Sraffa and Althusser reconsidered : neoliberalism advancing in South Africa, England, and Greece / / edited by Paul Zarembka

• Pubblicazione: Bingley, England : , : Emerald, , 2014; ©2014
• Edizione: First edition.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (297 p.)
• Disciplina: 330.15
• Soggetto topico: Neoliberalism - South Africa; Neoliberalism - England; Neoliberalism - Greece
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Persona (resp. second.): ZarembkaPaul
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters.
• Nota di contenuto: 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Sraffa's Thought; Introduction; PART I The Concept of Surplus and Deficit Industries; The 'Pool of Profits' in Sraffa's Unpublished Notes; Textual Evidence; First Period: September 1942 through March 1956 ; Second Period: September 1955 through November 1955 (with Spattered Comments in July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; Introduction ; Estimation 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 Medupi ; Affordability, 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; References ; Marketisation, 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 Greece ; Fictitious Capital and the Credit System in Pre-Crisis Greece
• Sommario/riassunto: This 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Sraffa and Althusser reconsidered
• ISBN: 1-78441-006-3
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910463820403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Research in political economy ; ; Volume 29.