Melinda Cooper, Family Values. Between Neoliberalism and the New Social Conservatism

Abstract

In Family Values, sociologist Melinda Cooper presents the reader with a cultural history of neoliberalism. Her research follows the line of work done by sociologist Pierre Dardot and philosopher Christian Laval, geographer Jamie Peck, and philosopher Wendy Brown. Her work allows us to revisit the construction of what she perceives as a specifically neoliberal “rationale.” Based on the idea that a clear boundary would exist between identity politics and class struggle, recent historiographies ...