Open AccessNature as a resource in the neoliberal perspective
Author(s) -
Alpár Lošonc
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
privredna izgradnja
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2406-0704
pISSN - 0032-8979
DOI - 10.2298/priz0404141l
Subject(s) - neoliberalism (international relations) , economics , incentive , commons , deregulation , political economy , market economy , law and economics , economic system , sociology , political science , law
Neoliberalism is to be analyzed as the intensification of the market-dependence of society and the normalization of the co modification of nature. In addition neoliberalism intends to broaden the market-like decision and incentive-structure to the fields that are non-economical. The backbone of the neoliberalisation is the privatization of commons in the perspective of the naturalisation of market and the specific resource regime concerning, for example, intellectual property rights. It is of importance to regard the fact neoliberalism coexists with the other societal projects and we are witnessing the simultaneity amongst the different projects. This does not deny the hegemonic intentions of neoliberalism. The naturalization of market-structures and the identification of the market with the competition produces intensified risk-related consequences for the society, actually, neoliberalism exposes the society to the environmental risk proved by concrete examples.