A Deal They Can’t Resist

Rodney Loeppky

Published by De Gruyter 2022

A Deal They Can’t Resist

Adaptive Accumulation and American Public Policy

Rodney Loeppky

Volume 7 in the series De Gruyter Contemporary Social Sciences

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110761801

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About this book

This work argues that a component part of US neoliberalism involves adaptive accumulation, a process in which capital seeks to enlarge public programs, as a means to reroute public revenues into private revenue streams. Along the way, corporations project quasi-public aspirations as a central part of their commercial mission, as the state carves out new – or expands old – areas of accumulative growth for corporate America.

Interrogates depiction of US political economy as Anglo-American and ‘hyper-liberal’
Enhances understanding of variations within neoliberal political economy
Bridges sectors of public policy, demonstrates continuity in state and corporate behavior

Author information

Rodney Loeppky is Associate Professor in the Department of Politics, York University, Toronto, where he teaches in American Politics and the Politics of Health. He is author of Encoding Capital: A Political Economy of the Human Genome Project (Routledge) and Accumulation and Constraint: Biomedical Advancement and Advanced Industrial Health (Fernwood).

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	I
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	V
Chapter 1: Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Chapter 2: Adaptive Accumulation: Public Objectives, Private Revenues Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	7
Chapter 3: The Military and Adaptive Accumulation Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	18
Chapter 4: Health, Healthcare, and Adaptive Accumulation Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	39
Chapter 5: Education Reform and Adaptive Accumulation Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	65
Chapter 6: Incarceration, Detention, and Adaptive Accumulation Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	91
Chapter 7: Conclusion—Moving Forward in America Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	120
References Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	127
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	143

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter
Audience: Scholars and students of Political Economy, Public Policy, American Politics.
Pages
- Front matter: 6
- Main content: 148
Illustrations
- Illustrations: 1
- Tables: 2
Keywords: US Politics; US Political Economy; US Public Policy; Privatization; Inequality

eBook

Published: January 19, 2022
ISBN: 9783110761801

Hardcover

Published: January 31, 2022
ISBN: 9783110761740