Osnovni predmet ovog teorijski usmerenog istraživanja sastoji se u problematizaciji socioloških aspekata neoliberalizma . Zbog navodne „poznatosti“ i sveopšte „razumljivosti“ neoliberalizma kao globalno proučavanog fenomena, neretko dolazi do toga da se njime kao opštim mestom m…
A globalização é um fenômeno multidimensional que tem, por meio de alterações constitucionais, redefinido o papel do Estado. Em particular, a globalização política caracteriza-se pela união de Estados em blocos plurinacionais e pelo desenvolvimento de um sistema universal de dir…
In four parts, this dissertation analyzes the development U.S. public administration, its subsequent critique and transformation within a neoliberal political economy, and finally, the liberatory potential of the nascent fourth Industrial Revolution. Part I develops the ontologi…
Uluslararası ilişkiler disiplininde konstrüktivist teoriye göre kimlikler çıkarları, çıkarlar ise dış politikayı belirlemektedir. Buna bağlı olarak dini kimlik ülkelerin dış politikalarını şekillendirmede önemli bir faktördür. ABD geç kurulmuş ve ortak bir kimliğe sahip olmayan …
This dissertation argues that representations of economic experience as epitomized by heightened states of feeling—the despair following a bad day at the stock market, the panic set off by reports of an impending bubble, the excitement around rapid gains in a company’s valuation…
The contemporary American Dream is based on the myth that anyone can obtain upward mobility if they work hard enough, regardless of their class or race. This ideology supports the idea that America is the land of equal opportunity, democracy, and liberty. This framework is probl…
Becoming Posthuman looks to dystopian and apocalyptic fiction to interrogate what it means to be human in a contemporary global landscape marked by neoliberal politics, white supremacy, and environmental precarity. In particular, this project responds to and examines the converg…
Schools should be the place to cultivate and model a just society. Teacher candidates must be equipped with the ability to recognize, critique, and oppose any practices, policies, or structures that perpetuate the social and economic inequalities that currently exist. Yet the cu…
El llamado “ciclo progresista” en América Latina es un proceso político caracterizado por el giro de varios gobiernos latinoamericanos hacia la izquierda. Desde finales de la década de los 90, estos gobiernos han desarrollado cambios importantes en sus países e impulsado nuevos …
My analysis is focused on the visual and sexual politics of the media coverage and public response to the military sex scandal commonly referred to as Abu Ghraib within a neoliberal context. The purpose of this project is to address a gap in current academic scholarship regardin…
The primary research question that guides this dissertation is: What is the relationship between neoliberalism and welfare governance? In contrast to the idea that market reforms bring the destruction of social welfare provision, I argue that market reforms are actually accompan…
The 1996 urban water sector reform in Senegal is not the sustainable development success claimed by its proponents. Privatization and cost-recovery management resulted in poor water and sanitation services unaffordable to many, increased access inequalities, and accelerated wate…
Scholars agree that there may be no better time for Sub-Saharan African countries to create the conditions for a more peaceful and democratic reality than now. This optimism is driven in part by the possibilities for development unleashed by neoliberal globalization and the curr…
This dissertation explores the implications of political and economic reform for local scale governance, defined primarily in terms of conflict management. A decade of neoliberal reform in Africa has revealed a fundamental dilemma; regime threatening conflict is associated with,…
This autoethnographic study problematizes a fourth-year teacher's experiences at an alternative high school as she navigates a conflicting personal and professional identity. It seeks to trouble notions of curriculum, the teacher's role in developing and shaping that curriculum,…
In the late 1990s an attempt got underway to develop a new paradigm for cultural development policy at the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO). The fruit of these efforts was the adoption of the Convention on the Protection and Promotion of …
This thesis is an organisational ethnography that seeks to make an original contribution to anthropological knowledge through an iterative interrogation of neoliberalism and personhood.Endeavour (a pseudonym) is a gap year organisation based in the UK that runs trips abroad to C…
Notions of Widening Participation to Higher Education are characterised by perceptions of an inherent "goodness" for (Western) democracy. This is based around a premise that predicates social justice upon access to education to ensure sufficient preparation for successful partic…
Over the last twenty-five years, fuel poverty in England has successfully transitioned from niche academic interest to mandated concern of the state. More recently still, government have opted to charge energy suppliers with primary delivery responsibility for fuel poverty progr…