Vol. 9, No 1, 2012 pp. 1 - 13
UDC 330.831.8
"EMBEDDED" NEOLIBERALISM
Nataša Golubović1, Srdjan Golubović2
1Faculty of Economics, University of Niš, Serbia
natasa.golubovic@eknfak.ni.ac.rs
2Faculty of Law, University of Niš, Serbia
Neoliberalism is subject to conflicting interpretations. Although often associated with the relation between state and market, neoliberalism is certainly beyond the scope of these relationships. It is a complex phenomenon composed of beliefs, practices and institutions. Neglecting any of these elements leads to a misunderstanding of the whole. One of the most complex issues facing those who deal with the issue of neoliberalism is to establish a connection between normative recommendations of neoliberal theory and political and economic changes in market economies. Elementary insights into economic changes over the last decades show that there is a certain correspondence between the neoliberal ideas and the trajectory of many capitalist economies, but also clear discrepancies. The goal of this paper is to investigate the analytical potential of the "embeddedness" concept in the analysis of discrepancies between neoliberal theory and practice.
Key Words: liberalism, neoliberalism, embeddednes, state, market
"UKORENJENI" NEOLIBERALIZAM
Neoliberalizam predstavlja predmet oprečnih interpretacija. Iako se često povezuje sa pitanjem odnosa države i tržišta, neoliberalizam svakako prevazilazi okvire tih odnosa. Neoliberalizam predstavlja razgranatu gradjevinu satkanu od verovanja, prakse i institucija. Zanemarivanje bilo kojeg od pomenutih elemenata vodi nerazumevanju celine. Jedno od najsloženijih pitanja sa kojim se suočavaju oni koji se bave neoliberalizmom je utvrdjivanje veze izmedju normativnih preporuka neoliberalne teorije i političkih i ekonomskih promena u tržišnim privredama. Elementarni uvid u ekonomske promene u poslednjih nekoliko decenija pokazuje da postoji određeno podudaranje između neoliberalnih ideja i trajektorije većine kapitalističkih privreda, ali i jasne diskrepance. Cilj ovog rada je da istraži analitički potencijal koncepta "ukorenjenosti" u analizi diskrepanci između neoliberlne teorije i prakse.
Ključne reči: liberalizam, neoliberalizam, ukorenjenost, država, tržište