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Are neoliberalist behaviours reflective of bullying? New perspectives on influences on sustainability and global citizenship

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The global sustainability crisis facing humanity is a cultural crisis with neoliberal culture, the primary driver. The necessity for global change away from neoliberal systems is well established with cultural systems pursued through sustainability seen as the most viable options to alleviate this global crisis. Whilst the goals of neoliberalism and sustainability are systemic and universal, those implementing them work at a specific level with individuals, groups and/or collectives. The literature fails, however, to provide specific examples of why, on a practical level, social change agents often struggle to implement sustainability goals. One of the primary reasons for these struggles can be found in an examination of human behaviour, for instance personality types, group dynamics and/or interpersonal or group communication skills (or lack thereof). This exploratory paper will investigate the existence of a nexus between neoliberalist and adult bullying behaviours to initiate discussion on the barriers this combination may have on social change for sustainability and global citizenship. This examination is warranted as the propensity in the neoliberalist system to support the use of bullying behaviours by its advocates is a complex, nuanced and underresearched topic. There are implications here for policy development, social and urban planning, education and governance for sustainability and global citizenship.

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Notes

  1. The deprivations resulting in part from the inequitable, unjust, monopolistic and competitive models of economic development policies of The Iron Lady—Margaret Thatcher (Boyle and Simms 2009; Ransom and Simms 2010) are still being felt in the post-mining areas of the Welsh valleys today.

  2. Ersatz capitalism refers to the privatisation of economic gains and the socialisation of economic losses featured in capitalism (see Stiglitz 2014; Yoshihara 2013).

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Polistina, K. Are neoliberalist behaviours reflective of bullying? New perspectives on influences on sustainability and global citizenship. Environ Dev Sustain 20, 175–196 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10668-016-9876-6

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