Theorising French neoliberalism: The technocratic elite, decentralised collective bargaining and France’s ‘passive neoliberal revolution’
dc.contributor.author | Masquelier, C | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2020-03-10T14:35:56Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2020-04-06 | |
dc.description.abstract | Despite experiencing an early and protracted neoliberal transformation, France has exhibited an acutely ambiguous stance towards neoliberal practice. This is illustrated by, for example, regular nationwide protests opposed to policies with an overtly neoliberal flavour, or the coexistence of heavy taxation and a profound financialisation of its economy. This article seeks to explain why neoliberalism successfully developed in France, despite such an ambiguity. The focus will be placed on the transformation of labour relations, which will reveal the important role played by both the technocratic elite and firm-level negotiations in legitimating neoliberal practice. It will be argued that while several relevant sociological explanations offer some valuable insights for making sense of neoliberalism’s successful development in France, Antonio Gramsci’s concept of ‘passive revolution’ provides a very fruitful basis upon which to capture the singularity of the French case. | en_GB |
dc.identifier.citation | Published online 06 April 2020 | en_GB |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1177/1368431020915855 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10871/120213 | |
dc.language.iso | en | en_GB |
dc.publisher | SAGE Publications | en_GB |
dc.rights | © The Author(s) 2020. Open access. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits non-commercial use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access pages (https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/open-access-at-sage). | |
dc.subject | neoliberalism | en_GB |
dc.subject | France | en_GB |
dc.subject | legitimation | en_GB |
dc.subject | technocracy | en_GB |
dc.subject | collective bargaining | en_GB |
dc.subject | passive revolution | en_GB |
dc.title | Theorising French neoliberalism: The technocratic elite, decentralised collective bargaining and France’s ‘passive neoliberal revolution’ | en_GB |
dc.type | Article | en_GB |
dc.date.available | 2020-03-10T14:35:56Z | |
dc.identifier.issn | 1368-4310 | |
dc.description | This is the final version. Available on open access from SAGE Publications via the DOI in this record. | en_GB |
dc.identifier.journal | European Journal of Social Theory | en_GB |
dc.rights.uri | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ | en_GB |
dcterms.dateAccepted | 2020-03-10 | |
rioxxterms.version | VoR | en_GB |
rioxxterms.licenseref.startdate | 2020-03-10 | |
rioxxterms.type | Journal Article/Review | en_GB |
refterms.dateFCD | 2020-03-10T14:14:41Z | |
refterms.versionFCD | AM | |
refterms.dateFOA | 2020-04-09T15:39:44Z | |
refterms.panel | C | en_GB |
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