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Neoliberalism, necessitarianism and alternatives in Latin America: there is no alternative (TINA)?
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Munck, Ronaldo |
| Copyright Year | 2003 |
| Abstract | There is no alternative (TINA) was an oft-repeated expression of Margaret Thatcher's, used to dismiss any plausible alternatives to her brand of hard-nosed neoliberalism. One imagines that her friend General Pinochet, with whom she shared tea during his enforced stay in London, would agree with her. What is more surprising is the influence the TINA philosophy has had on social science analysis of neoliberalism in Latin America since Pinochet. What I propose is a radically anti-necessitarian approach to neoliberalism, inspired by the work of Roberto Mangabeira Unger. Things are not always how they are because they have to be so. There is life beyond neoliberalism. There are alternatives taking shape all the time at all levels of society in Latin America. The so-called Washington Consensus is no longer so consensual even in Washington and there is growing recognition that globalisation requires global governance. We therefore need to return to the rise of neoliberalism and globalisation in a nonnecessitarian spirit and examine the whole horizon of possibilities that is now opening up in Latin America as elsewhere. If the virtual collapse of Argentina in 2001‐02 shows that 'actually existing' neoliberalism simply does not work even |
| Starting Page | 495 |
| Ending Page | 511 |
| Page Count | 17 |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| DOI | 10.1080/0143659032000084438 |
| Volume Number | 24 |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://www.chs.ubc.ca/participatory/docs/Munck(A).pdf |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
