05107nam 2200697 450 991046382040332120200903223051.01-78441-006-3(CKB)2670000000575628(EBL)1840423(SSID)ssj0001415180(PQKBManifestationID)12004958(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001415180(PQKBWorkID)11440284(PQKB)10279569(MiAaPQ)EBC1840423(Au-PeEL)EBL1840423(CaPaEBR)ebr10978428(CaONFJC)MIL660753(OCoLC)889523106(EXLCZ)99267000000057562820141121h20142014 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtccrSraffa and Althusser reconsidered neoliberalism advancing in South Africa, England, and Greece /edited by Paul ZarembkaFirst edition.Bingley, England :Emerald,2014.©20141 online resource (297 p.)Research in Political Economy,0161-7230 ;Volume 29Description based upon print version of record.1-322-29471-2 1-78441-007-1 Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters.Cover; Sraffa and Althusser Reconsidered; Neoliberalism Advancing in South Africa, England, and Greece; Copyright page; Contents; Editorial Advisory Board; List of Contributors; Part I: Reconsidering Sraffa; From 'Pool of Profits' to Surplus and Deficit Industries: Archival Evidence on the Evolution of Piero Sraffa's Thought; Introduction; PART I The Concept of Surplus and Deficit Industries; The 'Pool of Profits' in Sraffa's Unpublished Notes; Textual Evidence; First Period: September 1942 through March 1956Second Period: September 1955 through November 1955 (with Spattered Comments in July and August 1955)September 1955: Rise of the Pool; October-November 1955: Collapse of the Pool; Aborted Retrieval of the Pool; Third Period: Post-November 1955 through March 1956; PART II Price Movements as the Wage Share Falls; Input Remuneration as the Wage Share Falls; Conclusion; Notes; Acknowledgement; References; Comments on Scott Carter; Response to Comments of Robert M. Solow; Notes; References; Fixed Capital and Wage-Profit Curves à la von Neumann-Leontief: China's Economy 1987-2000; IntroductionEstimation of Fixed Capital Coefficients Basic Framework; Sraffa-Fujimori Method; Notes on Data; Wage-Profit Curves à la von Neumann-Leontief; Basic Concept; Computation Procedure with Respect to Input-Output Data; Computation Results; Concluding Remarks; Notes; Acknowledgment; References; Part II: Neoliberalism in Action; Theory and Practice in Challenging Extractive-Oriented Infrastructure in South Africa; Introduction: Uneven Development, Extractivism and the Intensified Social Metabolism of South Africa; Eskom's Mega-Powerplant at MedupiAffordability, Commercialization and the Privatization ThreatCorruption; Labor Unrest; Construction Incompetence; Surveillance of Critics; Criticism by the World Bank's Inspection Panel; Conclusion; South Durban's Transnet Port-Petrochemical Expansion; The Doubling of Oil Pipeline Capacity; Displacement and Trucking Company Attacks; Local Ecological Degradation; Global Ecological Implications and Local Climate Adaptation; Economic Irrationalities; Conclusion; Conclusion: Climate and Campaign Strategy; Notes; Acknowledgments; ReferencesMarketisation, Commodification and the Implications for Teachers' Autonomy in EnglandIntroduction; Teaching and Performance; Teachers and the Labour Process; The Measurement of Everything; Teachers under Gove; Monitoring; Measuring; Pay; Surveillance; Discipline; Conclusion: From Principled Abandonment to Resistance!; Notes; References; Stranger than Fiction: Fictitious Capital and Credit Bubbles in Post-EMU Greece; Introduction; Theoretical Framework; Dominant Interpretations of Greece's Sovereign Debt Crisis; The Political Economy of GreeceFictitious Capital and the Credit System in Pre-Crisis GreeceThis volume examines the recent advance of neoliberalism. It focuses on three current instances of neoliberalism from around the world as well as providing an in-depth study of Sraffa's works; a critique of Althusser's interpretation of Marxist philosophy, and a discussion of labor aristocracy.Research in political economy ;Volume 29.NeoliberalismSouth AfricaNeoliberalismEnglandNeoliberalismGreeceElectronic books.NeoliberalismNeoliberalismNeoliberalism330.15Zarembka PaulMiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910463820403321Sraffa and Althusser reconsidered2029749UNINA