Jonathan Swarts is an associate professor of Political Science in the Department of Social Sciences at Purdue University North Central.

• Acknowledgements 1. The Construction of Political-Economic Imaginaries Imaginaries, Norm Entrepreneurs and the Ideas-Praxis Linkage The Political-Economic ImaginaryThe Ideas-Praxis LinkageContestation and Normative Change How to Be a Norm Entrepreneur: Persuasion or Coercion (or Both)Analyzing the Construction of Neoliberal Political-Economic Imaginaries2. Prelude to Neoliberalism: The Post-War Policy Paradigm and the Economic Turmoil of the 1970s The Dominant Post-War Economic Paradigm BritainCanadaAustralia and New Zealand Economic Crisis: Providing an Opening for Change3. The Neoliberal Revolution of the 1980s and Beyond The “Crash Through or Crash” Approach to Norm EntrepreneurialismGradualism and Ideational ChangeThe Entrenchment of Neoliberalism Beyond the 1980s4. The Strategic Construction of the Neoliberal Political-Economic Imaginary Norm Entrepreneurs and Ideational ChangeNorm Entrepreneurs and the Political-Economic Environment National Economic CrisisThe Role of Economic BureaucratsThe Structure of Political Institutions Constructing the Neoliberal Necessity The Economic Crisis ArgumentThe Long-Term Decline ArgumentThe International ArgumentTINA: The Meta-Argument Conclusion5. Labor Markets and the Power of Partisanship Labor Market Policy: Variations on a Neoliberal Theme Britain: The Unions as “Scapegoats of National Decline”Australia and New Zealand: Maintaining the Unions’ “Legislative Cocoon” Conclusion6. “The Market Has Won”: Norm Entrepreneurs and the Anglo-American Neoliberal Imaginary References

Jonathan Swarts is an associate professor of Political Science in the Department of Social Sciences at Purdue University North Central.

• Acknowledgements 1. The Construction of Political-Economic Imaginaries Imaginaries, Norm Entrepreneurs and the Ideas-Praxis Linkage The Political-Economic ImaginaryThe Ideas-Praxis LinkageContestation and Normative Change How to Be a Norm Entrepreneur: Persuasion or Coercion (or Both)Analyzing the Construction of Neoliberal Political-Economic Imaginaries2. Prelude to Neoliberalism: The Post-War Policy Paradigm and the Economic Turmoil of the 1970s The Dominant Post-War Economic Paradigm BritainCanadaAustralia and New Zealand Economic Crisis: Providing an Opening for Change3. The Neoliberal Revolution of the 1980s and Beyond The “Crash Through or Crash” Approach to Norm EntrepreneurialismGradualism and Ideational ChangeThe Entrenchment of Neoliberalism Beyond the 1980s4. The Strategic Construction of the Neoliberal Political-Economic Imaginary Norm Entrepreneurs and Ideational ChangeNorm Entrepreneurs and the Political-Economic Environment National Economic CrisisThe Role of Economic BureaucratsThe Structure of Political Institutions Constructing the Neoliberal Necessity The Economic Crisis ArgumentThe Long-Term Decline ArgumentThe International ArgumentTINA: The Meta-Argument Conclusion5. Labor Markets and the Power of Partisanship Labor Market Policy: Variations on a Neoliberal Theme Britain: The Unions as “Scapegoats of National Decline”Australia and New Zealand: Maintaining the Unions’ “Legislative Cocoon” Conclusion6. “The Market Has Won”: Norm Entrepreneurs and the Anglo-American Neoliberal Imaginary References

Jonathan Swarts is an associate professor of Political Science in the Department of Social Sciences at Purdue University North Central.

• Acknowledgements 1. The Construction of Political-Economic Imaginaries Imaginaries, Norm Entrepreneurs and the Ideas-Praxis Linkage The Political-Economic ImaginaryThe Ideas-Praxis LinkageContestation and Normative Change How to Be a Norm Entrepreneur: Persuasion or Coercion (or Both)Analyzing the Construction of Neoliberal Political-Economic Imaginaries2. Prelude to Neoliberalism: The Post-War Policy Paradigm and the Economic Turmoil of the 1970s The Dominant Post-War Economic Paradigm BritainCanadaAustralia and New Zealand Economic Crisis: Providing an Opening for Change3. The Neoliberal Revolution of the 1980s and Beyond The “Crash Through or Crash” Approach to Norm EntrepreneurialismGradualism and Ideational ChangeThe Entrenchment of Neoliberalism Beyond the 1980s4. The Strategic Construction of the Neoliberal Political-Economic Imaginary Norm Entrepreneurs and Ideational ChangeNorm Entrepreneurs and the Political-Economic Environment National Economic CrisisThe Role of Economic BureaucratsThe Structure of Political Institutions Constructing the Neoliberal Necessity The Economic Crisis ArgumentThe Long-Term Decline ArgumentThe International ArgumentTINA: The Meta-Argument Conclusion5. Labor Markets and the Power of Partisanship Labor Market Policy: Variations on a Neoliberal Theme Britain: The Unions as “Scapegoats of National Decline”Australia and New Zealand: Maintaining the Unions’ “Legislative Cocoon” Conclusion6. “The Market Has Won”: Norm Entrepreneurs and the Anglo-American Neoliberal Imaginary References