"Beyond Neoliberalism"

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The paper looks at how Alain Touraine discusses in his book, "Beyond Neoliberalism", the issue of globalization as it is seen from the perspective of the French society. The paper considers several aspects of Touraine's theories in order to underline the fact that his theory is not fully supported by today's reality. The paper also offers four arguments that clearly demonstrate how Touraine's ideas cannot be applied to the current situation of the global world.

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"First and foremost, Touraine argues in the beginning that little is in fact changed in the way society works. In this sense, he considers that "what we are living through is therefore not so much a change of society as a change in the mode of modernization. To speak of industrial society or the information society is to speak of a type of society; when on the other hand we say that we are moving from a state controlled administered economy to a market economy, we are talking about a change in the mode of modernization" (9). He goes on to say that in his opinion "capitalism and socialism are modes of modernization and not types of society" (9). From this point of view it can be added the fact that Touraine supports the idea that at the moment the society is by no means experiencing something new or innovative."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Touraine, Alain. Beyond Neoliberalism. Trans. David Macey. Cambridge: Polity, 1998.

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