Analysis The Sociopolitical Theory Of Neoliberalism ...

Valerie Mangulabnan Prof Marcellini AH 362 6 December 2016 Claire Fontaine is Neoliberalism Society is entranced with the consumer driven values that have steamed from a post-industrial era. This consumerist society fuels many multibillion dollar companies as well as keeps a certain few in power. Neoliberalism is a political theory that is considered to be right-winged and often associated with laissez-faire government policies. Many theorist, economist, and social activist criticizes the neoliberal ideology. Claire Fontaine is collective artist founded in Paris 2004. She considers herself a readymade artist working in neon, sculpture, painting and text. Her work confronts and criticizes the communistic**I think maybe you meant consumerist?** society and issues of neoliberalism in her work. Claire Fontaine embodies Neoliberalism within herself as an extension of her criticism. **Good thesis** The sociopolitical theory of neoliberalism began as the combination of traditional laissez-faire markets with some state or government involvement to p revent another economic collapse like the Great Depression. In a neoliberal society the state would have a minimal roll which redefined how the state was seen and works. When these ideas started to get implemented in the 70s, there was a privatization of previously state-owned industries, contracting out former state doings and the formation of collective goods. Neoliberal societies shift from centralized government to a privatizedShow MoreRelatedA Critical Analysis Of Bourgois And Schonberg1720 Words   |  7 Pagesapply ideas from critical theory to form their concept of â€Å"lumpen abuse,† which describes the violence imposed by political structures on the lumpenproletariat. They also urge the reader to consider the â€Å"Gray Zone† concept, in which an ethical wasteland, a morally ambiguous space blurring the distinction between victim and perpetrator, is generated by the â€Å"structurally imposed everyday suffering† of lumpen abuse. Through synthesizing ethnographic methodology and social theories, Bourgois and SchonbergRead MoreContemporary Issues in Management Accounting211377 Words   |  846 Pagesreflect on the contributions which Michael Bromwich has made. He played an important role in the diffusion of modern practices of capital investment appraisal in the United Kingdom. He has been constantly open to the insights which advances in economic theory can provide into the accounting art, in many areas pushing at the frontiers of international knowledge in his own quiet way. In the area of costing, Michael has undoubtedly deepened our understandings of both conceptual and practical issues, in recent