Contingency scholars reject theoretical coherence in explaining neoliberal policy

Evidence

The Road from Mont Pèlerin may have inadvertently contributed to some of the confusion surrounding the core subject by emphasizing areas of ambiguity, neoliberal pluralism, and historical diversity of actually existing neoliberalism. Yet our effort to get away from cookie-cutter models of neoliberalism was decidedly not an invitation to think of neoliberalism as utterly amorphous. — Philip Mirowski & Dieter Plehwe (eds.), The Road from Mont Pèlerin, 10 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Neoliberalism may not cohere as a unified doctrine in actual practice. — Philip Mirowski, Never Let a Serious Crisis Go to Waste, 185; Neoliberalism operates from a unified playbook despite surface variation — Philip Mirowski, Never Let a Serious Crisis Go to Waste, 917; Empirical socio-economic research never gained a foothold in the neoliberal thought collective. — Dieter Plehwe, Quinn Slobodian & Philip Mirowski (eds.), Nine Lives of Neoliberalism, 338 (+7 more)

Related

• Neoliberalism is internally plural yet not formless (similarity 0.88)
• Neoliberalism may not cohere as a unified doctrine in actual practice. (similarity 0.88)
• Neoliberalism encompassed bitter internal conflicts, not a unified doctrine. (similarity 0.87)
• Neoliberalism’s contested definition does not make the term analytically useless (similarity 0.87)
• Neoliberalism lacks unified theory and is riven by real internal conflict (similarity 0.87)
• Neoliberalism operates from a unified playbook despite surface variation (similarity 0.86)
• A scholarly school explains neoliberalism’s rise as ad hoc contingency without theoretical coherence (similarity 0.86)
• Neoliberalism was internally heterogeneous and institutionally embedded, not monolithic (similarity 0.85)
• Neoliberalism’s contestedness reflects its diffuse, multi-variant nature, not emptiness. (similarity 0.85)
• Neoliberalism’s internal plurality is strategic strength, not weakness (similarity 0.85)
• Disputes over the word neoliberalism signaled real disagreement over its content (similarity 0.85)
• Neoliberalism was a flexible project, not a fixed doctrine with essential content (similarity 0.85)
• Neoconservatism and neoliberalism remain contested as distinct or overlapping schools (similarity 0.85)
• Neoliberalism is internally diverse and marked by real internal conflict (similarity 0.85)
• Neoliberalism was a pluralist movement opposing three rival liberal traditions, not a corporate tool (similarity 0.85)

Broader Connections

• Neoliberalism is internally plural yet not formless #corroborates (0.75) — Philip Mirowski & Dieter Plehwe (eds.), The Road from Mont Pèlerin, 10