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Capital & Class articles from June 2005
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Capital & Class archives from June 2005
The crisis of Foxism: the political economy of fiscal reform in Mexico.(BEHIND THE NEWS)(Vicente Fox )
June 22, 2005... The election of Vicente Fox in 2000 represented an important moment for architects of global neoliberalism, in that it heralded new potentialities for advancing a 'second generation' reform agenda in Mexico. This report examines the first half...
Blinded by morality? Prostitution policy in the UK.(BEHIND THE NEWS)
June 22, 2005... In July 2004, the Home Office published a document, 'Paying the Price: A Consultation on Prostitution', which sparked a four-month period of mild media interest. Behind the scenes, meanwhile, there was a flurry of discussion forums, working...
SUD trade unions: the new organisations trying to conquer the French trade union scene.(Solidaires, Unitaires, Democratiques)
June 22, 2005... In France, over the last ten years or so, the grand compromises that were supposed to have enabled the building of an efficient system of social redistribution for retirement, healthcare and unemployment benefit have been seriously questioned....
Revolutions from above: worker training as trasformismo in South Korea *.
June 22, 2005... This article analyses a manifestation of social change in the once heralded Asian Tiger, South Korea (hereafter shortened to 'Korea'), and the mode of governance surrounding vocational education training (VET) strategies and other strategies of...
Foundation and Empire: a critique of Hardt and Negri.
June 22, 2005... Michael Hardt and Antonio Negri's Empire has been translated into ten languages and described as 'the most successful work of political theory to come from the left for a generation' (Bull, 2001); in La Nouvel Observateur, its authors were...
The globalisation of care: Filipina domestic workers and care for the elderly in Cyprus.
June 22, 2005... Introduction
The vast majority of paid and unpaid domestic workers are women. Explanations for women's employment frequently resort to crude biological reductionism, which purports to show that women have a range of natural attributes and...
The road to God knows where: understanding Irish republicanism (1).
June 22, 2005... Introduction
Whatever Ulster unionists may think, the transformation of the 'republican movement'--shorthand for the symbiotic relationship between the IRA and Sinn Fein--since the ceasefire of 1996 has been dramatic, if not unprecedented....
Louis Althusser (edited by Francois Matheron, translated by G. M. Goshgarian): The Humanist Controversy and Other Writings.(Book Review)
June 22, 2005... Louis Althusser (edited by Francois Matheron, translated by G. M. Goshgarian) The Humanist Controversy and Other Writings Verso, London, 2003, lxii + 318 pp. ISBN: 1-85984-408-1 (pbk) 15 [pounds sterling]
Although E. P. Thompson has not...
Robin Blackburn: Banking on Death or Investing in Life: The History and Future of Pensions.(Book Review)
June 22, 2005... Robin Blackburn Banking on Death or Investing in Life: The History and Future of Pensions Verso, London, 2002, x + 550 pp. ISBN 1-85984-409-X (pbk) 15 [pounds sterling] ISBN 1-85984-795-1 (hbk) 20 [pounds sterling]
Barely a week passes...
Henri Lefebvre: Rhythmanalysis: Space, Time and Everyday Life.(Understanding Henri Lefebvre: Theory and the Possible Continuum)(Book Review)
June 22, 2005... Henri Lefebvre Rhythmanalysis: Space, Time and Everyday Life Continuum, London, 2004, 169 pp. ISBN 0-826-47299-0 (pbk) 15.99 [pounds sterling]
Stuart Elden Understanding Henri Lefebvre: Theory and the Possible Continuum, London, 2004, 288...
Martin Ryle & Kate Soper: To Relish the Sublime? Culture and Self-Realisation in Postmodern Times.(Book Review)
June 22, 2005... Martin Ryle & Kate Soper To Relish the Sublime? Culture and Self-Realisation in Postmodern Times Verso, London, 2002, 262 pp. ISBN 1-85984-686-6 (hbk) 45 [pounds sterling] ISBN 1-85984-461-8 (pbk) 18 [pounds sterling]
In the current...
Francisco Dominguez & Marcos Guedes de Oliveira eds.: Mercosur: Between Integration and Democracy.(Book Review)
June 22, 2005... Francisco Dominguez & Marcos Guedes de Oliveira eds. Mercosur: Between Integration and Democracy Peter Lang, Oxford, 2004, 220 pp. ISBN 3-906769-83-6 (pbk) 28 [pounds sterling]
Mercusor is the result of a treaty signed in 1991 by Argentina,...
Archon Fung & Erik Olin Wright (eds.): Deepening Democracy: Institutional Innovations in Empowered Participatory Governance.(Book Review)
June 22, 2005... Archon Fung & Erik Olin Wright (eds.) Deepening Democracy: Institutional Innovations in Empowered Participatory Governance. Verso, London & New York, 2003, ix + 310 pp.
The years 2003 and 2004 saw the publication of several books designed...
Bob Jessop: The Future of the Capitalist State.(Book Review)
June 22, 2005... Bob Jessop The Future of the Capitalist State Polity Press, Cambridge, 2002, 344 PP. ISBN 0-7456-2273-9 (pbk) 17.99 ISBN 0-7456-2272-0 (hbk) 55.00
Bob Jessop's analysis of the transformations of capital accumulation processes is concerned...
Books available for review.(Bibliography)
June 22, 2005... If any reader would like to review any of the books listed below, please contact one of the book review editors, Andrew McCulloch or John Stirling, by email: ;
Abu-Rabi', I. M. (2004) Contemporary Arab Thought: Studies in Post-1967 Arab...