![]() In this last example, the neoliberal assault was to some extent contained in a situation of ‘circumscribed neoliberalisation’, so that the welfare structures constructed by social democratic governments were not as thoroughly ravaged as in some other countries. He gives extensive information on the varying fortunes of neoliberalism in such diverse contexts as Mexico, Argentina, South Korea, and Sweden. He sees, not surprisingly, the turning point coming in 1979–1980 with the governments of Thatcher in Britain and Reagan in the USA, but one of the strengths of his survey lies in its truly global scope. ![]() ![]() In the short compass of some 200 pages, he provides a formidably well-documented survey of how the ideas and practices of neoliberalism have conquered the world. David Harvey has written an impressive analysis of neoliberalism, which he defines as ‘a theory of political economic practices that proposes that human well-being can best be advanced by liberating individual entrepreneurial freedoms and skills within an institutional framework characterised by strong private property rights, free markets, and free trade’ (p. ![]()
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