States of Discipline: Authoritarian Neoliberalism and the Contested Reproduction of Capitalist Order

301 Pages·2017·11.898 MB·English

by  Cemal Burak Tansel (ed.)

States of Discipline
Transforming Capitalism
Series Editors: Ian Bruff, University of Manchester;
Julie Cupples, University of Edinburgh; Gemma Edwards,
University of Manchester; Laura Horn, University of Roskilde;
Simon Springer, University of Victoria; Jacqui True, Monash University
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States of Discipline
Authoritarian Neoliberalism and
the Contested Reproduction of
Capitalist Order
Edited by
Cemal Burak Tansel

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Contents
Acknowledgements vii
Abbreviations ix
1 Authoritarian Neoliberalism: Towards a New Research Agenda 1
Cemal Burak Tansel
2 Authoritarian Neoliberalism and the Disciplining of Labour 29
Mònica Clua-Losada and Olatz Ribera-Almandoz
3 Commodified Pacification: Police, Commercial Security and
the State 47
Kendra Briken and Volker Eick
4 Bodies in Resistance: Conversations on Gender, Body Politics and
Authoritarian Neoliberalism 67
Wendy Harcourt
5 The Right to Starve: Hunger, Discipline and Labour Market
Restructuring under Authoritarian Neoliberalism 87
Sébastien Rioux
6 Urban Transformation under Authoritarian Neoliberalism 107
Annalena Di Giovanni
7 From Mare Nostrum to Triton: Humanitarian Emergencies and
Neoliberal Migration Management in the Mediterranean 129
Luca Manunza

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8 Cease to Exist? The European ‘Social’ Model and the
Hardening of ‘Soft’ EU Law 149
Ian Bruff
9 The Authoritarian and Disciplinary Mechanism of Reduced
Sovereignty in the EU: The Case of Greece 171
Panagiotis Sotiris
10 Antinomies of Authoritarian Neoliberalism in Turkey:
The Justice and Development Party Era 189
Barış Alp Özden, İsmet Akça and Ahmet Bekmen
11 Resistance and Passive Revolution in Egypt and Morocco 211
Brecht De Smet and Koenraad Bogaert
12 Klepto-Neoliberalism: Authoritarianism and Patronage
in Cambodia 235
Simon Springer
13 Variegated Neoliberalization as a Function and Outcome of
Neo-authoritarianism in China 255
Kean Fan Lim
Postscript 275
Cynthia Enloe
Index 279
Notes on Contributors 285
Acknowledgements
I would like to thank the Transforming Capitalism series editors Ian Bruff,
Julie Cupples, Gemma Edwards, Laura Horn, Simon Springer and Jacqui
True for the extremely helpful editorial input they provided throughout the
preparation of this volume. At Rowman & Littlefield International, Dhara
Patel, Anna Reeve and Michael Watson showed great care and patience in
managing the book. I am grateful to Chun-yi Lee, Adam David Morton and
my colleagues in the Department of Politics at the University of Sheffield
for their feedback, support and involvement at various stages of this project.
Finally, I would like to thank the contributors for their generous contributions
and unwavering commitment to the book.
—Cemal Burak Tansel, Sheffield

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Abbreviations
AFDC Aid to Families with Dependent Children
AKP Justice and Development Party (Turkey)
AMDH Moroccan Association of Human Rights
ANAP Motherland Party (Turkey)
ANCI National Association of Italian Municipalities
ANDCM Moroccan National Association of Unemployed Graduates
AST Alternativa Sindical de Trabajadores
CARA Hosting Centre for Asylum Seekers
CBPP Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
CGT Confederación General del Trabajo
CIRI Civic Innovation Research Initiative
CNPA Cambodian National Petroleum Authority
CoBas Sindicato de Comisiones de Base
COESS Confederation of European Security Services
CPC Communist Party of China
CPP Cambodian People’s Party
CPPCC Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference
CRI Italian Red Cross
CTNE Spanish National Telephone Company
CUP Candidatura d’Unitat Popular (Popular Unity Candidacy)
ECB European Central Bank
ECOC European Capital of Culture Initiative
EES European Employment Strategy
EMU Economic and Monetary Union
ENA Emergency North Africa
EPI Economic Policy Institute

ERC Esquerra Republicana de Catalunya (Republican Left of
Catalonia)
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