Category: Neoliberalism

• Seeing Neoliberal Youth Work for What It Is

  

  It is important to understand the realities within the youth work. Since beginning my career in youth work in the 1990s I have been exploring its theoretical and social underpinnings throughout my career. Wiggling its fingers throughout my efforts has been neoliberalism.

  Adam F.C. Fletcher

  November 27, 2019

  Adam Fletcher’s Topics, Neoliberalism, Youth Work

• Unpacking #Youthification

  

  There’s a conversation afoot about “youthification,” which means acting younger. Apparently, moms do it, businesses should do it, neighborhoods are doing it, and entire cities want to do it more. After reviewing several articles about this term, I have identified several assumptions in the conversations about “youthification”: All Youth Are the Same: This conversation about youthification generally revolves around the idea that […]

  Adam F.C. Fletcher

  February 8, 2015

  adultism, adults, critical thinking, generations, Neoliberalism, social change, youth

  adults, consumerism, personal capacity, social change, youth discrimination

• Selling Ourselves

  Tonight on Facebook, my friend Lilian Kelian shared her sadness about people who relate to each other through interpersonal hegemony. I thought about it a while… Is the growing phenomenon of interpersonal hegemony the deep impact of neoliberalism on our personal and collective psyche? The word hegemony means dominance; interpersonal hegemony is when we try to dominate others with […]

  Adam F.C. Fletcher

  November 11, 2014

  community, critical pedagogy, critical thinking, Neoliberalism, Reflection, social change, society

  culture, knowledge, skills, social change, society