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Brown defines neoliberalism as a distinctive mode of reason that produces subjects, a

conduct of conduct, and a normative order of purpose. For Brown, Neoliberal reason means both

states and people are judged against the business model, both are expected to act to maximize

their capita through self-investment and entrepreneurialism practices, and both become

economics and management projects (Brown 22). For Fisher, Neoliberalism is Neoliberal

capitalism that presents itself as radically anti-bureaucratic. Neoliberalism is usually defined

against a postwar social democracy or an antithetical bureaucratic socialism that was apparently

characterized by bureaucratic centralization, inefficiency, and institutional sclerosis (Fisher 20).

For Brown, broadly affordable and accessible university education is one of the great

fatalities of neoliberalism. According to her, this fatality is a threat to democracy. Universities

have shifted to the neoliberal university in the market model. Anglo-American universities have

focused more on capturing the consumer markets. The neoliberal university is the one that is one

that increases tuition fees and degrees are graded according to their worth. These changes are

harmful. Universities have become stratified. Instructors, aware that research develops their

academic worth, do not focus on teaching but on the homo oeconomicus (Brown 176-193).

The neoliberal university has changed from prior modes of university organization and

management because neoliberalism has saturated and mobilized the formulation of governance
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that considers the political as a management field. Management involves building guidelines and

consensus policy making, best practices, and stakeholders as a depoliticizing enterprise. Fisher

points out the new kinds of bureaucracy have increased, and the new forms of regulation and

administration and regulation are much more very bureaucratic than previous kinds.

Authority is devolved but is an instrument that allows extensive problems to be piped down to

other small units. Thus, the individual is doubly responsible and should fend for him/herself and

act for the well-being of the economy (Brown 127-134).

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Works cited

Brown, Wendy. Undoing the Demos (Zone Books/MIT). 978-1935408536

https://www.mcgill.ca/ahcs/files/ahcs/wendy_brown_undoing_the_demos.pdf

Fisher, Mark. Capitalist Realism: Is There No Alternative? (Zer0Books). 978-184694-3171

https://libcom.org/files/Capitalist%20Realism_%20Is%20There%20No%20Alternat%20-
%20Mark%20Fisher.pdf