Dillon Wamsley
Biographic Data
| ID | 277778 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Dillon Wamsley |
| GIVEN NAMES | Dillon |
| FAMILY NAME | Wamsley |
| SIGNATURE | WAMSLEY D |
| AFFILIATIONS | York University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7028-7890 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 14 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 9 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
The Political Economy of Capitalist Crises
Reframing centre-left neoliberalism: New Keynesian theory, Third Way ideology, and the construction of an elite consensus in the US, Britain, and Australia
This article aims to contribute to a growing literature on the role of social democratic and progressive parties in shaping neoliberalism. We argue that existing literature has not fully recognised the unique intellectual and ideological traditions of the Centre-Left as a distinctive wing of neoliberalism. Much of this confusion can be resolved by examining the unique ideological contributions of New Keynesian economics in the context of a Gramsc…
When neoliberalism meets technocracy: Intra-elite conflict and the realignment of Britain’s macroeconomic regime under Liz Truss
This article offers a new account of Liz Truss’s premiership by analysing the political economy of the 2022 mini-Budget crisis. Engaging with literature on depoliticisation, statecraft, and the City-Bank-Treasury nexus, it reconceptualises the rise and fall of the Truss government as a moment of intra-elite conflict over the governance of macroeconomic policy. It argues that Truss’s radical neoliberal experiment constituted a novel form of elite-…
Money, territory, decarbonisation: The looming crisis of British politics
From the 2008 crash to the cost-of-living, the UK has seemingly spent the past two decades lurching from one crisis to the next. While the field of British politics has made strong contributions in analysing these developments, this article shows the benefits of a different perspective. To do so, we draw on the under-acknowledged but vital scholarly tradition of British political economy, which provides tools to understand the underlying forces a…
Mapping the Coercive Turn: Universal Credit, Social Crisis, and the Politics of Welfare in Austerity Britain, 2010-2019
This article examines the politics of welfare in Britain from 2010 to 2019. Drawing on Gramscian literature, the first section outlines an original framework of the 'divide-and-rule' politics of welfare during the 1980s and 1990s in the United Kingdom. The second section examines the return of welfare restructuring in Britain following the 2008 global financial crisis, focusing on Universal Credit. It contends that a significant escalation of coe…
Revisiting the theoretical foundations of depoliticisation: A Gramscian state theory approach for an era of crisis
Despite voluminous research on depoliticisation, there is relatively little analysis of the theoretical perspectives underpinning the literature. Recently, depoliticisation has been reconceptualised as a contingent process examined at increasingly granular levels. While this contextualist approach has underscored the political character of depoliticisation, it has often neglected underlying structural and macro-political context. This article off…
Democratization, development, and inequality: The Limits of Redistributive Models of Democracy
Crisis management, new constitutionalism, and depoliticisation: Recasting the politics of austerity in the US and UK, 2010–16
Political economy literature has sought to explain the rapid shift from fiscal stimulus to austerity after the 2008 crisis. Influential contributions highlight the relative explanatory value of ideational or structural factors in contributing to post-crisis austerity. Drawing on Stephen Gill’s (1998) analysis of new constitutionalism and Peter Burnham’s (2001) understanding of depoliticisation, I contend that these frameworks offer a more useful …
Covid-19, digital health technology and the politics of the unprecedented
The COVID-19 global pandemic has stretched the capacities of public health institutions and health systems around the world, opening the door to a range of technologically-driven solutions. In this article, we seek to historicize the expanding role of digital health technologies and examine the political-economic context from which they have emerged. Drawing on critical insights from science and technology studies, we maintain that the rise of di…
Neoliberalism, mass incarceration, and the US debt–criminal justice complex
While debtors’ prisons in the United States were outlawed in the early 19th century, recent reports indicate that a growing number of people across the US are currently imprisoned for debt. This process typically occurs in two ways: debtors are found in contempt of court for non-appearance after being pressured into repaying consumer debt, or offenders are incarcerated for unpaid legal financial obligations (LFOs) incurred in the criminal justice…
Money, territory, decarbonisation: The looming crisis of British politics
From the 2008 crash to the cost-of-living, the UK has seemingly spent the past two decades lurching from one crisis to the next. While the field of British politics has made strong contributions in analysing these developments, this article shows the benefits of a different perspective. To do so, we draw on the under-acknowledged but vital scholarly tradition of British political economy, which provides tools to understand the underlying forces a…
Crisis management, new constitutionalism, and depoliticisation: Recasting the politics of austerity in the US and UK, 2010–16
Political economy literature has sought to explain the rapid shift from fiscal stimulus to austerity after the 2008 crisis. Influential contributions highlight the relative explanatory value of ideational or structural factors in contributing to post-crisis austerity. Drawing on Stephen Gill’s (1998) analysis of new constitutionalism and Peter Burnham’s (2001) understanding of depoliticisation, I contend that these frameworks offer a more useful …
Neoliberalism, mass incarceration, and the US debt–criminal justice complex
While debtors’ prisons in the United States were outlawed in the early 19th century, recent reports indicate that a growing number of people across the US are currently imprisoned for debt. This process typically occurs in two ways: debtors are found in contempt of court for non-appearance after being pressured into repaying consumer debt, or offenders are incarcerated for unpaid legal financial obligations (LFOs) incurred in the criminal justice…
Reframing centre-left neoliberalism: New Keynesian theory, Third Way ideology, and the construction of an elite consensus in the US, Britain, and Australia
This article aims to contribute to a growing literature on the role of social democratic and progressive parties in shaping neoliberalism. We argue that existing literature has not fully recognised the unique intellectual and ideological traditions of the Centre-Left as a distinctive wing of neoliberalism. Much of this confusion can be resolved by examining the unique ideological contributions of New Keynesian economics in the context of a Gramsc…
Mapping the Coercive Turn: Universal Credit, Social Crisis, and the Politics of Welfare in Austerity Britain, 2010-2019
This article examines the politics of welfare in Britain from 2010 to 2019. Drawing on Gramscian literature, the first section outlines an original framework of the 'divide-and-rule' politics of welfare during the 1980s and 1990s in the United Kingdom. The second section examines the return of welfare restructuring in Britain following the 2008 global financial crisis, focusing on Universal Credit. It contends that a significant escalation of coe…
Covid-19, digital health technology and the politics of the unprecedented
The COVID-19 global pandemic has stretched the capacities of public health institutions and health systems around the world, opening the door to a range of technologically-driven solutions. In this article, we seek to historicize the expanding role of digital health technologies and examine the political-economic context from which they have emerged. Drawing on critical insights from science and technology studies, we maintain that the rise of di…
Neoliberalism, mass incarceration, and the US debt–criminal justice complex
While debtors’ prisons in the United States were outlawed in the early 19th century, recent reports indicate that a growing number of people across the US are currently imprisoned for debt. This process typically occurs in two ways: debtors are found in contempt of court for non-appearance after being pressured into repaying consumer debt, or offenders are incarcerated for unpaid legal financial obligations (LFOs) incurred in the criminal justice…
Covid-19, digital health technology and the politics of the unprecedented
The COVID-19 global pandemic has stretched the capacities of public health institutions and health systems around the world, opening the door to a range of technologically-driven solutions. In this article, we seek to historicize the expanding role of digital health technologies and examine the political-economic context from which they have emerged. Drawing on critical insights from science and technology studies, we maintain that the rise of di…
Crisis management, new constitutionalism, and depoliticisation: Recasting the politics of austerity in the US and UK, 2010–16
Political economy literature has sought to explain the rapid shift from fiscal stimulus to austerity after the 2008 crisis. Influential contributions highlight the relative explanatory value of ideational or structural factors in contributing to post-crisis austerity. Drawing on Stephen Gill’s (1998) analysis of new constitutionalism and Peter Burnham’s (2001) understanding of depoliticisation, I contend that these frameworks offer a more useful …
Democratization, development, and inequality: The Limits of Redistributive Models of Democracy
Revisiting the theoretical foundations of depoliticisation: A Gramscian state theory approach for an era of crisis
Despite voluminous research on depoliticisation, there is relatively little analysis of the theoretical perspectives underpinning the literature. Recently, depoliticisation has been reconceptualised as a contingent process examined at increasingly granular levels. While this contextualist approach has underscored the political character of depoliticisation, it has often neglected underlying structural and macro-political context. This article off…
Reframing centre-left neoliberalism: New Keynesian theory, Third Way ideology, and the construction of an elite consensus in the US, Britain, and Australia
This article aims to contribute to a growing literature on the role of social democratic and progressive parties in shaping neoliberalism. We argue that existing literature has not fully recognised the unique intellectual and ideological traditions of the Centre-Left as a distinctive wing of neoliberalism. Much of this confusion can be resolved by examining the unique ideological contributions of New Keynesian economics in the context of a Gramsc…
When neoliberalism meets technocracy: Intra-elite conflict and the realignment of Britain’s macroeconomic regime under Liz Truss
This article offers a new account of Liz Truss’s premiership by analysing the political economy of the 2022 mini-Budget crisis. Engaging with literature on depoliticisation, statecraft, and the City-Bank-Treasury nexus, it reconceptualises the rise and fall of the Truss government as a moment of intra-elite conflict over the governance of macroeconomic policy. It argues that Truss’s radical neoliberal experiment constituted a novel form of elite-…
Money, territory, decarbonisation: The looming crisis of British politics
From the 2008 crash to the cost-of-living, the UK has seemingly spent the past two decades lurching from one crisis to the next. While the field of British politics has made strong contributions in analysing these developments, this article shows the benefits of a different perspective. To do so, we draw on the under-acknowledged but vital scholarly tradition of British political economy, which provides tools to understand the underlying forces a…
Mapping the Coercive Turn: Universal Credit, Social Crisis, and the Politics of Welfare in Austerity Britain, 2010-2019
This article examines the politics of welfare in Britain from 2010 to 2019. Drawing on Gramscian literature, the first section outlines an original framework of the 'divide-and-rule' politics of welfare during the 1980s and 1990s in the United Kingdom. The second section examines the return of welfare restructuring in Britain following the 2008 global financial crisis, focusing on Universal Credit. It contends that a significant escalation of coe…
The Political Economy of Capitalist Crises
Economics (8 works) · Political science (8 works) · Politics (8 works) · Law (7 works) · Political economy (7 works) · Housing, Finance, and Neoliberalism (5 works) · Political and Economic history of UK and US (5 works) · Law (4 works) · Social Policy and Reform Studies (4 works) · Sociology (4 works)