{"id":49,"date":"2018-12-20T10:23:08","date_gmt":"2018-12-20T15:23:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/sociology-3010-spring-2018\/?page_id=49"},"modified":"2019-05-08T19:24:54","modified_gmt":"2019-05-08T23:24:54","slug":"log-11","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/sociology-3010a-spring-2019-hdunnepo\/data-collection-logs\/log-11\/","title":{"rendered":"March 27"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Harvey, David. 2005. <i>A brief history of neoliberalism<\/i>. Oxford: Oxford University Press.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><em>A Brief History of Neoliberalism<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>David Harvey details the global shift from Keynesian economics and conventional socialism to economic strategies built on neoliberal principles. Prior to World War two class power was beginning to crumble. The gap between the proletariat and bourgeoisie was closing all over the world. This wasn&#8217;t a problem when economies were stable. But when economies crashed the bourgeoisie suffered and their political power and assets were threatened. In an effort to avoid such ruptures in the future, the worlds\u00a0<em>elite\u00a0<\/em>turned to neoliberal principles for stability and control. These policies aimed to separate the state from the market. Deregulation of markets would allow for maximum profits, thus leading to more stability among the <em>elite<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>I use Harvey&#8217;s conclusions to analyze the hip-hop and rap industry. I argue that neoliberalism&#8217;s purpose of restoring and securing class power is evident in the relationship between hip-hop artist, their music, and their record labels.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><em><span class=\"authors\">Javier F. Le\u00f3n<\/span> <span class=\"date\">(2014)<\/span> <span class=\"art_title\">Introduction: Music, Music Making and Neoliberalism,<\/span> <span class=\"serial_title\">Culture, Theory and Critique,<\/span> <span class=\"volume_issue\">55:2,<\/span> <span class=\"page_range\">129-137,<\/span> <span class=\"doi_link\">DOI: <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1080\/14735784.2014.913847\">10.1080\/14735784.2014.913847<\/a><\/span><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><em><span class=\"art_title\">Introduction: Music, Music Making and Neoliberalism,<\/span> <span class=\"serial_title\">Culture, Theory and Critique<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Javier F. Le\u00f3n writes,\u00a0&#8220;Privatization, deregulation, and a weakening of the state have provided a backdrop for accounts of the transformation of institutions that support musical activities (schools, recording companies, instrument makers, state-sponsored ensembles), particularly in places where these reforms have been tied to democratic transitions, as has been the case in South Africa, parts of Latin America, and the former Eastern Bloc countries.&#8221; In this article Le\u00f3n reviews the intersection of music and neoliberalism, its neglect in the academy, and the potential outcomes of overlooking it.<\/p>\n<p>I use Le\u00f3n&#8217;s essay to build a connection with neoliberalism and the production of music through understanding the roles and manipulation of institutions. The next step is to begin building a history of hip-hop.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Harvey, David. 2005. A brief history of neoliberalism. Oxford: Oxford University Press. A Brief History of Neoliberalism David Harvey details the global shift from Keynesian economics and conventional socialism to economic strategies built on neoliberal principles. Prior to World War two class power was beginning to crumble. The gap between the proletariat and bourgeoisie was &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/sociology-3010a-spring-2019-hdunnepo\/data-collection-logs\/log-11\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;March 27&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":15,"menu_order":5,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-49","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/sociology-3010a-spring-2019-hdunnepo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/49","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/sociology-3010a-spring-2019-hdunnepo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/sociology-3010a-spring-2019-hdunnepo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/sociology-3010a-spring-2019-hdunnepo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/sociology-3010a-spring-2019-hdunnepo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/sociology-3010a-spring-2019-hdunnepo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/49\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/sociology-3010a-spring-2019-hdunnepo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/sociology-3010a-spring-2019-hdunnepo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}