The Politics of Austerity as Politics of Law
Since 1980 the neoliberal agenda has become the strongest advocate against social and labour rights. However, the 2008 crisis emerged a new economic, political and juridical model based on the idea of austerity - a muscled form of neoliberalism which deepens the neoliberal ideology by other means. Bearing this in mind, I have chosen to organise this paper around three topics. In the first section, my purpose is to suggest that, in addition to the obvious economic and financial aspects of the austerity model, there is also a social model of reality that must be characterised sociologically. In the second, assuming that to a certain concept of law there is a certain concept of society, I state that to the austerity society correspond a certain type of law and politics. Finally, I identify four possible paths of developing research and action programmes for sociology of the law of austerity. Desde 1980, el programa neoliberal se ha convertido en el mayor partidario contra los derechos sociales y laborales. Sin embargo, la crisis de 2008 dio lugar a un nuevo modelo econmico, poltico y jurdico basado en la idea de austeridad -una forma fortalecida del neoliberalismo que acenta la ideologa neoliberal por otros medios-.Teniendo esto en mente, este trabajo se ha organizado en torno a tres temas. En la primera seccin, se pretende sugerir que, adems de los aspectos econmicos y financieros evidentes del modelo de austeridad, hay tambin un modelo social de realidad que hay que caracterizar sociolgicamente. En la segunda, partiendo de que un determinado concepto de derecho est relacionado con una determinada concepcin de sociedad, se defiende que la sociedad de la austeridad se corresponde con un determinado tipo de derecho y poltica. Por ltimo, se identifican cuatro posibles vas de desarrollo de programas de investigacin y accin para la sociologa jurdica de la austeridad. DOWNLOAD THIS PAPER FROM SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2831995
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Journal Title: | Oñati Socio-Legal Series |
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Author: | António Casimiro Ferreira |
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Language: | English |
Get full text: | http://opo.iisj.net/index.php/osls/article/view/509 |
Resource type: | Journal Article |
Source: | Oñati Socio-Legal Series; Vol 6, No 3 (Year 2016). |
Publisher: | Oñati International Institute for the Sociology of Law - Instituto Internacional de Sociología Jurídica de Oñati |
Usage rights: | Reconocimiento - NoComercial - SinObraDerivada (by-nc-nd) |
Knowledge areas / Categories: | Social Sciences/Humanities --> Law Social Sciences/Humanities --> Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary Social Sciences/Humanities --> Sociology |
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