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You aren't likely to find the word "neoliberalism" used in politico, I don't think. All sources of news have an inherent bias that will constrain the acceptable
by sfpotter 4y ago
You aren't likely to find the word "neoliberalism" used in politico, I don't think. All sources of news have an inherent bias that will constrain the acceptable range of discourse, along with terminology used.
- skippyboxedhero 4y agoThe reason why is because you won't find neoliberalism in IR. The author is an academic, I have a postgrad in IR, neoliberalism was a term invented by people who opposed the ideas, there is no accepted positive definition of neoliberalism, and it isn't a term you see often outside popular culture.
- sfpotter 4y agoI don't think this is the primary factor. As another commenter mentioned, Politico does indeed have a low incidence of the word "neoliberalism". Not all of Politico's contributors are involved in academic international relations, so this isn't an explanation. It might be that Politico is biased in favor of the worldview promulgated by academic international relations, but this is back to my point---news sources are biased, and this bias constrains the acceptable range of debate. (Please note that I am not personally making a judgment call as to whether or not this is good or bad. Just making an observation and answering the original question.)
- jeffbee 4y agoHuh, I assumed you were exaggerating but Google results for site:politico.com "neoliberal" really are surprisingly thin, orders of magnitude less common than any other kind of -ism.
- o_1 4y agoIt's sad to even see a politico article here.
- hackerlight 4y agoNeoliberalism is sometimes a slur and sometimes a colloquialism. That's why you're not going to find it.