The normalizing role of rationalist assumptions in the institutional embedding of neoliberalism

Economy and Society

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 500-527

  Hay, Colin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ideas; Institutionalization; Neoliberalism; New Labour; Rational choice theory

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC POLICY; INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK; MONETARY POLICY; NEOLIBERALISM; POLITICAL ECONOMY;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 8844234342     PISSN: 03085147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0308514042000285260     Document Type: Article

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