This is the first explanation of neoliberal hegemony, which systematically considers and analyzes the networks and organizations of around 1,000 self-conscious neoliberal intellectuals organized in the Mont Pèlerin Society.

Bernhard J. A. Walpen, Dieter Plehwe, Gisela Neunhöffer

Introduction: Reconsidering Neoliberal Hegemony Dieter 1. Global Neoliberal Projects Between Network and Complex Organization: The Making of Neoliberal Knowledge and Hegemony Neoliberalism, Capitalist Class Formation and the Global Network of Corporations and Policy Groups Peddling Reform: The Role of Think Tanks in Shaping the Neoliberal Policy Agenda for the World Bank and International Monetary Fund 2. Neoliberal Hegemonic Constellations in the (Semi-)Periphery: Transnational and domestic roots Why Is There No Third Way? The Role of Neoliberal Ideology, Networks and Think Tanks in Combating Market Socialism and Shaping Transformation in Poland The Neo-Liberal Ascendancy and East Asia: Geo-Politics, Development Theory and the End of the Authoritarian Developmental State in South Korea The Mexican Economy since NAFTA: Socioeconomic Integration or Disintegration? 3. Neoliberal Discourse Relations: Dissemination, diffusion, and adaptation The Great Lie: Markets, Freedom and Knowledge Frontiers and Dystopias: Libertarian Ideology in Science Fiction The Education of Neoliberalism Gender Mainstreaming: Integrating Women into a Neoliberal Europe? 4. Major Hegemonic Battle Lines Neo-Liberalism and Communitarianism: Social Conditions, Discourses and Politics Neo-Liberalism and Cultural Nationalism: A Danse Macabre The World Wide Web of Anti-Neoliberalism Emerging Forms of Post-Fordist Protest and the Impossibility of Global Keynesianism Notes References Index