Transformation of Neoliberalism: A Conceptual Analysis

Ovaj rad bavi se analizom pojma neoliberalizma kroz povijesnu perspektivu razvoja liberalizma kao ideologije te na primjeru nekih studija slučaja. Istraživanje je metodološki zasnovano na proučavanju sekundarnih izvora, a cilj istraživanja bio je približiti pojam neoliberalizma i pokušati učiniti neoliberalne politike jasnijima u kontekstu povijesti i sadašnjosti. Rad pokazuje razvoj liberalne paradigme te se posebno dotiče njezina neoliberalnog pravca. Kroz rad su prikazani neki uzroci i posljedice pojave neoliberalizma te određeni primjeri politika koje možemo smatrati neoliberalnima. Ova je tema općenito nedovoljno istraživana, a njoj postoji širok javni diskurs, unutar kojega, nerijetko dolazi do krive uporabe ovog pojma ili se pod njega podovde politike koje sa njim nemaju veze. Kroz rad je demonstrirano kako su upravo neoliberalne politike dovele do određene razine blagostanja, omogućile smanjenje globalnog siromaštva, općenito dovele do većeg stupnja slobode pojedinca i veću mogućnost šansi za veliku većinu ljudi kojima do tada te šanse nisu bile dostupne.This paper analyses the concept of neoliberalism through a historical perspective of development of liberalism as an ideology and with the examples of a few case studies. The research for this paper was based on the analysis of secondary sources and its goal is to make the concept of neoliberal policy more clear in the historical and contemporary context. The paper shows the development of liberal paradigm especially in regard to its neoliberal version. Causes and consequences of the appearance of neoliberalism are shown throughout this paper as well as some examples of policies we can regard as neoliberal. This subject is generally not given enough academic attention despite being very present in the public debates where it is, more often than not, missused. This paper demonstrates that it was neoliberal policies that have brought us to a certain level of wellfare, enabled a decrease of global poverty, generally brought about a greater degree of personal freedom and a greater set of oportunites for a vast majority of people to which those chances were previously denied