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BEHIND THE NEWS - Localism and its neoliberal application: A case study of West Gate New Deal for Communities in Newcastle upon Tyne, UK - The New Labour Government's New Deal for Communities attempts to stitch neoliberal urban policy onto Area Based Initiatives that involve the local community. In Newcastle upon Tyne, this combination resulted in several fault-lines and considerable local ...

McCulloch, Andrew D. - In: Capital & class : CC (2004) 83, pp. 133-166

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BEHIND THE NEWS - From the mass worker to the multitude: A theoretical contextualisation of Hardt and Negri's Empire - Heralded, with no apparent irony, as The Communist Manifesto for our time, the dense but elliptical Empire has achieved almost iconic status among Left academics and activists since it was published in 2000. This essay shifts the focus from the text itself to the Italian Marxist ...

Bowring, Finn - In: Capital & class : CC (2004) 83, pp. 101-132

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10007806096

BEHIND THE NEWS - Marxian and post-Keynesian theories of finance and the business cycle - Marxian approaches to the business cycle need to involve an interplay of real and financial factors. Post-Keynesians are good on analysing modern financial systems, but mistaken in believing that the business cycle is attributable only to financial instability.

Evans, Trevor - In: Capital & class : CC (2004) 83, pp. 47-100

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10007806097

BEHIND THE NEWS - Welfare-through-work and the re-regulation of labour markets in Denmark - This article is intended to stimulate discussion on alternatives to neoliberal strategies of welfare-state restructuring. The authors discuss the emergence of the Danish 'welfare-through-work' model of socio-economic governance, analyse the importance of Job Rotation as its leading-edge strategy, highlight ...

Etherington, David; Jones, Martin - In: Capital & class : CC (2004) 83, pp. 19-46

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10007806098

BEHIND THE NEWS - State Restructuring and Trade Union Realignment: The Pensions Struggle in France - This paper examines how the French pensions' strikes of 2003 were defeated by a government strategy of concertation and consultation. It argues that this defeat is also hastening a process of union realignment that is increasingly taking place around the identities of social partner and social ...

Gordon, Alex; Mathers, Andy - In: Capital & class : CC (2004) 83, pp. 9-18

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BEHIND THE NEWS - Capitalism is making us sick: Behind the SARS crisis in Toronto - Behind Toronto's SARS crisis of 2003 lay a broader social crisis. The SARS outbreaks in the city shone a harsh light on the inadequacies and outright failures of neoliberal public health policies and practices. The crisis, and government responses to it, also clearly showed the extent to which right-wing ...

Shantz, Jeff - In: Capital & class : CC (2004) 83, pp. 1-8

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Foucault and reality - This article looks at Foucault from the standpoint of realist philosophy, in particular the critical realism developed by Roy Bhaskar and others. Foucault will be examined from the point of view of his compatibility with central claims of the realist standpoint, while aspects of his anti-realism are critiqued.

Joseph, Jonathan - In: Capital & class : CC (2004) 82, pp. 143

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10007807315

Renewal or resistance? The persistence of shop steward organisation in the Tyneside maritime construction industry - This article examines trade union renewal and resilience in the Tyneside maritime construction industry. The study examines shop stewards and their ability to maintain effective union organisation, and argues in favour of union resilience.

McBride, Jo - In: Capital & class : CC (2004) 82, pp. 115-142

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10007807316

A critical theory route to hegemony, world order and historical change: Neo-Gramscian perspectives in International Relations - This article provides a critical 'state-of-the-art' overview of neo-Gramscian perspectives in International Relations. It traces their emergence in the work of Robert W. Cox in the early 1980s and his engagement with the writings of Antonio Gramsci, their further ...

Bieler, Andreas; Morton, Adam David - In: Capital & class : CC (2004) 82, pp. 85-114

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10007807317

Building reciprocal community unionism in the UK - Drawing on experience from North America, and fledgling developments in Britain, this paper explores the ways in which trade unions can work with communities for mutual gain in the UK.

Wills, Jane; Simms, Melanie - In: Capital & class : CC (2004) 82, pp. 59-84

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10007807318

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