{"product_id":"how-labour-built-neoliberalism-australias-accord-the-labour-movement-and-the-neoliberal-project-9781642590685","title":"How Labour Built Neoliberalism: Australia's","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhy do we always assume it was the New Right that was at the centre of constructing neoliberalism? How might corporatism have advanced neoliberalism? And, more controversially, were the trade unions only victims of neoliberal change, or did they play a more contradictory role? In \u003cem\u003eHow Labour Built Neoliberalism\u003c\/em\u003e, Elizabeth Humphrys examines the role of the Labour Party and trade unions in constructing neoliberalism in Australia, and the implications of this for understanding neoliberalism's global advance. These questions are central to understanding the present condition of the labour movement and its prospects for the future.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Humphry's brilliant \u003cem\u003eHow Labour Built Neoliberalism\u003c\/em\u003e utterly transforms our understanding of modern Australian politics and compels us to rethink established ideas about the role of the trade union movement in the making of neoliberalism. I consider this to be a landmark work in Australian political sociology and an invaluable contribution to the literature on global neoliberalism.\"\u003c\/p\u003e—\u003cstrong\u003eMelinda Cooper, University of Sydney, Author of \u003cem\u003eFamily Values: Between Neoliberalism and the New Social Conservatism\u003c\/em\u003e(2017, Zone Books).\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"In this fascinating book, Elizabeth Humphrys challenges the narrative that neo-liberalism was generally imposed onto labour by right-wing governments such as the Thatcher government in the UK and the Reagan government in the US during the 1980s. Through a detailed analysis of the Australian political economy between 1983 and 1996, she demonstrates how restructuring was also carried out by a Labour Party in close co-operation with trade unions.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWritten in a beautiful and highly accessible prose, she makes clear that trade unions are not automatically progressive or reactionary. Ultimately, trade unions too are sites of class struggle, which decides on whether a particular trade union is a force for social justice or not. Humphrys' book is a must-read in guiding our explorations of this question and the search for alternative, progressive strategies.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e— Andreas Bieler, Professor of Political Economy, University of Nottingham, UK\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"This is essential reading for anyone wishing to understand the emergence of neoliberalism in Australia, or the contradictory role trade unions can play during an economic crisis.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Alfredo Saad-Filho, Professor of Political Economy, SOAS, University of London\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"How Labor Built Neoliberalism is a scholarly, erudite and persuasive account of Labor's neoliberal turn and of the Accords. It should be widely read by labour historians, political economists, unionists and Labor politicians.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Tim Lyons, \u003cem\u003eLabour History \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAcknowledgements\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eList of Illustrations\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eList of Abbreviations\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1 \u003cstrong\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  1 The ALP \u0026amp; ACTU Accord \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  2 The Social Contract's Gala Dinner \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  3 Neoliberalism's Corporatist Origins \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  4 A Hegemonic Political Project \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  5 Corporatist \u0026amp;' \u003cem\u003einvolucro\u003c\/em\u003e' \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  6 A Note on Method \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  7 Structure of the Book \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2 \u003cstrong\u003eTheorising the State-Civil Society Relationship\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  1 Introduction \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  1.1 Some Preliminary Comments \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  2 Marx's Critique of Hegel \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  3 From Critique of Politics to Critique of Political Economy \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  4 From Marx to Gramsci \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  4.1 \u003cem\u003eLo stato integrale\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  5 Gramsci \u003cem\u003econtra\u003c\/em\u003e Marx? The Limits of Integration \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  6 Conclusion \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e3 \u003cstrong\u003eCorporatism in Australia\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  1 Introduction \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  2 Understanding Corporatism \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  3 Panitch's Approach \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  4 Corporatism and the Accord \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  5 The Context of Arbitration \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  6 Conclusion \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e4 \u003cstrong\u003eDestabilising the Dominant Narrative\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  1 Introduction \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  1.1 Conceptual Diversity \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  2 The Dominant Narrative \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  2.1 Harvey: \u003cem\u003eA Brief History of Neoliberalism\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  2.2 Klein: \u003cem\u003eThe Shock Doctrine\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  2.3 Peck, Theodore, Tickell and Brenner: \u0026amp;'Neoliberalisation' \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  2.4 Destabilising the Dominant Narrative \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  3 A Class Approach to Neoliberalism \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  3.1 Harvey: \u0026amp;'The restoration of class power' \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  3.2 Davidson: \u0026amp;'An entirely new political regime' \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  3.3 A Hegemonic Political Project \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  4 Conclusion \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e5 \u003cstrong\u003ePeriodising Neoliberalism\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  1 Introduction \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  2 Periodising Neoliberalism in Australia \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  3 Proto-neoliberal stage: 1973-1983 \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  3.1 The Economic Crisis \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  3.2 The Whitlam Government \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  3.3 The Fraser Government \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  4 Vanguard Neoliberal Stage: 1983-1993 \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  4.1 The Impasse of the 1970s \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  4.2 Developing the Accord \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  5 Piecemeal Neoliberalisation Stage: 1993-2008 \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  5.1 Howard's Piecemeal Neoliberalism \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  6 Crisis stage: 2008 Onwards \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  7 Conclusion \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e6 \u003cstrong\u003eThe Disorganisation of Labour\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  1 Introduction \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  2 The Accord Agreement \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  3 Wages and the Accord \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  3.1 The First Accord (1983) \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  3.2 Accord Mark II (1985-1987) \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  3.3 Accord Mark III (1986-1987) \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  3.4 Accord Mark IV (1988-1989), V (1989-1990) \u0026amp; VI (1990-1993) \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  3.5 Accord Mark VII (1993) \u0026amp; VIII (Draft Only) \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  4 Wage Suppression \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  4.1 Labour Disorganisation \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  5 Conclusion \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e7 \u003cstrong\u003eAn Integral State\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  1 Introduction \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  2 Accord Divergences \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  2.1 The National Economic Summit and Communiqué \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  2.2 Prices \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  2.3 \u0026amp;'Big bang' and Other Neoliberal Reforms \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  2.4 Trade Liberalisation \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  3 Privatisation \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  4 Social Wage and Contested Understandings \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  4.1 Medicare \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  4.2 Superannuation \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  4.3 Worth the Cost? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  5 The Concord of Neoliberalism and the Accord \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  5.1 A Brace against Neoliberalism? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  5.2 Theorising the Corporatism-Neoliberalism Connection \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  5.3 An \u0026amp;'informal Accord'? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  5.4 The Accord as \u003cem\u003einvolucro\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  6 Conclusion \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e8 \u003cstrong\u003eHow Labour Made Neoliberalism\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  1 Introduction \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  2 From Worker Agency to State Agency \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  2.1 The Shift to Support the Accord \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  2.2 Planning as a Solution to Crisis? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  2.3 Consultation on, and Support for, the Accord \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  2.4 Sticking with the Accord \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  2.5 Industry policy and Australia Reconstructed \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  3 Managing Dissent and Disorganising Labour \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  3.1 Civil Legal Action against Labour Disputes \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  3.2 Deregistration of the Builders Labourers' Federation \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  3.3 Pilots' Dispute \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  4 Enterprise Bargaining and the Antinomies of the Accord \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  4.1 Hegemony Unravelling \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  5 Conclusion \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e9 \u003cstrong\u003eA Return to the International\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  1 Introduction \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  2 A Brief Detour in the Antipodes \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  3 The British Social Contract (1974-1979) \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  4 The Carter Administration (1977-1981) and Prior \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  5 New York City Council Fiscal Crisis (1975-1981) \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  6 Contemporary Finland \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  7 Conclusion \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e10 \u003cstrong\u003eConclusion: Neoliberalism at Dusk\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  1 Internal Relations \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  2 Antinomies and Residues \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  3 Neoliberalism at Dusk \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAppendices\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e   \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  Appendix B: Timeline of Predecessors to the AMWU \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReferences\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIndex\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Haymarket Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51020201296215,"sku":"9781642590685","price":27.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781642590685.jpg?v=1750782744","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/how-labour-built-neoliberalism-australias-accord-the-labour-movement-and-the-neoliberal-project-9781642590685","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}