Neoliberalism has been implemented in Latin America for about three decades. This article reviews Mexico's neoliberal trajectory to illustrate the political, economic, and social alterations that have resulted from this process. It finds that representative democracy has been perverted through fear, putting central political decisions in the hands of power groups with special interests. The bor...

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Neoliberalism as it emerged from the West, has been localised when entered China along with global market. In 2010s, a series of neoliberal policies under mass entrepreneurship and innovation (MEMI) initiative were launched to support an entrepreneurial environment for Chinese theatres. To understand how state applied neoliberalism characteristics (applied) theatre via practice MEMI policies, t...

Employing instances from the agri-food sector and a Critical Theory approach, the concept and actions known as best practices are criticized. Developed in terms of the uses and ideological content of best practices, this critique is directed at probing the “alternative” dimension of this construct. The analysis is carried out though the review of texts that advocate best practices. It is argued...