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The social determinants of ideology: the case of neoliberalism in Southern Europe
Título Revista
Critical Sociology
Ano (publicação definitiva)
2009
Língua
Inglês
País
Estados Unidos da América
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Abstract/Resumo
The specific research questions that lie at the heart of this article correspond to three related but distinct areas of inquiry: a) the ideology of neoliberalism and the broad empirical question concerning its suggested status of present-day `hegemonic' ideology; b) the explanatory power of `class' with regard to questions of ideology; and c) regional patterns of popularity of neoliberal ideas in Europe, with a focus on the countries of southern Europe (Portugal, Spain, Italy, and Greece). The findings of the study reveal that: a) there are surprisingly low levels of support for neoliberal ideas across Europe; b) class (when conceptualized and operationalized more subtly) continues to be a very useful explanatory tool of relative ideological orientation; and c) social and institutional differences between northern and southern Europe are also reflected at the ideological level.
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Palavras-chave
Class analysis,Hegemony,Ideology,Neoliberalism,Southern Europe
Classificação Fields of Science and Technology
- Sociologia - Ciências Sociais