Roberto Ventresca, Crisis as a Disciplinary Tool. Neoliberalism, European Integration, and the Great Recession (2008-2012) This article focuses on the mutual interdependence between the management of the so-called post-2007 Great Recession in Europe and the transformations that occurred in the very shape of specific layers of contemporary economic thought. As for its ‘spatial’ perspective, this article refers to the institutional perimetry of the European Union (EU); with respect to its conceptual focus, it deals with the evolutions and transformations of the neoliberal school of thought. In doing so, this contribution will first and foremost explore whether and to what extent the EU management of the effects brought about by the 2007-2008 economic crisis went hand in hand with the spread and implementation of neoliberal economic policy prescriptions; second, this paper aims at understanding in which terms the spread of neoliberal-oriented measures contributed in turn to reshape the decision-making process of EU institutions after the outbreak of the Great Recession. Therefore, this article will examine how and to what extent the management of the post-2007 economic crisis, as far as European Union institutions and policymakers were concerned, implied the reconfiguration of the very features of the so-called neoliberal school of thought.
Il contributo prende in esame l’interrelazione tra le strategie di risposta alla crisi economica del 2007-2008 e l’evoluzione di specifici paradigmi del pensiero economico contemporaneo all’interno di un contesto politico-concettuale chiaramente delimitato: da un lato, si farà riferimento all’area politico-istituzionale dell’Unione Europea; dall’altro, verranno presi in esame il consolidamento e le trasformazioni del cosiddetto paradigma neoliberale. L’articolo si propone di verificare se e in che misura la cosiddetta ‘economia politica della crisi’ promossa dalle istituzioni europee si sia accompagnata alla diffusione e alla trasformazione dei principi costitutivi del neoliberalismo; in secondo luogo, questo contributo mira a comprendere in che modo tale diffusione abbia a sua volta contribuito a modificare la natura dei processi decisionali che hanno caratterizzato la governance economica dell’UE nel corso dell’ultimo decennio. In conclusione, l’articolo tenterà di rispondere al seguente interrogativo storiografico: fino a che punto, per ciò che concerne lo spazio politico europeo, la gestione della crisi economica post-2007-2008 ha comportato una ridefinizione del cosiddetto paradigma neoliberale?
Roberto Ventresca (2019). Crisi come disciplinamento. Neoliberalismo, Grande recessione e integrazione europea (2008-2012). STUDI GERMANICI, 15-16, 375-401.
Crisi come disciplinamento. Neoliberalismo, Grande recessione e integrazione europea (2008-2012)
Roberto Ventresca
2019
Abstract
Roberto Ventresca, Crisis as a Disciplinary Tool. Neoliberalism, European Integration, and the Great Recession (2008-2012) This article focuses on the mutual interdependence between the management of the so-called post-2007 Great Recession in Europe and the transformations that occurred in the very shape of specific layers of contemporary economic thought. As for its ‘spatial’ perspective, this article refers to the institutional perimetry of the European Union (EU); with respect to its conceptual focus, it deals with the evolutions and transformations of the neoliberal school of thought. In doing so, this contribution will first and foremost explore whether and to what extent the EU management of the effects brought about by the 2007-2008 economic crisis went hand in hand with the spread and implementation of neoliberal economic policy prescriptions; second, this paper aims at understanding in which terms the spread of neoliberal-oriented measures contributed in turn to reshape the decision-making process of EU institutions after the outbreak of the Great Recession. Therefore, this article will examine how and to what extent the management of the post-2007 economic crisis, as far as European Union institutions and policymakers were concerned, implied the reconfiguration of the very features of the so-called neoliberal school of thought.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.