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GUERRERO OLVERA, Miguel. The utopia of competition and the neoliberal juridical ideal based on the thought of Michel Foucault. The case of Mexico. Intersticios sociales [online]. 2022, n.23, pp.9-36.  Epub 04-Abr-2022. ISSN 2007-4964.  https://doi.org/10.55555/is.23.380.

This document sets out from Michel Foucault’s interpretation of neoliberalism, in which he uses governmentality as a category of analysis of government action at the end of the last century. That allowed him, first, to present neoliberalism as a system of government and, second, analyze its implications for the formation of a society based on competition and the norms of private law. However, the ideality of this interpretation does not impede us from inquiring as to its viability today in countries like Mexico, where the historical trajectory of neoliberalism has been permeated by illegality, patrimonialism, and the use of corruption as a technology of governing.

Palavras-chave : governance; neoliberalism; patrimonialism; illegality; corruption.