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© 2021 University of Toronto Press, Toronto

© 2021 University of Toronto Press, Toronto

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents v
  3. Acknowledgments vii
  4. Introduction: Neoliberal Capitalism as the Age of Icons 3
  5. 1. Humanitarian Heroes? 26
  6. 2. The “Oprah Effect”: The Ideological Work of Neoliberalism 50
  7. 3. Celebritus Politicus , Neoliberal Sustainabilities, and the Terrains of Care 72
  8. 4. Al Gore as Carbon Warrior: The Politics of Inaction 93
  9. 5. (Product) RED: Glam Aid, Consumer Citizens, and the Colonization of Governance 114
  10. 6. Cosmopolitanism Reinvented: Neoliberal Globalization and Thomas Friedman 132
  11. 7. Governance Fantasies: Joseph Stiglitz and the Citizen-Bureaucrat 155
  12. Bibliography 177
  13. Contributors 215
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Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents v
  3. Acknowledgments vii
  4. Introduction: Neoliberal Capitalism as the Age of Icons 3
  5. 1. Humanitarian Heroes? 26
  6. 2. The “Oprah Effect”: The Ideological Work of Neoliberalism 50
  7. 3. Celebritus Politicus , Neoliberal Sustainabilities, and the Terrains of Care 72
  8. 4. Al Gore as Carbon Warrior: The Politics of Inaction 93
  9. 5. (Product) RED: Glam Aid, Consumer Citizens, and the Colonization of Governance 114
  10. 6. Cosmopolitanism Reinvented: Neoliberal Globalization and Thomas Friedman 132
  11. 7. Governance Fantasies: Joseph Stiglitz and the Citizen-Bureaucrat 155
  12. Bibliography 177
  13. Contributors 215
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