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Domesticating Neoliberalism: ‘Domification’ and the Contradictions of the Populist Countermovement in Poland

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This essay asks whether Poland’s populism is evidence of a countermovement to European neoliberal political economy. The electoral success of PiS’s 500+ child benefit policy appears to indicate that state intervention in the form of solidarism is a legitimate response to neoliberalism. The essay argues against this. Taking domification (drawing on the Polish word for home, indicating a shift to greater social solidarism) as a starting point of analysis, it interprets 500+ as a way to co-opt particular social forces to accept the promotion of neoliberal competitiveness in Poland. What at first appears to be a progressive alternative is, in reality, a contribution to further commodification of the reach of capital enabling the reproduction of neoliberalism.

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  • Stuart Shields, 2021. "Domesticating Neoliberalism: ‘Domification’ and the Contradictions of the Populist Countermovement in Poland," Europe-Asia Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 73(9), pages 1622-1640, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:ceasxx:v:73:y:2021:i:9:p:1622-1640
    DOI: 10.1080/09668136.2021.1972937
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    1. Paweł Żuk & Piotr Żuk, 2022. "The precariat pandemic: Exploitation overshadowed by COVID-19 and workers’ strategies in Poland," The Economic and Labour Relations Review, , vol. 33(1), pages 200-223, March.

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