livelihood in India by Balwinder Singh Tiwana, Paramjit Singh

“…An attempt has been made to highlight some important issues in order to examine the inclusiveness of growth during the era of neoliberalism in India. The article is an attempt to examine the changing role of State within the capitalistic economic structure: how Indian State, which as an inseparable part of international capitalism, has shifted its path from welfare or Interventionist State to laissez-faire neoliberal State. …”
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Community-based tourism: From a local to a global push by Andrea Giampiccoli, Melville Saayman

“…Motivation of the study: The current tourism system exists within the more general neoliberal milieu. Alternative tourism forms are also often co-opted and circumscribed by a neoliberal framework. …”
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Doctor Who, Family and National Identity by Daniel Arthur Nicol

“…Furthermore, family remains integral to neoliberal capitalism such that efforts to develop national identity along capitalist lines are likely to involve engagement with it. …”
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Healthism <i>vis-à-vis</i> Vaccine Hesitancy: Insights from Parents Who Either Delay or Refuse Children’s Vaccination in Portugal by Joana Mendonça, Ana Patrícia Hilário

“…Using vaccine hesitancy as the starting point, our findings show that healthism and its focus on personal accountability under the umbrella of neoliberalism may jeopardize global public health. Healthcare professionals should pay particular attention to healthism when addressing vaccine hesitancy in Portugal and elsewhere. …”
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