The survival of neoliberal hegemony: Why is there no relevant alternative?

Abstract

In this article the author describes the reasons why neoliberal hegemony persists despite of numerous challenges, problems and criticisms it is facing with. According to the author, the answer lies in two groups of factors which maintain and spread the aforementioned hegemony. The first group refers to the internal characteristics of neoliberalism, i.e. neoliberal ideas, such as fluidity, adaptability and generality of neoliberal concepts and ideas. The second group consists of external factors, primarily the needs and interests of the international economic system, i.e. the needs and interests of the most important economies of that system. In these needs and interests we should look for an explanation for the rise, development and sustainability of Neoliberalism as hegemony on the international level.

U ovom članku se razmatraju razlozi zašto neoliberalna hegemonija opstaje uprkos brojnim izazovima i kritikama sa kojima se suočava. Po mišljenju autora, odgovor leži u dve grupe faktora koji održavaju i šire pomenutu hegemoniju. Prva grupa odnosi se na unutrašnje odlike neoliberalizma, tj. neoliberalnih ideja, poput fluidnosti, prilagodljivosti i uopštenosti neoliberalnih koncepata i ideja. Drugu grupu čine spoljni faktori, pre svega potrebe i interesi međunarodnog ekonomskog sistema, tj. potrebe i interesi najvažnijih ekonomija ovog sistema. U ovim interesima/potrebama može se pronaći i objašnjenje za uspon, razvoj i održivost neoliberalizma kao hegemonije na međunarodnom nivou.