Examines the state's role in securing favourable conditions for capital in extractive industries. Focusing on the Canadian federal government's 2009 Northern Strategy, they consider how geophysical ...changes in the Arctic resulting from climate change create new opportunities for capital accumulation, which will, in turn, exacerbate the problem of global warming. In this context, the Canadian state is employing military, diplomatic, scientific, and economic strategies to "lock in" resource extraction as the driver of economic development in the north, while dispossessing northern peoples of access to these resources and also to an environment that supports traditional livelihoods. Adapted from the source document.
Canada and the Honduran Coup GORDON, TODD; WEBBER, JEFFERY R.
Bulletin of Latin American research,
July 2011, Volume:
30, Issue:
3
Journal Article
Peer reviewed
The purpose of this article is to expose the part played by Canadian imperialism in Honduras before and after the military overthrow of democratically elected Honduran President Manuel Zelaya, on 28 ...June 2009. It draws attention to the neglected role of the Canadian state's efforts to protect the interests of Canadian capital in Honduras and Latin America more generally through the constant undermining of Zelaya's attempts to return to his legitimate office, and in the ultimate consolidation of the coup under Porfirio 'Pepe' Lobo in early 2010. The article simultaneously develops a critique of what has become the standard account of the Honduran coup of 2009. We show how Zelaya was neither a puppet of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, nor an autocrat seeking to entrench his power indefinitely through illegal constitutional reform when he was violently tossed out of government.
In the early to mid-20th century Laski was a prominent critic of British Idealist political philosophy. Laski's political thought helps reveal weaknesses in the Idealism of Green and Bosanquet, who ...did not pay sufficient attention to divisions within society. Social unity, state sovereignty and the general will are among the concepts upon which Laski focused. The strength of Laski's criticism can be enhanced by drawing upon Gramsci's influential political thought. Laski and Gramsci were concerned with similar processes in the politics of capitalist countries. A Gramscian method justifies drawing the concept of hegemony from Gramsci's work and using that concept in support of Laski's arguments.
After the world economic crisis broke out in 2008, some developed capitalist countries adopted right-wing policies to rob the poor for the rich, at the expense of developing countries with no concern ...over the ecological environment. They succeeded in helping the giant financial capitalists, but exacerbated the governmental debt crisis, and did little to relieve the unemployment crisis. They have increased the suffering of the majority of workers, did harm to the long-term ecological environment, and consequently caused the resistance and protest of workers at home and abroad. It has also forced developing countries to strengthen cooperation between each other, especially among the BRICS countries, and caused people to think about alternative institutions and specific programs which are better for ecology and human development. To that end, the World Association for Political Economy held the seventh forum to make in-depth discussion on these issues.
International competitiveness studies have hitherto mainly been focused on constructing ranking schemes. This article adds to the literature by analysing World Competitiveness Yearbook data in order ...to econometrically pinpoint the crucial competitiveness determinants for 35 countries. Applying the system GMM panel data estimator to post-socialist (PS) and capitalist countries separately, several conclusions emerge: i) small and medium enterprises are the main competitiveness generator in the PS block (in contrast to large corporations in the capitalist economies), ii) credit rating is highly relevant in both groups, iii) increasing labour market flexibility in PS countries plays a vital role in boosting competitiveness.
ABSTRACT IN SPANISH: En presente artículo el autor analiza el surgimiento del Estado en su etapa capitalista y las condiciones que lo provocan, transitando desde el feudalismo y la concepción de la ...desigualdad natural de los individuos, hasta la construcción de la idea politica de igualdad de los individuos, como presupuesto para establecer un nuevo sistema de relaciones de poder. El nuevo orden se articula por un centro que distribuye el poder en varias funciones delegadas, a fin de evitar la concentración del poder. // ABSTRACT IN ENGLISH: In this article the author examines the emergence of the State in its capitalist stage and the conditions that cause it, ranging from feudalism and the conception of the natural inequality of individuals, until the construction of the political idea of equality of individuals, as a presupposition for establish a new system of power relationships. The new order is articulated by a center who distributes the power in various delegated functions, so as to avoid the concentration of power.
In a series of books published since 1990, Anthony Giddens has explored the impact of globalization on the personal relationships and inner lives of those living in the advanced capitalist societies ...of the West. Of particular interest to him have been intimate, sexual relationships, which he views as tending, under the weight of globalization, away from a “traditional” model and toward a “posttraditional” form in which the relationship is seen as a means to self-development and is expected to be dissolved when it no longer serves this purpose. These posttraditional or “pure love” relationships, Giddens argues, hold great promise for human freedom and happiness, but are so unpredictable that they also threaten to overwhelm people with anxiety and lead them to engage in compensatory addictive behaviors. This article empirically examines Giddens' claims. Data come from a nationally representative survey of Americans in midlife. Results show that people in pure love relationships reap the rewards to which Giddens points, but experience few of the negative side effects. The theoretical implications of the findings are considered.
