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Language(s):
eng - English
Dates:
2015-06-292015
Publication Status:
Issued
Pages:
XV, 368
Publishing info:
Cologne : University of Cologne
Table of Contents:
List of tables vi
List of figures ix
Acronyms and abbreviations xii
Acknowledgements xiv
INTRODUCTION 1
I. Background 2
a) Empirical puzzle 2
b) State of the art 5
c) Theoretical foundations and scope 9
II. Aims, research questions and contributions 12
III. Methodology 16
a) Research design 16
b) Research methods 17
c) Case selection 19
d) Operationalization: indicators, measurement and data management 21
IV. Outline 25
CHAPTER 1 27
INTERESTS, INSTITUTIONS, AND THE STUDY OF NEOLIBERAL RESILIENCE 27
I. Developmental regimes and dominant social blocs 28
a) Actors 32
b) Policies 35
c) Preferences 39
d) Context 43
II. Turning points 44
a) Economic turning points: the effects of markets on politics 45
b) Political turning points: the effects of politics on markets 47
III. Institutions 49
List of tables vi
List of figures ix
Acronyms and abbreviations xii
Acknowledgements xiv
INTRODUCTION 1
I. Background 2
a) Empirical puzzle 2
b) State of the art 5
c) Theoretical foundations and scope 9
II. Aims, research questions and contributions 12
III. Methodology 16
a) Research design 16
b) Research methods 17
c) Case selection 19
d) Operationalization: indicators, measurement and data management 21
IV. Outline 25
CHAPTER 1 27
INTERESTS, INSTITUTIONS, AND THE STUDY OF NEOLIBERAL RESILIENCE 27
I. Developmental regimes and dominant social blocs 28
a) Actors 32
b) Policies 35
c) Preferences 39
d) Context 43
II. Turning points 44
a) Economic turning points: the effects of markets on politics 45
b) Political turning points: the effects of politics on markets 47
III. Institutions 49
a) Political institutions and policy formation 49
b) Policies as resilient institutions 50
c) Mechanisms of institutional resilience 53
IV. Summary 59
SECTION I NEOLIBERAL DEVELOPMENTAL REGIMES AND DOMINANT SOCIAL BLOCS 62
CHAPTER 2 NEOLIBERALISM IN THE SOUTH, ACT 1: AUTHORITARIANISM 64
I. Reform: The marriage of markets and guns 65
a) The ascendance of the neoliberals 69
b) Diverse societal support for neoliberalism 72
II. Aftermath: Financial collapse, debt crisis and the “lost decade” 77
a) Neoliberal power blocs during the debt crisis 79
b) Old wine in new bottles? the faith of the first neoliberal experiment 81
III. Conclusions 87
CHAPTER 3 NEOLIBERALISM IN THE SOUTH, ACT 2: DEMOCRATIZATION/ DEMOCRACY 89
I. Consolidation: the neoliberal tide at both side of the Andes 91
a) Chile: center-left governments without a business base 94
b) Argentina 1: a renewed neoliberal experiment 100
c) Argentina 2: sustaining neoliberalism through rough waters 107
II. Legacies: the “turn to the left” and the future of neoliberalism in Latin America 111
a) Argentina: the dramatic downfall of a neoliberal poster child 113
b) Chile: the perils of lacking a business base 117
III. Conclusions 120
CHAPTER 4 NEOLIBERALISM IN THE EAST, ACT 1: TRANSITION 123
I. Reform: The dissolution of communism through shock therapy 125
a) “No time for a third way”… the ascendance of the neoliberals 126
b) Neoliberal policy regimes in Eastern Europe 128
II. Aftermath: unfolding the umbrella over neoliberal reforms? 130
a) Extraordinary politics in Poland: the gradual unfolding of the umbrella 131
b) Extraordinary politics in Estonia: connecting neoliberalism and nationalism 136
List of tables vi
List of figures ix
Acronyms and abbreviations xii
Acknowledgements xiv
INTRODUCTION 1
I. Background 2
a) Empirical puzzle 2
b) State of the art 5
c) Theoretical foundations and scope 9
II. Aims, research questions and contributions 12
III. Methodology 16
a) Research design 16
b) Research methods 17
c) Case selection 19
d) Operationalization: indicators, measurement and data management 21
IV. Outline 25
CHAPTER 1 27
INTERESTS, INSTITUTIONS, AND THE STUDY OF NEOLIBERAL RESILIENCE 27
I. Developmental regimes and dominant social blocs 28
a) Actors 32
b) Policies 35
c) Preferences 39
d) Context 43
II. Turning points 44
a) Economic turning points: the effects of markets on politics 45
b) Political turning points: the effects of politics on markets 47
III. Institutions 49
a) Political institutions and policy formation 49
b) Policies as resilient institutions 50
c) Mechanisms of institutional resilience 53
IV. Summary 59
SECTION I NEOLIBERAL DEVELOPMENTAL REGIMES AND DOMINANT SOCIAL BLOCS 62
CHAPTER 2 NEOLIBERALISM IN THE SOUTH, ACT 1: AUTHORITARIANISM 64
I. Reform: The marriage of markets and guns 65
a) The ascendance of the neoliberals 69
b) Diverse societal support for neoliberalism 72
II. Aftermath: Financial collapse, debt crisis and the “lost decade” 77
a) Neoliberal power blocs during the debt crisis 79
b) Old wine in new bottles? the faith of the first neoliberal experiment 81
III. Conclusions 87
CHAPTER 3 NEOLIBERALISM IN THE SOUTH, ACT 2: DEMOCRATIZATION/ DEMOCRACY 89
I. Consolidation: the neoliberal tide at both side of the Andes 91
a) Chile: center-left governments without a business base 94
b) Argentina 1: a renewed neoliberal experiment 100
c) Argentina 2: sustaining neoliberalism through rough waters 107
II. Legacies: the “turn to the left” and the future of neoliberalism in Latin America 111
a) Argentina: the dramatic downfall of a neoliberal poster child 113
b) Chile: the perils of lacking a business base 117
III. Conclusions 120
CHAPTER 4 NEOLIBERALISM IN THE EAST, ACT 1: TRANSITION 123
I. Reform: The dissolution of communism through shock therapy 125
a) “No time for a third way”… the ascendance of the neoliberals 126
b) Neoliberal policy regimes in Eastern Europe 128
II. Aftermath: unfolding the umbrella over neoliberal reforms? 130
a) Extraordinary politics in Poland: the gradual unfolding of the umbrella 131
b) Extraordinary politics in Estonia: connecting neoliberalism and nationalism 136
c) Normal politics in Estonia: strengthening neoliberalism 139
d) Normal politics in Poland: seeking alternatives 146
III. Conclusions 155
CHAPTER 5 NEOLIBERALISM IN THE EAST, ACT 2: EUROPEANIZATION 157
I. Consolidation: Europeanization and transnationalization 158
a) Estonia: Consolidating neoliberalism 160
b) Poland: in the search for a dominant social bloc … 167
II. Legacies: Crisis in the center and the future of neoliberalism in the East 177
III. Conclusions 182
SECTION II MECHANISMS OF NEOLIBERAL RESILIENCE 185
CHAPTER 6 CREATION OF SUPPORTERS 187
I. With a little help of my friends… creating supporters for neoliberalism 189
a) Chile: stabilizing a pragmatic coalition 189
b) Estonia: the building blocks of neoliberal capitalism 200
II. When love is not enough… 210
a) Argentina: between state retrenchment and coalition building 210
b) Poland: sustaining state-ownership in the era of transnationalization 218
III. Conclusions 225
CHAPTER 7 OPPOSITION BLOCKADE 229
I. Chile and Estonia: restricting participation in the polity and the workplace 230
a) Chile 1: Shrinking the left 230
b) Estonia 1: Disenfranchising ethnic minorities 236
c) Chile 2: Farewell to the labor movement 245
d) Estonia 2: Labor, the actor that never was… 248
II. Argentina and Poland: the perils of incorporation under democratic rule 250
a) Argentina: opposition blockade through delegative democracy? 250
b) Poland: attempting a delegative democracy in the East 257
c) Argentina: Between curtailing and restoring labor power 262
d) Poland: the vestiges of workers' solidarity... 266
III. Conclusions 271
List of tables vi
List of figures ix
Acronyms and abbreviations xii
Acknowledgements xiv
INTRODUCTION 1
I. Background 2
a) Empirical puzzle 2
b) State of the art 5
c) Theoretical foundations and scope 9
II. Aims, research questions and contributions 12
III. Methodology 16
a) Research design 16
b) Research methods 17
c) Case selection 19
d) Operationalization: indicators, measurement and data management 21
IV. Outline 25
CHAPTER 1 27
INTERESTS, INSTITUTIONS, AND THE STUDY OF NEOLIBERAL RESILIENCE 27
I. Developmental regimes and dominant social blocs
a) Actors
b) Policies
c) Preferences
d) Context
II. Turning points
a) Economic turning points: the effects of markets on politics
b) Political turning points: the effects of politics on markets
III. Institutions
a) Political institutions and policy formation
b) Policies as resilient institutions
c) Mechanisms of institutional resilience
IV. Summary
SECTION I NEOLIBERAL DEVELOPMENTAL REGIMES AND DOMINANT SOCIAL BLOCS
CHAPTER 2 NEOLIBERALISM IN THE SOUTH, ACT 1: AUTHORITARIANISM
I. Reform: The marriage of markets and guns
a) The ascendance of the neoliberals
b) Diverse societal support for neoliberalism
II. Aftermath: Financial collapse, debt crisis and the “lost decade”
a) Neoliberal power blocs during the debt crisis
b) Old wine in new bottles? the faith of the first neoliberal experiment
III. Conclusions
CHAPTER 3 NEOLIBERALISM IN THE SOUTH, ACT 2: DEMOCRATIZATION/ DEMOCRACY
I. Consolidation: the neoliberal tide at both side of the Andes
a) Chile: center-left governments without a business base
b) Argentina 1: a renewed neoliberal experiment
c) Argentina 2: sustaining neoliberalism through rough waters
II. Legacies: the “turn to the left” and the future of neoliberalism in Latin America
a) Argentina: the dramatic downfall of a neoliberal poster child
b) Chile: the perils of lacking a business base
III. Conclusions
CHAPTER 4 NEOLIBERALISM IN THE EAST, ACT 1: TRANSITION
I. Reform: The dissolution of communism through shock therapy
a) “No time for a third way”… the ascendance of the neoliberals
b) Neoliberal policy regimes in Eastern Europe
II. Aftermath: unfolding the umbrella over neoliberal reforms?
a) Extraordinary politics in Poland: the gradual unfolding of the umbrella
b) Extraordinary politics in Estonia: connecting neoliberalism and nationalism
c) Normal politics in Estonia: strengthening neoliberalism
d) Normal politics in Poland: seeking alternatives
III. Conclusions
CHAPTER 5 NEOLIBERALISM IN THE EAST, ACT 2: EUROPEANIZATION
I. Consolidation: Europeanization and transnationalization
a) Estonia: Consolidating neoliberalism
b) Poland: in the search for a dominant social bloc …
II. Legacies: Crisis in the center and the future of neoliberalism in the East
III. Conclusions
SECTION II MECHANISMS OF NEOLIBERAL RESILIENCE
CHAPTER 6 CREATION OF SUPPORTERS
I. With a little help of my friends… creating supporters for neoliberalism
a) Chile: stabilizing a pragmatic coalition
b) Estonia: the building blocks of neoliberal capitalism
II. When love is not enough…
a) Argentina: between state retrenchment and coalition building
b) Poland: sustaining state-ownership in the era of transnationalization
III. Conclusions
CHAPTER 7 OPPOSITION BLOCKADE
I. Chile and Estonia: restricting participation in the polity and the workplace
a) Chile 1: Shrinking the left
b) Estonia 1: Disenfranchising ethnic minorities
c) Chile 2: Farewell to the labor movement
d) Estonia 2: Labor, the actor that never was…
II. Argentina and Poland: the perils of incorporation under democratic rule
a) Argentina: opposition blockade through delegative democracy?
b) Poland: attempting a delegative democracy in the East
c) Argentina: Between curtailing and restoring labor power
d) Poland: the vestiges of workers' solidarity...
III. Conclusions
CHAPTER 8 CONSTITUTIONALIZED MONETARISM
I. The discreet charm of tying the other’s hands…
a) Chile: between restraint and commitment
b) Estonia: the "virtuous circle" of neoliberal institutions
II. The perils of institutionalization: on rooms of maneuver and power relations
a) Argentina: do the ties really bind?
b) Poland: neoliberal institutions under permanent assault
III. Conclusion
CONCLUSIONS
I. On the political economy of neoliberal resilience
a) Dominant social blocs and neoliberal developmental regimes
b) Mechanisms of neoliberal resilience: what and how they work
c) Institutional continuity and change in neoliberal political economies
II. Neoliberal resilience, commonalities of neoliberalism and varieties of contestation
III. Neoliberal resilience and the future of democratic capitalism
BIBLIOGRAPHY
ANNEX 1 Data
ANNEX 2 Analysis of Revealed Comparative Advantages (RCA)
ANNEX 3 Interviews
Rev. Type:
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Degree:
PhD
