Neoliberal political economy and the subjectivity of crisis: Why governmentality is not hollow

Global Society

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 363-386

  Kiersey, Nicholas J ^a  

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CAPITALISM; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; GLOBALIZATION; METHODOLOGY; NEOLIBERALISM; POLITICAL ECONOMY;

EID: 70350352462     PISSN: 13600826     EISSN: 1469798X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13600820903198644     Document Type: Article

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97. Ibid., p. 318.
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99. Ibid., p. 224.
100. Ibid., p. 260.
101. Ibid., p. 259.
102. Ibid., p. 269.
103. Ibid., p. 296.
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116. Ibid., p. 66.
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120. Ibid., p. 693.
121. Ibid., p. 699.
122. Ibid., p. 678.