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Describes cultural change occurring in Latin America due to the influence of market reforms; focuses on the phenomenon of "McOndo", which refers to a global, diverse, urban Latin American culture that is increasingly present in television, literature, music, art, fashion, film, and journalism. The title and "McOndo" spoof the magical realism found in the novels of Colombian novelist Gabriel García Márquez and the imaginary, magical town of Macondo which appears in Márquez' works; "McOndo" is also the title of a 1996 anthology of new Latin American literature co-edited by the author.

Der Neoliberalismus der Chicagoer Schule hat - vermittelt durch eine nicht geringe Zahl von russischen Anhängern dieser Richtung - nach Ansicht des Autors den Verlauf der russischen Wirtschaftsreformen sehr negativ beeinflußt. Er zeichnet die theoretische Entwicklung nach, die schließlich in die Durchführung der "Schocktherapie" in Rußland mündete, und stellt anschließend ausführlich die bereits früh von einer gemeinsamen Gruppe von amerikanischen und russischen Wirtschaftstheoretikern - darunter auch der Autor des Beitrags - vertretene Gegenposition dar. Die Gruppe wies wiederholt darauf hin, daß der von der russischen Regierung eingeschlagene Kurs nicht zu einer Reformierung, sondern vielmehr zu einer Kriminalisierung der russischen Wirtschaft führen werde. Der Autor betont, daß mit den Ausarbeitungen dieser Gruppe eine theoretische Alternative zur "Schocktherapie" zur Verfügung stand, die leider weder von seiten der russischen Regierung noch von seiten der internationalen Finanzwelt genügend zur Kenntnis genommen wurde. (BIOst-Mrk)

Even after the financial crisis, economists still exert influence on politics and society in general on several levels and thus can be still interpreted as a discipline of power. Particularly in Germany there is a long tradition of institutionalized economic policy advice, which offers economists a channel of direct and indirect impact on politics. During the European crisis policies many scholar stressed a "comeback", "revival" or "return" of ordoliberalism, the German variety of neoliberalism. In this paper I show how economists connected in the "German neoliberal thought collective" since the end of WW II have built up a strong institutional powerstructure, which had a continuous impact on German economic politics over many decades. It can be shown that in several turning points of German economic history, German neoliberalism and its core politico-economic concept of "Social market economy" served as guiding principle of economic policy. Furthermore I will show that up to now there is an uneven power balance among economists with high political and societal influence, i.e. economists connected in Keynesian or union-linked networks are in a minority position compared to the dense network of economists in the "German neoliberale thought collective". Hence, what was observed during the European crisis policies as a "comeback of ordoliberalism" should rather be interpreted as the consequence of a persistant influence of German neoliberal networks on German economic politics over many decades.

Introduction : masculinities under neoliberalism /Andrea Cornwall --Masculinities and the lived experience of neoliberalism /Nancy Lindisfarne and Jonathan Neale --In search of 'stability' : working-class men, masculinity and wellbeing in contemporary Russia /Charlie Walker --'Filial son', dislocated masculinity and the making of male migrant workers in urban China /Xiaodong Lin --Taking the long view : attaining and sustaining masculinity across the life course in South India /Penny Vera-Sanso --Desperate markets and desperate masculinities in Morocco /Joe Hayns --Neutralized bachelors, infantilized Arabs : between migrant and host--gendered and sexual stereotypes in Abu Dhabi /Jane Bristol-Rhys and Caroline Osella --Windsurfers, capoeiristas and musicians : Brazilian masculinities in transnational scenarios /Adriana Piscitelli --'I must stand like a man' : masculinity in crisis in post-war Sierra Leone /Luisa Enria --Fatherhood and intergenerational struggles in the construction of masculinities in Huambo, Angola /John Spall --Masculinity, marriage and the Bible : new Pentecostalist masculinities in Zimbabwe /Diana Jeater --From big man to whole man : making moral masculinities at the YMCA /Ross Wignall --(Dis)locating masculinities : ethnographic reflections of British Muslim young men /Mairtin Mac an Ghaill and Chris Haywood --Football field, bar, and street corner : sports, space, and masculinities in rural Jamaica /William Tantam --Ducks, dogs, and men : 'natural' masculinities in New Zealand duck hunting /Carmen McLeod --(Dis)locations of homosociality : men in an all-male university residence hall /Frank G. Karioris --Homosociality and heterosex : patterns of intimacy and relationality among men in the London 'seduction community' /Rachel O'Neill.

"Populism and Neoliberalism argues that the roots of populism lay in the contradiction between the democratic ideal - which implies that the people should decide - and neoliberal governance, which seeks to make markets and competition the arbiters of major social developments. Neoliberalism is not the product of a clearly conceived ideology but rather a set of doctrines based on a few major principles which have been embraced by decision-makers of all kinds with little reassessment along the way. In practice, a certain art of governing that exploited an economic thinking which is fond of models insensitive to social complexity gradually imposed itself by being wrongly identified as the successor to liberalism. The rise of populist movements poses a significant challenge to liberal democracies, yet the causes of these movements remain beyond the understanding of experts. The explanation of populism is often limited to a mere political analysis. Contrary to that, this book investigates the economic and social dynamics of the free market system and explains how populism emerges from its imbalances. It also aims to explain the emergence of the neoliberal doctrines during the 1930s and to characterise their common features. In light of this, it explores how the rise of inequality and social discontent create a pressing duty to develop another model, and argues that we must now rethink our policies in depth in order to respond to the challenge of authoritarian populism. This book marks a significant intervention in the debate about the rise and fall of neoliberalism. Its analysis of the links between the failings of neoclassical economics and the failings of neoliberal politics provides essential reading for anyone interested in the damaging impact of neoliberalism, the failings of neoclassical economics, and explanations for the rise of populism"--