Empowered and resilient: Educating young people in neoliberal ideology
Author(s) / Creator(s)
Espinosa Zepeda, 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 empowermentPersistent Identifier
Date of first publication
2021-04-20
Journal title
Journal of Social and Political Psychology
Volume
9
Issue
1
Page numbers
172–186
Publisher
PsychOpen GOLD
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publishedVersion
Review status
peerReviewed
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Citation
Espinosa Zepeda, H. (2021). Empowered and resilient: Educating young people in neoliberal ideology. Journal of Social and Political Psychology, 9(1), 172-186. https://doi.org/10.5964/jspp.6513
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Author(s) / Creator(s)Espinosa Zepeda, Horacio
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Date of first publication2021-04-20
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Abstract / DescriptionThis 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.en_US
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Publication statuspublishedVersion
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Review statuspeerReviewed
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CitationEspinosa Zepeda, H. (2021). Empowered and resilient: Educating young people in neoliberal ideology. Journal of Social and Political Psychology, 9(1), 172-186. https://doi.org/10.5964/jspp.6513en_US
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ISSN2195-3325
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Persistent Identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12034/5654
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Persistent Identifierhttps://doi.org/10.23668/psycharchives.6258
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Language of contenteng
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PublisherPsychOpen GOLD
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Is version ofhttps://doi.org/10.5964/jspp.6513
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Is version ofhttps://doi.org/10.23668/psycharchives.4768
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Is related tohttps://doi.org/10.23668/psycharchives.4768
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Keyword(s)ideologyen_US
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Keyword(s)neoliberalismen_US
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Keyword(s)youthen_US
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Keyword(s)resilienceen_US
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Keyword(s)empowermenten_US
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Dewey Decimal Classification number(s)150
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TitleEmpowered and resilient: Educating young people in neoliberal ideologyen_US
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DRO typearticle
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Issue1
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Journal titleJournal of Social and Political Psychology
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Page numbers172–186
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Volume9
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Visible tag(s)Version of Recorden_US