Index
Artificial Intelligence
49, 108, 151, 155–156
Authoritarian Neoliberalism
1–6, 7, 10, 11, 13, 16, 18, 19–24, 25, 29, 30, 31, 33, 37, 38, 40, 42, 44, 45, 46, 48, 50, 52, 68, 71, 84–85, 86, 119–151, 152, 153–156
Bruff and authoritarian neoliberalism
20
Gramsci and capitalism’s organic crises
21, 153
Hall and authoritarian populism
2, 5, 19, 35, 37, 92
Poulantzas and authoritarian statism
19
Authoritarianism
1, 3, 4, 6, 7, 13–18, 22, 23, 24, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 35, 37, 40, 43–50, 77, 82, 83, 84, 119–151, 152–156
Bureaucratic authoritarianism
1, 4, 15, 28, 29, 30
Democratic backsliding
16, 44, 45, 143
Glasius and authoritarian practices
4, 13, 16–18, 43
In African countries
1, 30, 31, 44
In Britain
19, 45–46, 86
In China
4, 11, 15–16, 18, 20, 44, 48–50
In Latin America
1, 15, 19, 20, 27–30, 41, 152, 153
In Russia
3, 4, 6, 11, 15–16, 18, 20, 24, 44, 46–48, 119–151, 152, 153
In the USA
3, 19, 20–21, 45, 152, 153, 154–155
Linz’s theory of authoritarianism
4, 13, 14–15, 43
Piketty and authoritarianism
18
Techno-authoritarianism
156
Britain
1, 3, 5, 9, 10, 12, 15, 19, 24, 30, 35, 36–37, 38, 39, 43, 45, 58, 61, 86–118, 152, 153
2010 general elections
99–100
2014 EU Parliament elections
102
2015 general elections
103–104
Blair, Brown and New Labour governments
5, 38, 39, 86, 92, 94–95, 96–99, 117
Brexit and its causes
3, 4, 5, 24, 38, 39, 86, 99, 101–107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 113
Brexit Party
109
Cameron’s governments and Euroscepticism
5, 99–107
Conservative Party before Thatcher
87, 88, 89
Great recession and its impact
99–100
Hall on Thatcherism
19, 92
Hayek, F.A. von
30, 53, 54, 87, 88, 89, 92, 113
Johnson’s government and Covid-19
5, 45–46, 109–111
Joseph, K.
89–90
Labour Party before Blair
87, 88, 89, 91, 92, 93, 94
Labour Party between Brown and Starmer
103, 104, 107
Labour’s return and Starmer’s government
6, 116–118
Major’s government
94–95
May’s governments
107–109
National conservatism
5, 86, 110–118
Origins of neoliberal thinking
87, 88–89
Post-war consensus (or not)
88–89
Powell, E.
89, 90–91, 92, 94, 96, 113
Reform UK
6, 111, 117, 118, 152
Sunak’s government
112–116
Thatcher’s governments
91–94
Thatcherism
5, 8–9, 11, 19, 24, 35, 36–37, 38, 39, 86, 89–95
The Scottish referendum (2014)
102, 103
The UKIP’s rise
24, 96, 99, 100, 102–103, 104
Truss’s government and the Autumn 2022 mini-budget
111–112
Comparisons
25
Case-studies
25
Incorporated comparisons
25
EU and technocrats
2, 4, 5, 8, 10, 20, 23, 24, 26, 27, 33–34, 36–37, 39, 40, 51, 57, 64, 65, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 83, 84, 85, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 115, 117, 134, 141, 143, 145, 153, 155
Gramsci, A.
21, 53, 54, 58, 153
Great recession
2, 3, 5, 7, 13, 19, 35, 80, 96, 99, 103, 112, 135, 136, 138, 139, 153
Italy
2, 4, 5, 14, 17, 23–24, 33, 34, 35, 38, 39, 46, 50, 51–85, 96, 101, 113, 114, 152
5 Star Movement
72, 73, 76, 77–78, 82
1996 general elections
60
2008 general elections
67
2011 sovereign debt crisis
68–70
2013 general elections
72
Amato’s government I
58
Authoritarian neoliberalism during fascism
52
Banca d’Italia
23, 33, 53, 54–55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 67, 73, 80
Berlusconi, neoliberalism and national capital
64–67
Berlusconi governments
23, 59, 63–70
Brothers of Italy
80, 82–83
Changes in the 1970s–1980s
54–57
Ciampi’s government
33, 51, 58–59
Core executive
57, 58
Dini’s government
33, 51, 59–60
Draghi’s government
5, 33, 51, 80–82
Forza Italia
59, 64, 76, 82, 83–84
Governo del cambiamento and citizenship income
76–78
Growing role of the President of the Republic
58–59, 60, 70, 72
Liberalismo and liberismo
52–53
Meloni’s government and authoritarian neoliberalism
5, 38, 82–85
Monti’s government and austerity
5, 33, 51, 70–72
Next Generation EU plan
78–80, 81, 82
Northern League/League
2, 23, 59, 62, 63, 64, 65, 68, 75–76, 77–78, 80, 82, 83, 84
PDS/DS/PD (Democratic Party)
57–58, 59, 60–61, 73, 76, 78
Privatisations in the 1990s
61–63
Prodi government I
60, 61
Renzi’s government and reforms
73–75
Technocracy in Italy
5, 33, 34, 35, 51–85, 152
Technocrats in the 1990s
51, 62–63
National conservatism
In Britain
5, 86, 110–118
In Italy
84, 113
Nationalism
1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 11, 20, 21–22, 24, 32, 35–42, 44, 51, 75, 77, 83, 84, 91, 93, 94, 95, 98, 119, 123, 124, 126, 133, 142, 144, 150, 152, 153–154, 156
Nationalism and neoliberalism
1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 11, 24, 32, 35–42, 44, 82–86, 86–118, 119, 133, 142, 153–154, 156
Nationalism and populism
2–3, 4, 20, 21–22, 24, 32, 35, 38, 40, 51, 75, 79, 91, 95–96, 105–107, 113
Nationalist neoliberalism
4, 5, 11, 24, 32, 35–42, 43, 82–86, 86–118
In Brazil and emerging economies
41–42, 43
In Britain
5, 24, 36–37, 39, 43, 86–118, 152
In Hungary and Central Europe
32, 40, 86
In India
38, 40, 41–42, 43
In Japan
36, 42
In the USA
11, 36, 37–39, 43, 86
Neofascism
20, 82, 83, 152–153, 154–155
Neoliberalism
1, 2, 3–4, 5, 6, 7–13, 18, 19–24, 25, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51–54, 55, 57, 60, 61, 63, 64, 71, 73, 74, 77, 79, 81, 82, 83, 84, 86–118, 119, 120–127, 128–136, 137, 138, 140, 141–145, 152, 153, 154, 155
David Harvey and neoliberalism
4, 9–11, 20
Neoliberal policies
8
Neoliberal political theory
8–11
Neoliberalisation and neoliberalism
11–12
Role of the upper classes and the state
4, 8–11, 12
Neoreactionaries
155–156
New authoritarianism
44, 152, 153
Ordoliberalism
2, 10–11, 53, 63, 88
Polycrisis
153
Populism
2–3, 4, 5, 19, 20, 21–22, 23, 24, 25, 33, 34–35, 38, 40, 64, 72, 73, 74, 75–78, 82, 84, 91, 92, 96, 103, 107, 112, 113, 124
Russia
2, 3, 4, 6, 10, 11, 12, 15–16, 18, 19, 20, 22, 24, 31, 32–33, 43, 44, 46–48, 50, 82, 95, 108, 111, 119–151, 152, 153
Gorbachev’s perestroika
119
Medvedev’s Presidency
136–141
2008 Presidential elections
137
2011 Parliamentary elections
140
Economic and legal liberals
137
Reset with the USA
139
Tensions with Putin over Libya
139–140
The rise of the BRICS
139, 144
Navalny, Alexey
141, 145, 147–148, 149, 150–151
Nemtsov, Boris
46, 126, 141
Neoliberalism in the USSR
119–120
Putin’s Presidencies
6, 129–136, 141–151
2000 Presidential elections
130
2003 Parliament elections
133
2004 Presidential elections, authoritarian shift and its causes
133–134
2012 Presidential elections
141
2016 Parliament elections
144
2018 Presidential elections
145
2021 Parliament elections
148
2024 Presidential elections
150–151
Clash with Khodorkovsky
132–133
Clash with the oligarchs
131–132
Early neoliberal reforms
130–131
Kasyanov’s cabinet
130
Medvedev’s first cabinet
143
Medvedev’s second cabinet
145
Mishustin’s cabinets
146
Prigozhin’s insurrection
150
Protests in 2018
145
Putin’s statecraft
141–142
Putin’s views on politics
128–130, 130–131, 132–133
Rise of the siloviki
6, 47–48, 127, 128, 131, 132, 133, 136, 137, 138–139, 143–144, 145, 146–147, 149
Statism
126, 128, 129–130, 134–135, 140, 143
Ukraine crises and war
6, 144, 148–151
Sechin, Igor
48, 137, 138, 143
Yeltsin’s presidency
6, 120–129
1993 Parliament elections
123–124
1995 Parliament elections
124–125
1996 Presidential elections
125–126
1999 Parliament elections
129
Chernomyrdin’s cabinets
123, 124, 126
Kiriyenko’s cabinet and Russia’s default
126–127
Parliament-President clash in 1993
6, 47, 123
Poverty and social deprivation
12, 47, 121, 122, 124
Primakov’s cabinet and doctrine
127–128
Putin’s cabinet (1999–2000)
128–130
Sachs and the shock therapy
120, 121–122
Stepashin’s cabinet
128
The LDPR and Zhirinovsky
123–124, 125, 126, 127, 129, 133, 136, 137, 140, 141, 144, 145, 148, 151
The oligarchs
6, 47, 48, 125, 126, 127, 128, 129, 136
Yeltsin-Gaidar’s cabinet and the shock therapy
6, 46, 119, 120–123
Zyuganov and the Communist Party
124–125, 126, 127, 128, 129, 130, 133, 136, 137, 140, 141, 144, 145, 148, 151
Technocracy
2–3, 4, 5, 6, 20, 22, 23, 24, 25–35, 46, 50, 54–56, 58, 69, 70–72, 75–76, 77, 78, 80–82, 97, 112, 142, 153, 155–156
History of technocracy
26–27
Technocracy and populism
3, 4, 23, 25, 32, 33, 34–35, 51, 64, 75
Technocracy as neoliberal politics
26, 27, 34
Technocrats and technicians
26, 51
Technocrats in Argentina, Brazil, Chile
1, 26, 28–30, 34
Technocrats in Italy
23, 33, 34, 50, 51–85, 152
Technocrats in Mexico
26–28
Technocrats in Nigeria, Rwanda and Ethiopia
30–31
Technocrats in Russia and the former Soviet bloc
4, 31–33, 46, 47, 123, 124, 126, 130, 133, 142, 146, 147, 151
Technocrats in the EU
2, 3, 4, 27, 33–34, 40, 69, 70, 72, 97
Technocrats in the USA
155–156
Trumpism
3, 20–21, 23, 38–39, 45, 65, 77, 152, 153, 154–155
Washington Consensus
2, 8, 27, 30, 49, 79, 122, 139