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In his original article on market civilization, Gill argues that a key aspect of the process of neoliberal governance is its emphasis on self-actualization through the process of consumption. Discourses of neoliberalism suggest that the self is actualized ..PAT.-Unpublished Manuscript [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper argues that human security is intimately tied to social reproduction and the protection and enhancement of the capabilities that allow men and women to create and shape their own well-being over space and time. However, neo-liberal governance frameworks prioritize and privilege the security and rights of large capital over basic human security needs of the mass of humanity. This contradicts democratic determination of needs and social priorities. Indeed, notions of citizenship are being reconstituted along market-oriented lines, with a number of impacts on gender orders. The paper links these issues to two aspects of social reproduction the reproduction of the labor force and provisioning and caring needs in the context of Canada. Canada is used as an example not only because of its multi-level system of governance and its position in the global hierarchy of capitalist states, but also because Canada has consistently ranked at the top of the UN’s Human Development Index. If such transformations threaten human security in Canada, then logically, they are likely to be uncovered in other societies who have adopted neoliberal governance structures. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]