Neoliberalism and symbolic boundaries in Europe
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2016-01-01
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Mijs, Jonathan J.B.
Bakhtiari, Elyas
Lamont, Michele
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J.J.B. Mijs, E. Bakhtiari, M. Lamont. 2016. "Neoliberalism and Symbolic Boundaries in Europe." Socius: Sociological Research for a Dynamic World, Volume 2, pp. 237802311663253 - 237802311663253. https://doi.org/10.1177/2378023116632538
Abstract
Studies suggest that the rise of neoliberalism accompanies a foregrounding of individual responsibility and a weakening of community. The authors provide a theoretical agenda for studying the interactions between the global diffusion of neoliberal policies and ideologies, on the one side, and cultural repertoires and boundary configurations, on the other, in the context of local, national, and regional variation. Exploiting variation in the rate of adoption of neoliberal policies across European societies, the authors show how levels of neoliberal penetration covary with the way citizens draw symbolic boundaries along the lines of ethnoreligious otherness and moral deservingness.
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