Post-communist neoliberalization widens inequality and targets visible minorities as scapegoats
Evidence
Post-Communist Eastern bloc deindustrialization and rampant neoliberalization dramatically ramiļ¬ed income inequalities, quickly lowering quality of life for many as it heightened expectations for social betterment. These developments thus festered the conditions for which almost invariably the visibly identiļ¬ed and vulnerable pariahs get picked out as the prompts. ā David Theo Goldberg, The Threat of Race, 913
Categorization
- XREF: Connects to the pattern of economic disruption producing scapegoated minorities seen in the ethnic conflict literature and in Goldbergās own project on racial neoliberalism. ā connects to: Postmodern urban redevelopment coincides with deepened inequality and infrastructural decline ā Alex Callinicos, Against Postmodernism: A Marxistā¦, 581; Right-wing populism blames minorities for a value decay caused by capitalism ā Max Haiven, Cultures of Financialization, 348; Neoliberals treat inequality as a necessary motor of progress, not a flaw ā Philip Mirowski, Never Let a Serious Crisis Go to Waste, 173 (+3 more)