Thursday, 30 August 2012

Samir Amin, Global Capitalism and the impossibility of developmental catch-up – Part II.

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Is developmental catch-up within the global capitalist system possible? ‘The current success of emerging countries in terms of accelerated...
Friday, 17 August 2012

The precariat – a new class agent for transformation?

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In this blog post, I provide a critical engagement with Guy Standing’s powerful book The Precariat: The New Dangerous Class (Bloomsbury A...
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Monday, 13 August 2012

Samir Amin, free trade in agriculture and the impossibility of developmental catch-up.

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Free trade in agriculture has increasingly become a focus for discussions about a potential path of development for countries in the Globa...
Friday, 3 August 2012

The global economic crisis and the challenges for trade unions in the UK!

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The financial market crisis has led to global economic recession. While many banks were bailed out by governments at high costs, it is now...
Wednesday, 25 July 2012

Contentious strategies and union revitalization: the Hellenic Halyvourgia Strike

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Greece is the country, which suffers one of the worst neo-liberal attacks in Europe (see The Imposition of Austerity ). And yet, Greek wor...
Thursday, 19 July 2012

Corruption in the banking industry – the problem of a few ‘bad apples’?

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The working practices of banks have come under close scrutiny recently. After Barclays' involvement in the LIBOR-rigging scandal ( BBC,...
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Monday, 9 July 2012

Norwegian exceptionalism?

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In 2005, a coalition government led by the Norwegian Labour Party took office. Four years later, it retained power in the 2009 elections. W...