Crafting the Neoliberal State
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Crafting the Neoliberal State is a scholarly work by sociologist Loïc Wacquant that analyzes how neoliberalism reshapes state power, punishment, and social policy.
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| Crafting the Neoliberal State canonical | 1 |
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Crafting the Neoliberal State Context triple: [Loïc Wacquant, notableWork, Crafting the Neoliberal State]
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The Old Is Dying and the New Cannot Be Born: From Progressive Neoliberalism to Trump and Beyond
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The Making of a State
The Making of a State is a political and historical work by Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk in which he recounts the founding of Czechoslovakia and his role in its creation.
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Beyond the Welfare State
"Beyond the Welfare State" is a seminal work of social and economic theory by Gunnar Myrdal that analyzes and critiques modern welfare-state capitalism and explores paths toward more comprehensive social reform.
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- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
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Target entity: Crafting the Neoliberal State Target entity description: Crafting the Neoliberal State is a scholarly work by sociologist Loïc Wacquant that analyzes how neoliberalism reshapes state power, punishment, and social policy.
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A.
The Myth of the State
The Myth of the State is a posthumously published philosophical work by Ernst Cassirer that analyzes the role of myth and symbolic thought in the rise of modern political ideologies and totalitarianism.
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B.
The State in the Third Millennium
The State in the Third Millennium is a political treatise by Prince Hans-Adam II of Liechtenstein that explores the future role, structure, and legitimacy of the modern state in a globalized world.
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C.
The Old Is Dying and the New Cannot Be Born: From Progressive Neoliberalism to Trump and Beyond
"The Old Is Dying and the New Cannot Be Born: From Progressive Neoliberalism to Trump and Beyond" is a political-philosophical work by Nancy Fraser that analyzes the crisis of contemporary capitalism and liberal democracy, tracing the rise of Trumpism to the breakdown of a prior alliance between neoliberal economics and progressive cultural politics.
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D.
The Making of a State
The Making of a State is a political and historical work by Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk in which he recounts the founding of Czechoslovakia and his role in its creation.
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E.
Beyond the Welfare State
"Beyond the Welfare State" is a seminal work of social and economic theory by Gunnar Myrdal that analyzes and critiques modern welfare-state capitalism and explores paths toward more comprehensive social reform.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (33)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
book
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scholarly work ⓘ sociology book ⓘ |
| author | Loïc Wacquant NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| contributionTo |
critical social policy analysis
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debates on neoliberalism and the state ⓘ sociology of punishment ⓘ |
| critiques |
expansion of punitive institutions
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market-centered governance ⓘ neoliberal social policy ⓘ |
| fieldOfStudy |
penology
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political sociology ⓘ social policy studies ⓘ sociology ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
governance of poverty
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reconfiguration of state power under neoliberalism ⓘ relationship between welfare and penal policy ⓘ role of punishment in neoliberal governance ⓘ |
| genre | academic literature ⓘ |
| hasAuthor | Loïc Wacquant NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPart |
analysis of neoliberal state restructuring
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analysis of punitive social policy ⓘ discussion of penal expansion ⓘ discussion of welfare retrenchment ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
neoliberalism
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punishment ⓘ social policy ⓘ state power ⓘ |
| notableWork | Crafting the Neoliberal State NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| theoreticalFramework |
critical sociology
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political economy of punishment ⓘ state theory ⓘ |
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