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Ideology and the “End of Ideology” Globalism and the Neoliberal Project

Ideology and the “End of Ideology” Globalism and the Neoliberal Project. Question: What was the “End of Ideology” debate about and why is it significant for Steger’s argument in his book? Daniel Bell Francis Fukuyama TINA.

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Ideology and the “End of Ideology” Globalism and the Neoliberal Project

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  1. Ideology and the “End of Ideology” • Globalism and the Neoliberal Project

  2. Question: What was the “End of Ideology” debate about and why is it significant for Steger’s argument in his book? Daniel Bell Francis Fukuyama TINA

  3. “Hence, twentieth-century end-of-ideology visions should be seen as historically contingent attempts to universalize the dominant ideological imperatives of their time by presenting them as a natural finality to which history no longer poses an alternative.....In this book, I contend that globalism is the dominant political ideology of our time—that is, the dominant system of ideas that make claims about social processes.” (Steger, pp. 4, 6) Prof. StegerIllinois State University

  4. Neoliberalism and Globalism “Pouring Old Philosophical Wine into New Ideological Bottles” An attempt “to fill the concept of ‘globalization’ with neoliberal meanings.” The distinction between globalism and globalization

  5. Basic Tenets of Neoliberalism • Quotes, pp. 9, 12 • The different meanings of “liberalism” • The importance of Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher • Deep faith in markets as the best allocator of resources in a society • Belief that government intervention in markets is almost always bad • Belief that reliance on market forces will bring prosperity, liberty, democracy and peace to whole of humankind

  6. Policy Prescriptions of the Neoliberal Globalization Project • Liberalization (free markets) • Deregulation of markets and business • Removal of government controls on wages, prices, etc. • Privatization of state enterprises and functions • A friendly investment climate • Elimination of tariff and other barriers to free trade • “Individual responsibility” rather than provision of services by the state

  7. made by the Wall Street Journal • a celebration of neoliberal globalization in India

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