The retreat from neoliberalism that was not

Australia’s Building the Education Revolution

Datos Bibliográficos

ID6234969
AutoresJean Parker (0000-0001-5613-302X, The University of Sydney), Damien Cahill (The University of Sydney, autor de correspondencia)
Año2017
Volumen52
Número2
Páginas257-271
Fecha de publicación2017-04-03
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaAustralian Journal of Political Science (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1036-1146 • E-ISSN: 1363-030X
EditorialInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/10361146.2017.1303033
OpenAlexW2606605734
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas4
Referencias citadas32

This article examines the durability of neoliberalism in the face of crisis by analysing the Building the Education Revolution (BER), a key part of the Australian Labor Government’s stimulus measures in response to the global financial crisis in 2009. The fiscal stimulus measures enacted by governments in the aftermath of the crisis led many commentators to herald the end of neoliberalism. By examining the design of the BER, however, this article finds that one of the key policy tools of neoliberalism – the outsourcing of public sector capacity – was extended through such stimulus programs. The article argues that a materialist analysis of neoliberalism is better able to understand this phenomenon than the recent tendency to analyse neoliberalism in ideational terms

Economic history · Neoliberalism (international relations · Political economy · Political science · Sociology · Australian History and Society · Commonwealth, Australian Politics and Federalism · Global Educational Policies and Reforms · History · Public Administration