I Illllll 111 III III mil mil urn i"«

A/478387
RESEARCH IN POLITICAL SOCIOLOGY VOLUME 16

POLITICS AND
NEOLIBERALISM:
STRUCTURE, PROCESS
AND OUTCOME

EDITED BY
HARLAND PRECHEL
Texas A&M University, USA

ELSEVTER
JAI

Amsterdam - Boston - Heidelberg - London - New York - Oxford

Paris - San Diego - San Francisco - Singapore - Sydney - Tokyo
JAI Press is an imprint of Elsevier
CONTENTS

LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS vii

EDITORIAL BOARD ix

SPECIAL REVIEWERS xi

PREFACE xiii

FOREWORD: POLITICS AND NEOLIBERALISM xv

PART I: INTRODUCTION

POLITICS AND NEOLIBERALISM:

THEORY AND IDEOLOGY
Harland Prechel and John B. Harms 3

PART II: DECENTRALIZATION UNDER THE

NEOLIBERAL NEW FEDERALISM: CONSEQUENCES
FOR WORKERS' HEALTH, HIGHER EDUCATION,
AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS

WORK-RELATED INSECURITY IN THE NEW

ECONOMY: EVALUATING THE CONSEQUENCES
FOR HEALTH
Heather Scott-Mar shall 21

NEOLIBERALISM AND SOCIAL IMBALANCE:

HIGHER EDUCATION IN MISSOURI
John B. Harms 61
vi CONTENTS

THE LOCAL STATE, DECENTRALIZATION, AND

NEOLIBERAL ROLL-OUT: A COMPARATIVE,
SUBNATIONAL ANALYSIS OF GROWTH AND
REDISTRIBUTION RESPONSES
Linda Lobao 85

PART III: POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC CHANGE AND

NEOLIBERALISM IN DEVELOPING SOCIETIES

NEOLIBERALISM AND RACIAL REDRESS:

INDIGENIZATION AND POLITICS IN TANZANIA
AND FIJI
Erik Larson and Ron Aminzade 121

CHINESE FIRMS UNDER TRANSFORMATION:

CORPORATE RESTRUCTURING, EMPLOYEE
LAYOFF AND MANAGER TURNOVER IN 1990s
Lu Zheng and Jean Oi 167

POLITICAL CAPITALISM, NEOLIBERALISM, AND

GLOBALIZATION IN INDIA: REDEFINING FOREIGN
PROPERTY RIGHTS AND FACILITATING
CORPORATE OWNERSHIP, 1991-2005
Shilpa Ranganathan and Harland Prechel 201

ABOUT THE AUTHORS 245