Article Accepted Manuscript

Empowered and Resilient: Educating Young People in Neoliberal Ideology

Author(s) / Creator(s)

Espinosa, Horacio

Abstract / Description

This article recovers the concept of "Ideology", anathematised by postmodern hegemony; here, taken out of the theoretical opprobrium in which it is found, I use it to carry out a critique of a youth-oriented community development program in the city of Barcelona. This approach should not be an exception given that young people are so mercilessly bombarded with social programs elaborated around clearly ideological concepts such as "resilience" or "empowerment". Contrary to a certain commonplace narrative that defends the withdrawal of the State while facing the forces of the market, that process of neoliberal ideologisation is carried out not only with the acquiescence of states, but also with their active participation. The analysis of a public program such as this one shows, empirically, how governments are complicit with market forces through programs that transmit and put into practice neoliberal ideology.

Keyword(s)

ideology neoliberalism youth resilience empowerment

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Date of first publication

2021-04-10

Journal title

Journal of Social and Political Psychology

Publisher

PsychArchives

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acceptedVersion

Review status

reviewed

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Citation

Espinosa, H. (in press). Empowered and resilient: Educating young people in neoliberal ideology [Author accepted manuscript]. Journal of Social and Political Psychology. http://doi.org/10.23668/psycharchives.4768
  • Author(s) / Creator(s)
    Espinosa, Horacio
  • PsychArchives acquisition timestamp
    2021-04-10T09:48:33Z
  • Made available on
    2021-04-10T09:48:33Z
  • Date of first publication
    2021-04-10
  • Abstract / Description
    This article recovers the concept of "Ideology", anathematised by postmodern hegemony; here, taken out of the theoretical opprobrium in which it is found, I use it to carry out a critique of a youth-oriented community development program in the city of Barcelona. This approach should not be an exception given that young people are so mercilessly bombarded with social programs elaborated around clearly ideological concepts such as "resilience" or "empowerment". Contrary to a certain commonplace narrative that defends the withdrawal of the State while facing the forces of the market, that process of neoliberal ideologisation is carried out not only with the acquiescence of states, but also with their active participation. The analysis of a public program such as this one shows, empirically, how governments are complicit with market forces through programs that transmit and put into practice neoliberal ideology.
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  • Publication status
    acceptedVersion
  • Review status
    reviewed
  • Citation
    Espinosa, H. (in press). Empowered and resilient: Educating young people in neoliberal ideology [Author accepted manuscript]. Journal of Social and Political Psychology. http://doi.org/10.23668/psycharchives.4768
  • ISSN
    2195-3325
  • Persistent Identifier
    https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12034/4208
  • Persistent Identifier
    https://doi.org/10.23668/psycharchives.4768
  • Language of content
    eng
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  • Publisher
    PsychArchives
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  • Is version of
    https://doi.org/10.5964/jspp.6513
  • Is version of
    https://doi.org/10.23668/psycharchives.6258
  • Is related to
    https://doi.org/10.23668/psycharchives.6258
  • Keyword(s)
    ideology
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  • Keyword(s)
    neoliberalism
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  • Keyword(s)
    youth
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  • Keyword(s)
    resilience
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  • Keyword(s)
    empowerment
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  • Dewey Decimal Classification number(s)
    150
  • Title
    Empowered and Resilient: Educating Young People in Neoliberal Ideology
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  • DRO type
    article
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  • Journal title
    Journal of Social and Political Psychology
  • Visible tag(s)
    PsychOpen GOLD
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  • Visible tag(s)
    Accepted Manuscript
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