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Neoliberalism in the Information Age, or Vice Versa? Global Citizenship, Technology, and Hegemonic Ideology

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Neubauer, Robert·2011·tripleC: Communication, Capitalism & Critique. Open Access Journal for a Global Sustainable Information Society
DOI 10.31269/triplec.v9i2.238
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Contingent as they are upon technological globalization, contemporary notions of global citizenship tend to run parallel to theories of ‘post-industrialism’ and ‘information society’. This paper problematizes this relationship by delineating the connections between ‘informationist’ theory and neoliberal ideology, which together have laid the ideational foundations for a reordering of the global political economy over the past 40 years in favor of global capital. Drawing on the work of Antonio Gramsci, this paper argues that information-age theories have served to facilitate the neoliberal project, obscuring behind a veil of teleological inevitability and technological determinism the political transformations which make global neoliberalism possible, even while prescribing the technological innovations which make such transformations technically feasible. Crucially, in eroding national sovereignty over trade and labour laws, capital flows, and fiscal and monetary policy, the ascent of ‘informational neoliberalism’ has served to undermine traditional citizenship in favor of market discipline and neoliberal hegemony.

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Authors
Neubauer, R.
Affiliations
Simon Fraser University (CA)
Corresponding author
Neubauer, Robert
Venue
tripleC: Communication, Capitalism & Critique. Open Access Journal for a Global Sustainable Information Society
Publisher
Information Society Research
Published
2011-09-06
Volume
9
Issue
2
Pages
195-230
ISSN
1726-670X (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.31269/triplec.v9i2.238
OpenAlex
W2115227555
Cited by
33
References
100
Citations by year
2026: 3 · 2025: 1 · 2024: 3 · 2023: 1 · 2022: 1 · 2019: 6 · 2018: 5 · 2017: 1 · 2016: 3 · 2015: 4 · 2014: 3 · 2013: 2
FWCI
11.04
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Licence
cc-by-nc-nd
Locations
  • tripleC Communication Capitalism & Critique Open Access Journal for a Global Sustainable Information Society (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
  • DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Political Science and International Relations › Globalization and political ideologies
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Political theory and Gramsci
  • Social Sciences › General Social Sciences › Information Society and Technology Trends
Keywords
neoliberalism, global citizenship, information society, post-industrialism, technological determinism, Antonio Gramsci, neoliberal hegemony, international political economy, state sovereignty, market discipline, global capital

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