• Includes nation-specific, comparative and transnational perspectives- Offers the first comprehensive and systematic analysis of the making and role of the sovereign consumer in modern and contemporary political economy- Illuminates a region (Scandinavia), a period (post 1970) and a theme (neoliberalism's entrance into the public sector) that has never been explored in depth in the field before.

Includes nation-specific, comparative and transnational perspectives Offers the first comprehensive and systematic analysis of the making and role of the sovereign consumer in modern and contemporary political economy Illuminates a region (Scandinavia), a period (post 1970) and a theme (neoliberalism's entrance into the public sector) that has never been explored in depth in the field before

Autorentext

Niklas Olsen is Associate Professor at the SAXO-Institute, and Chair of Centre of Modern European Studies, at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark.

Inhalt

1. Introduction.- 2. The Birth of the Neoliberal Sovereign Consumer.- 3. Liberating the Consumer: Ludwig Erhard and the Making of the Federal Republic.- 4. From Choice to Welfare: The Concept of the Consumer in the Chicago School of Economics.- 5. The Emergence of the Sovereign Consumer in Post-war Economics. - 6. Sovereign Consumers Enter the Scandinavian Welfare State: The Case of Denmark. - 7. Neoliberalism without Neoliberals.- 8. Epilogue.