How Labour Built Neoliberalism

Name: How Labour Built Neoliberalism
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Australia's Accord, the Labour Movement and the Neoliberal Project

By Elizabeth Humphrys

Series: Studies in Critical Social Sciences

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How Labour Built Neoliberalism explores the unexpected role of the Australian Labour Party and trade unions in fostering neoliberalism. Elizabeth Humphrys challenges the prevailing notion that neoliberalism was imposed solely by right-wing forces, instead arguing that corporatism and Labour itself significantly contributed to neoliberal reforms in Australia between 1983 and 1996. This insightful analysis sheds light on the complexities of the labour movement's involvement in shaping neoliberalism domestically and globally, questioning whether trade unions were mere victims or active, sometimes contradictory, participants.
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This book is well suited for readers interested in political sociology, Australian politics, labour history, and the global rise of neoliberalism. It will appeal to academics, students, and those seeking to critically understand the dynamics behind economic and political transformations within the labour movement under neoliberalism.

In this timely and controversial treatment of the Australian labour movement, Humphrys examines the role of the Labor Party and trade unions in constructing neoliberalism in Australia.

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In this timely and controversial treatment of the Australian labour movement, Humphrys examines the role of the Labour Party and trade unions in constructing neoliberalism in Australia.

Why do we always assume it was the New Right that was at the centre of constructing neoliberalism? How might corporatism have advanced neoliberalism? And, more controversially, were the trade unions only victims of neoliberal change, or did they play a more contradictory role?

In How Labour Built Neoliberalism, Elizabeth Humphrys examines the role of the Labour Party and trade unions in constructing neoliberalism in Australia, and the implications of this for understanding neoliberalism's global advance. These questions are central to understanding the present condition of the labour movement and its prospects for the future.

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Melinda Cooper of the University of Sydney praises the book as a "landmark work in Australian political sociology" that fundamentally reshapes understanding of Australian politics and the labour movement's role in neoliberalism. The book is noted for its engaging, accessible prose and nuanced argument that trade unions are neither inherently progressive nor reactionary. It provides a detailed and fascinating reassessment of neoliberalism's development through Labour and union cooperation, challenging established narratives tied to right-wing governments.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781642590685

Publisher: Haymarket Books

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 03 December 2019

Country: United States

Imprint: Haymarket Books

Illustration: Illustrations

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 152.0mm

Height: 228.0mm

Weight: 250g

Pages: 268

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About the Author

Elizabeth Humphrys is a political economist at the University of Technology Sydney. She has published on trade union and social movement responses to crisis, including in Globalizations and Critical Sociology. She completed her Ph.D. (2016) at the University of Sydney.