I will provide some options for the sources that are to be used for this paper. At least two to be used. One of them has to be Hayek Friedrich’s reading on “Equality, Value, Merit”
The questions provided is a leading question that can be use to orient the work, but are mere suggestions or starting ideas and not requirements:
What is neoliberalism as: an ideology; a political project; a cultural transformation; a key part of globalization; and how is this project an “inequality machine”?
Writing Style:
Use CMS (Chicago Manual Style) citations only. Response should build from quotes taken directly from the readings. You should select a passage, contextualize it, and then select a second passage, contextualize it and connect it to the first quote and/or relate to an example. The overall approach is to build from concrete details (from texts or videos) into a larger conception of the concept, rather than summarizing a lot of details in a very general/abstract manner.
Steps in contextualizing a quote:
-Introduce the quote using the author’s name and words such as: argues, asserts, concludes, observes, describes.
-Explain the quote in your own words. You should do this any time you quote a text to show how you understand the passage and to give the reader a chance to understand the content.
-Significance: Explain the overall importance of the quote. Questions to consider in developing significance include any, but not all, of: How does it help to define or expand the definition of a term? What does it do to help us understand an issue, theory, or the world around us? How does the quote connect to and expand upon, or challenge, a previous quote?
Things to pay attention to in your writing that will be the basis of your grade:
1. The introductory paragraph should identify what you will be analysing, why it is important, and must have a clear thesis (what you will argue), rather than just a topic (ie., “in this essay I will analyze or discuss…).
2. Each paragraph should focus on one aspect (paragraph unity): description, history, conceptual development, meaning/interpretation, compare/contrast, or significance that you develop from a course reading.
3. Descriptions must be coherent: flesh out details from texts or visual media in the course, styles, gestures, language, presentation, and the relationships between people, things, institutions, or the spaces they occupy. Including supporting detail is essential in the crafting and support of your argument.
4. The meaning or importance of details should be clearly expressed. Why is the event, issue, social structure, history, policy, law, film, cultural event, etc., important?
5. Use direct quotes only. Do not paraphrase. Each quote should be introduced, properly cited in CMS format, explained in your own words (with definitions for any key terms in the quote), and an explanation of the significance of the quote for your essay and/or a connection to other parts of your essay. You can also contextualize the quote in relation to other parts of the text.
6. Compare/contrast: Optional. You can connect across course materials and link different parts of the course. The focus should be on the topic at hand, so be sure to develop it fully. But as the course unfolds you are welcome to synthesize different materials.
The following are the sources that I have listed and attached:
Hayek, Friedrich A. “Equality, Value, and Merit.” The Constitution of Liberty. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press, 1960: 85-102.
Dowling, Emma. “Paying for the Crisis.” The Care Crisis*: What Caused It and How Can We End It? London: Verso, 2022: 47-72.
Harcourt, Bernard E. “The Chicago School.” The Illusion of Free Markets: Punishment and the Myth of Natural Order. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2011: 121-50.
Tyler, Imogen. “Social Abjection.” Revolting Subjects: Social Abjection and Resistance in Neoliberal Britain. London: Zone Books, 2013: 19-47.
Cooper, Melinda. “In Loco Parentis: Human Capital, Student Debt, and the Logic of Family Investment.” Family Values: Between Neoliberalism and the New Social Conservatism. Brooklyn, NY: Zone Books, 2017: 215-257.
Thier, Hadas. “Credit & Financialization.” A People’s Guide to Capitalism: An Introduction to Marxist Economics. Chicago, IL: Haymarket Books, 2020: 189-231
