Politics of Free Markets The Rise of Neoliberal Economic Policies in Britain, France, Germany, and the United States

Name: Politics of Free Markets The Rise of Neoliberal Economic Policies in Britain, France, Germany, and the United States
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ISBN: 9780226679020

ISBN-10: 0226679020

ISBN-13: 9780226679020

Edition: 2006

Authors: Monica Prasad

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The attempt to reduce the role of the state in the market through tax cuts, decreases in social spending, deregulation, and privatization--"neoliberalism"--took root in the United States under Ronald Reagan and in Britain under Margaret Thatcher. But why did neoliberal policies gain such prominence in these two countries and not in similarly industrialized Western countries such as France and Germany? In "The Politics of Free Markets, " a comparative-historical analysis of the development of neoliberal policies in these four countries, " "Monica Prasad argues that neoliberalism was made possible in the United States and Britain not because the Left in these countries was too weak, but…

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List price: $37.00
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Publication date: 7/17/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 280
Size: 5.98" wide x 9.02" long x 0.71" tall
Weight: 0.990
Language: English



Preface


Introduction



Power to the Middle Classes: Entrepreneurs and Ideologues in the Reagan Revolution



Populist Revolutionary: Margaret Thatcher and the Transformation of the British State



Coalition Politics and Limited Neoliberalism in West Germany



France: Neoliberalism and the Developmental State


Conclusion


References


Index