1st Edition

Neoliberalism and Insecurity in Advanced Capitalism

270 Pages 15 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

270 Pages 15 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

270 Pages 15 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This book examines the relationship between neoliberalism and insecurity, beginning with the post‑World War II period and continuing up through the present. Neoliberalism – the dominant political economic perspective that elevates competition above all else at both the structural and individual levels – has increased the amount of insecurity (e.g., food, energy, job) across the world. It provides... Read more

1. Introduction

2. Neoliberalism in the Global North and South

3. The Political Economy of Food and Food Insecurity

4. The Political Economy of Energy and Energy Insecurity

5. The Political Economy of Work and Job Insecurity

6. Neoliberal Governmentality, Competition, Individual Responsibility, and Insecurity

7. The Space of US Neoliberal Capitalism

8. Conclusion

Biography

Michael A. Long is Professor of Sociology and Director of the Center for Insecurity and Inequality Research at Oklahoma State University. He has written widely on food insecurity, environmental sociology, sustainability, public health, and quantitative methodology. His most recent book is Applying Benford’s Law for Assessing the Validity of Social Science Data (with P. Stretesky, K. Berry, J. Johnston, M. Lynch, 2023).

Andrew S. Fullerton is Professor of Sociology at Oklahoma State University. He has written widely on job insecurity, quantitative methodology, social stratification, and political sociology. He has published several articles on regression models for ordinal outcomes and a book titled Ordered Regression Models: Parallel, Partial, and Non‑Parallel Alternatives (with J. Xu, 2016).

Paul B. Stretesky is Professor of Criminology and Director of Teaching and Learning in the School of Social and Political Sciences at the University of Lincoln, UK. His research interests include food insecurity, environmental crime and justice, quantitative methods, and violence. His most recent book, Applying Benford’s Law for Assessing the Validity of Social Science Data (2023), was co‑authored with M. Long, K. Berry, J. Johnston, and M. Lynch.