{"product_id":"neoliberalism-democratic-erosion-and-the-global-struggle-for-social-justice","title":"NEOLIBERALISM, DEMOCRATIC EROSION AND THE GLOBAL STRUGGLE FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e248pp., paperback, \u003c\/em\u003eAfrican Minds, Cape Town, 2026\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eISBN: 9780639891330\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe essays in this collection \u003cspan\u003eexplore the growing tension between market-driven economic systems and democratic governance, arguing that neoliberalism and authoritarianism constitute a dual threat to democratic participation. The volume \u003c\/span\u003eemerged from a symposium held to honour the appointment of Ole Johnny Olsen to Emeritus Professor at the University of Bergen, Norway.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eContributions include:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e'The Political Economy of Authoritarian Populism in the Global South\" by \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAlf Gunvald Nilsen\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Protest as Parrhesia: Problems of Democracy in South Africa’s Student Protests\" by \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eJohn Higgins\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"From Globalisation to Glocalisation: The Impact of Neoliberalism on Metropolitan Governance in the Global South\" by \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eChris Tapscott\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"The Sustainable Development Goals and the Eco-social Development Model: A Challenge to the Neoliberal World?\" by \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTor Halvorsen.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eChris Tapscott\u003c\/strong\u003e is Emeritus Professor at the University of the Western Cape, where he was founding director of the School of Government and served as Dean of the Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTor Halvorsen\u003c\/strong\u003e is Associate Professor at the University of Bergen and Extraordinary Professor at the University of the Western Cape.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Tapscott (C.) \u0026 Halvorsen (T.) eds.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42282489839662,"sku":null,"price":350.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0265\/3182\/3662\/files\/Neoliberalism_DemocraticErosionandtheglobalstruggleforsocialjustice.png?v=1776694186","url":"https:\/\/clarkesbooks.co.za\/products\/neoliberalism-democratic-erosion-and-the-global-struggle-for-social-justice","provider":"Clarke's Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}