Variegated neoliberalization and institutional hierarchies

Scalar recalibration and the entrenchment of neoliberalism in New York City and Johannesburg

Datos Bibliográficos

ID4140102
AutoresAleksandra Piletić (0000-0002-3692-6601, Erasmus University Rotterdam, autor de correspondencia)
Año2019
Volumen51
Número6
Páginas1306-1325
Fecha de publicación2019-09-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaEnvironment and Planning A Economy and Space (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0308-518X • E-ISSN: 1472-3409
EditorialSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/0308518x19853276
OpenAlexW2947208278
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas7
Referencias citadas37

A decade ago, in their article on 'variegated neoliberalization', political geographers Brenner, Peck and Theodore proposed what has become one of the leading theoretical conceptualizations of neoliberalism. By developing a process-based account of neoliberal transformations, they successfully trace neoliberalization across geographies and temporalities, accounting for both its systemic and contingent qualities. In this paper, I suggest that the variegated neoliberalization approach would benefit from contributions made by the French Régulation school, particularly those that introduce the institutional complementarity/institutional hierarchy as crucial components for understanding institutional configurations of diverse capitalist economies. Namely, I point to the fact that shared institutional hierarchies underpin different regimes of accumulation (e.g. Fordist, neoliberal), allowing us to study patterns of accumulation despite evident variation across contexts. By drawing on these insights, it becomes possible to deepen our understanding of the patterned structural traits preceding the onset of neoliberalization and how they shape various courses of institutional differentiation, thereby taking the variegated neoliberalization framework one step further. In the final section, I sketch the neoliberalization of two cities - New York and Johannesburg - to illustrate how legacies of preceding institutions played a role in generating differential neoliberal landscapes

Political economy · Political science · Sociology · Temporalities · Housing, Finance, and Neoliberalism · Law · Political and Economic history of UK and US · Urban Planning and Governance