Review of: Johanna Bockman, Markets in the Name of Socialism: the Left-Wing Origins of Neoliberalism (Stanford, Stanford UP, 2011) (original) (raw)

Research about "neoliberalism" -a term that is as commonplace as it is ill-defined -has expanded in recent years, not least because of the apparent pressure on this free-market ideology in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis. 1 This included scholarly investigations into as well as openly partisan accounts of the historical origins, development and diffusion of neoliberal ideology and politics. 2 Post-socialist Central and Eastern Europe has been of particular interest in this context, as it is perceived as one of the regions where neoliberal ideology celebrated one of its most important triumphs, following the collapse of communist regimes in 1989. 3