Sraffa and Althusser reconsidered : neoliberalism advancing in South Africa, England, and Greece / / edited by Paul Zarembka |
Edizione | [First edition.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Bingley, England : , : Emerald, , 2014 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (297 p.) |
Disciplina | 330.15 |
Collana | Research in Political Economy |
Soggetto topico |
Neoliberalism - South Africa
Neoliberalism - England Neoliberalism - Greece |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN | 1-78441-006-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
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Sraffa's Thought; Introduction; PART I The Concept of Surplus and Deficit Industries; The 'Pool of Profits' in Sraffa's Unpublished Notes; Textual Evidence; First Period: September 1942 through March 1956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 |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910463820403321 |
Bingley, England : , : Emerald, , 2014 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Sraffa and Althusser reconsidered [[electronic resource] ] : neoliberalism advancing in South Africa, England, and Greece / / edited by Paul Zarembka |
Edizione | [First edition.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Bingley, England : , : Emerald, , 2014 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (297 p.) |
Disciplina | 330.15 |
Altri autori (Persone) | ZarembkaPaul |
Collana | Research in political economy |
Soggetto topico |
Political Science - Economic Conditions
Business & Economics - International - Economics Political economy International economics Neoliberalism - South Africa Neoliberalism - England Neoliberalism - Greece Marxian economics |
ISBN | 1-78441-006-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | From 'Pool of profits' to surplus and deficit industries : archival evidence on the evolution of Piero Sraffa's thought / Scott Carter -- Comments on Scott Carter / Robert M. Sollow -- Response to comments of Robert M. Solow / Scott Carter -- Fixed capital and wage-profit curves à la von Neumann-Leontief : China's economy 1987-2000 / Bangxi Li -- Theory and practice in challenging extractive-oriented infrastructure in South Africa / Patrick Bond -- Marketisation, commodification and the implications for teachers' autonomy in England / Martin Upchurch, Phoebe Moore, Aylin Kunter -- Stranger than fiction : fictitious capital and credit bubbles in post-EMU Greece / Jesse Hembruff -- Epistemological problems and ontological solutions : a critical realist retrospective on Althusser / Brian O'Boyle, Terrence McDonough -- The roots of working class reformism and conservatism : a response to Zak Cope's defense of the "labor aristocracy" thesis / Charles Post -- A comment on the post-Cope debate on labour aristocracy and colonialism / Amiya Kumar Bagchi -- Final comments on Charles Post's critique of the theory of the labour aristocracy / Zak Cope. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910787917003321 |
Bingley, England : , : Emerald, , 2014 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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