Capital & Class articles from September 2002

Capital & Class archives from September 2002

Fighting to win: the Ontario Coalition Against Poverty. (Behind the News).
September 22, 2002... The Ontario Coalition Against Poverty (OCAP) is a direct action anti-poverty organization which, since 1989, has fought governments of all stripes in Ontario, left (so-called), right and centre to defend the needs of poor people and to work for...

New Institutional Economics and economic history.
September 22, 2002... Introduction 'Institutions' has become a keyword within recent political and scientific discussion. It reflects the widespread realisation that a well-functioning market economy presupposes an effective institutional framework to work its...

The politics of European integration: a European labour movement in the making?
September 22, 2002... During the last decade the process of European integration has deepened and intensified. The creation of the single market has been completed and strengthened with the introduction of a single currency and an independent European Central Bank....

Marxian economic theory and an ontology of socialism: a Japanese intervention.
September 22, 2002... Introduction The unceremonious crumbling of the soviet style experiments with socialism has left the profession of Marxist studies under enormous pressure to seek a new orientation. Instead of summarily rejecting all utopian blueprints as...

From reflection to refraction: opening up open Marxism (1).
September 22, 2002... Introduction While it is true to say that the Conference of Socialist Economists (CSE) rejects any one distinctive school of Marxism, it is equally true to say that in recent years a particular approach to Marxist theory has been developed...

Financialisation and the coupon pool.
September 22, 2002... Introduction Questions about the role of the capital market in present day capitalism have an obvious relevance against the background of recent economic developments. In the USA in the 1990s, the capital market made new demands of...

Zapatismo and the social sciences (1). (Polemic).
September 22, 2002... The zapatista uprising poses fundamental challenges for how we think about social theory and political practice. The great contribution of the zapatistas has been to break the connection between revolution and control of the state. Perhaps...

Not for sale: the case against the privatisation of education & The Battle in Seattle: its significance for education. (Book Reviews).(Book Review)
September 22, 2002... Bernard Regan Not for sale: the case against the privatisation of education Socialist Teachers' Alliance pamphlet, nd, 58pp ISBN 0-9540963-0-4 [pounds sterling]2.00 Glenn Rikowski The Battle in Seattle: its significance for...

The Fabrication of Social Order: A Critical Theory of Police Power. (Book Reviews).(Book Review)
September 22, 2002... Mark Neocleous The fabrication of social order: a critical theory of police power. Plus, Londonm 2000, pp. xv+160 ISBN 0-7453-1484-8 (pbk) [pounds sterling]15.99 This is a highly stimulating book that sets out to challenge...

The Rise and Fall of Class in Britain. (Book Reviews).(Book Review)
September 22, 2002... David Cannadine The Rise and Fall of Class in Britain Columbia University Press, 2000. pp 320 ISBN 0-231-09667-4 (pbk) [pounds sterling] 11.97 ISBN 0-231-09666-6 (hbk) [pounds sterling] 24.00 Cannadine writes well. His...

Running on Empty: 'Modernising' the British and Australian labour parties. (Book Reviews).(Book Review)
September 22, 2002... Andrew Scott Running on Empty: 'Modernising' the British and Australian labour parties Annandale, NSW (Australia), Pluto Press, Comerford and Miller, 2000. ISBN 1871204186 (pbk) [pounds sterling]12.99 Debate on the possibilities...

Political Investigations: Hegel, Marx, Arendt. (Book Reviews).(Book Review)
September 22, 2002... Robert Fine Political Investigations: Hegel, Marx, Arendt Routledge, London, 2001; pp. xi + 176 ISBN 0-452-3907-9 (hbk) [pounds sterling]60.00 ISBN 0-415-23908-7 (pbk) [pounds sterling] 16.99 This is a difficult book to...

Reclaiming Work: Beyond the Wage-Based Society. (Book Reviews).(Book Review)
September 22, 2002... Gorz, A. Reclaiming Work: Beyond the Wage-Based Society Cambridge: Polity, 1999, pp. 185 ISBN 0-7456-2127-9 (hbk) [pounds sterling] 50.00 $62.95. ISBN 0-7456-2128-7 (pbk) [pounds sterling]14.99 $28.95 Andre Gorz has always...

The Politics of Europe: Monetary Union and Class. (Book Reviews).(Book Review)
September 22, 2002... Werner Bonefeld (ed.) The Politics of Europe: Monetary Union and Class Palgrave, Houndsmills, Basingstoke (and New York), 2001, pp. 200. ISBN 0-333-92010-4 (hbk) [pounds sterling]42.50 With library shelves already groaning...

Marxism and Realism: A materialist application of realism in the social sciences. (Book Reviews).(Book Review)
September 22, 2002... Sean Creaven Marxism and Realism: A materialist application of realism in the social sciences Routledge, London, 2000, PP. 325 ISBN 0-415-23622-3 (hbk) [pounds sterling]65.00 Marxism and Realism is a detailed and often...

Your Money or Your Life! The Tyranny of Global Finance. (Book Reviews).(Book Review)
September 22, 2002... Eric Toussaint Your Money or Your Life! The Tyranny of Global Finance translated from French by Raghu Krishnan with Vicki Brioult Manus Pluto Press, London and Sterling, VA, 1999. Originally published as La Bourse ou La Vie: La...

News Corporation, Technology and the Workplace: Global Strategies, Local Change. (Book Reviews).(Book Review)
September 22, 2002... Timothy Marjoribanks News Corporation, Technology and the Workplace: Global Strategies, Local Change Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2000, pp.x+221 ISBN 0-521-77535-3 (pbk) [pounds sterling]13.95 ISBN 0-521-77280-X...