Economic Citizenship : : Neoliberal Paradoxes of Empowerment / / Amalia Sa’ar.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Berghahn Books Complete eBook-Package 2016
• VerfasserIn: Sa’ar, Amalia,
• Place / Publishing House: New York ;, Oxford : : Berghahn Books, , [2016]; ©2016
• Year of Publication: 2016
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (260 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; List of Tables --; List of Abbreviations and Research Projects --; Acknowledgments --; Introduction --; PART I Paradoxes of the Pursuit of Solidarity amid Polarizing Social Inequalities --; Chapter 1 Social Economy: The Quest for Social Justice under Neoliberalism --; Chapter 2 Vulnerability --; Chapter 3 Empowerment --; Chapter 4 Entitlement --; PART III Economic Citizenship— Between the Right to Work and the Obligation to Be Productive --; Chapter 5 Discussion—The Emergence of a Hybrid Local Discourse on Inclusion, Productivity, and Care --; Conclusion --; References --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781785331800; 9783110998221
• DOI: 10.1515/9781785331800?locatt=mode:legacy
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Amalia Sa’ar.

With the spread of neoliberal projects, responsibility for the welfare of minority and poor citizens has shifted from states to local communities. Businesses, municipalities, grassroots activists, and state functionaries share in projects meant to help vulnerable populations become self-supportive. Ironically, such projects produce odd discursive blends of justice, solidarity, and wellbeing, and place the languages of feminist and minority rights side by side with the language of apolitical consumerism. Using theoretical concepts of economic citizenship and emotional capitalism, Economic Citizenship exposes the paradoxes that are deep within neoliberal interpretations of citizenship and analyzes the unexpected consequences of applying globally circulating notions to concrete local contexts.