The article discusses the glocalized socio-spatial form of European production as socially crisis-ridden. Combining literature from transnational production network theory, critical political ...economy, labour process theory and feminist geography the article shows that a European production regime has developed which is based on the transnationalization of economic and competitive parameters on the one hand and multiscalar social fragmentation of labour processes on the other. Its very logic is, hence, functional economic integration based on labour's socio-spatial disintegration. The regime pushes for what we can call the feminization of work because it systematically cuts the former, patriarchal and uneven connection between waged work and socio-political integration. As feminist debates show, progressive perspectives have to be transnational and multiscalar and they have to include fundamental questions about the concept and status of work in society.
The approach to identifying practical problems is in the interaction between the United Kingdom (UK) and the European Union (EU), the consequences of the UK's withdrawal from the EU, and ways to ...overcome them by coordinating national institutes' activities in the UK and the EU. The specific research results that characterize the novelty of the study are as follows: it was found that the UK's withdrawal from the EU is a specific form of manifestation of the global tendency to revive elements of isolationism in international economic relations; it was found that the work of the European Commission and the UK government on further cooperation between the EU and the UK can be used to create models of cooperation between the Eastern Partnership countries and the EU in the future. The aim is to study the theoretical and practical foundations of the European integration of the UK in retrospective and modern times to identify problems of cooperation with the EU, a general analysis of the causes and possible consequences of leaving the EU, prospects for further development. Keywords: Brexit, United Kingdom, European Union, GDP, COVID-19, integration JEL Classification Codes: F36, F50, G33, H61, N40, P16 Identyfikacja problemow praktycznych w interakcjach miedzy Wielka Brytania a Unia Europejska obejmuje konsekwencje wystapienia Wielkiej Brytanii z Unii Europejskiej oraz sposoby przezwyciezenia tych problemow poprzez koordynacje dzialan krajowych instytucji w Wielkiej Brytanii i krajach czlonkowskich Unii Europejskiej. Konkretne wyniki stanowiace nowe elementy w przedstawionym badaniu sa nastepujace. Stwierdzono, ze wystapienie Wielkiej Brytanii z Unii Europejskiej jest specyficzna forma manifestacji globalnej tendencji do odradzania sie elementow izolacjonizmu w miedzynarodowych stosunkach gospodarczych. Stwierdzono takze, ze prace Komisji Europejskiej i rzadu Wielkiej Brytanii nad dalsza wspolpraca miedzy Unia Europejska a Wielka Brytania moga w przyszlosci zostac wykorzystane do opracowania modeli wspolpracy miedzy krajami Partnerstwa Wschodniego a Unia Europejska. Celem przedstawionej analizy bylo zbadanie teoretycznych i praktycznych podstaw integracji europejskiej w Wielkiej Brytanii w ujeciu zarowno retrospektywnym, jak i wspolczesnym, identyfikacja problemow we wspolpracy z Unia Europejska, analiza ogolnych przyczyn i mozliwych konsekwencji wyjscia z Unii Europejskiej oraz perspektywy dalszego rozwoju relacji. Slowa kluczowe: brexit, Wielka Brytania, Unia Europejska, PKB, COVID-19, integracja Kody klasyfikacji JEL: F36, F50, G33, H61, N40, P16
Plant invasions are closely related to environmental filtering and biointeractions; however, the variations in invasive plant niches along latitudinal gradients in heterogeneous habitats remain ...unclear. In this study, we conducted a two-year survey in China spanning 21° N-37° N to explore the niche characteristics of plant species within communities invaded by the amphibious alien weed Alternanthera philoxeroides in both terrestrial and aquatic habitats as well as their latitudinal trends. We found that A. philoxeroides had the greatest niche breadth in the studied communities. The species pairs with the highest niche similarity were A. philoxeroides-Digitaria sanguinalis in terrestrial communities and Cyperus rotundus-Kyllinga brevifolia in aquatic communities. The niche similarity between A. philoxeroides and its accompanying species in terrestrial habitats was significantly higher than that in aquatic habitats (t = 5.954; p < 0.001). The niche breadth of A. philoxeroides had no obvious latitudinal trend, while the niche breadth of its accompanying species in the terrestrial community significantly decreased with increasing latitude (Fsub.7, 57 = 4.364, p = 0.001). In the terrestrial communities, the niche similarity between A. philoxeroides and its accompanying species significantly decreased with increasing latitude (Fsub.7, 57 = 3.671, p = 0.003), while the niche overlap significantly increased with increasing latitude (Fsub.7, 57 = 8.916, p < 0.001). However, the aquatic species' niche characteristics had no obvious latitudinal trends. These findings indicated that habitat heterogeneity significantly affected the species' niche characteristics in A. philoxeroides-invaded communities. Environmental filtering at low latitudes allowed the invasive and accompanying species to evolve similar niches, while the cold climate at high latitudes increased the niche overlap between the invader and accompanying species. Our findings are crucial for predicting the dynamics of invasive plant communities under global change and for understanding the mechanisms of species coexistence.
In the last five decades, secessionist agitations from Biafran groups have continued to endure despite the Nigerian government's efforts to stop them. There is a growing literature blaming these ...agitations on the Igbos' hatred of Nigeria, but not much of such scholarly works have examined the link between economic deprivation and continued Biafra secessionist calls. Using the ordeal that characterizes the experience of the Igbo in the Nigerian economy and a mixed-method approach comprising of unstructured informal, group and phone interviews as well as data obtained from secondary literature, the article argues that Biafra secessionism persists and enjoys local support because of economic deprivation. The article theorizes the drive towards political inclusion, survival against holocaust and the desire for economic integration as important drivers of secessionism and therefore concludes that blockade of economic opportunities is central to Biafra secessionist agitations and not the desire to dismember Nigeria as often presented in literature. The implication is that until the Nigerian state evolves a robust mechanism for addressing economic and political injustices inherent in its system, secessionist agitations will likely persist. Keywords: civil war, Biafra, secessionism, political marginalization, economic deprivation Introduction
According to the master commemorative narrative of the EU, the European integration project represents a break with the violent European past characterised by fragmentation and nationalism, which ...culminated in World War Two and the crimes of Nazism and Stalinism. However, recent scholarship has criticised the omission of 19th and 20th-century European colonialism from the memory narratives advanced by the EU. In this article, I use the permanent exhibition in the House of European History (HEH) in Brussels to take this insight one step further and make two arguments. Firstly, I show that it is not only colonialism that is erased from official memory but, more broadly, empires and imperialism, although most European history over the past 2000 years was imperial. Secondly, I understand this "imperial amnesia" as an anxiety-controlling mechanism aimed at reducing the dissonance between the self-proclaimed image of a normative and civilian power on the one hand and imperial-like tendencies in its behaviour on the other. Keywords: European Union, empire, memories, memory, history
According to the master commemorative narrative of the EU, the European integration project represents a break with the violent European past characterised by fragmentation and nationalism, which ...culminated in World War Two and the crimes of Nazism and Stalinism. However, recent scholarship has criticised the omission of 19th and 20th-century European colonialism from the memory narratives advanced by the EU. In this article, I use the permanent exhibition in the House of European History (HEH) in Brussels to take this insight one step further and make two arguments. Firstly, I show that it is not only colonialism that is erased from official memory but, more broadly, empires and imperialism, although most European history over the past 2000 years was imperial. Secondly, I understand this "imperial amnesia" as an anxiety-controlling mechanism aimed at reducing the dissonance between the self-proclaimed image of a normative and civilian power on the one hand and imperial-like tendencies in its behaviour on the other. Keywords: European Union, empire, memories, memory, history Avrupa Birligi'nin hakim hatira anlatisina gore; Avrupa entegrasyon projesi, Ikinci Dunya Savasi, Nazizim ve Stalinizmin suclariyla doruga cikan parcalanma ve milliyetcilikle sekillenen siddetli Avrupa gecmisini geride birakmayi temsil etmektedir. Fakat guncel calismalar; XIX. ve XX. yuzyildaki Avrupa somurgeciliginin, AB tarafindan gelistirilen bellek anlatilarindan cikarilmasini elestirmektedir. Bu makalede, Bruksel'deki Avrupa Tarihi Evi'ndeki daimi sergiyi bu gozlemi bir adim daha ileri goturmek ve iki arguman daha olusturmak icin kullaniyorum. Ilk olarak, son 2000 yildaki Avrupa tarihinin cogu emperyal olmasina ragmen, resmi bellekten silinenin sadece somurgecilik degil, daha genis anlamda imparatorluklar ve emperyalizm oldugunu gosteriyorum. Ikinci olarak ise, "emperyal unutkanligi"ni, kendi kendini ilan eden normatif ve sivil bir guc imajiyla davranislarindaki emperyal benzeri egilimler arasindaki uyumsuzlugu azaltmayi amaclayan kaygi kontrol mekanizmasi olarak tasavvur ediyorum. Anahtar Kelimeler: Avrupa Birligi, imparatorluk, anilar, hafiza, tarih
Globalization and Egalitarian Redistribution Pranab Bardhan, Samuel Bowles, Michael Wallerstein / Pranab Bardhan, Samuel Bowles, Michael Wallerstein
2020, 2006, 2020-10-06, 2020.
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Can the welfare state survive in an economically integrated world? Many have argued that globalization has undermined national policies to raise the living standards and enhance the economic ...opportunities of the poor. This book, by sixteen of the world's leading authorities in international economics and the welfare state, suggests a surprisingly different set of consequences: Globalization does not preclude social insurance and egalitarian redistribution--but it does change the mix of policies that can accomplish these ends. Globalization and Egalitarian Redistribution demonstrates that the free flow of goods, capital, and labor has increased the inequality or volatility of labor earnings in advanced industrial societies--while constraining governments' ability to tax the winners from globalization to compensate workers for their loss. This flow has meanwhile created opportunities for enhancing the welfare of the less well off in poor and middle-income countries. Comprising eleven essays framed by the editors' introduction and conclusion, this book represents the first systematic look at how globalization affects policies aimed at reducing inequalities. The contributors are Keith Banting, Pranab Bardhan, Carles Boix, Samuel Bowles, Minsik Choi, Richard Johnston, Covadonga Meseguer Yebra, Karl Ove Moene, Layna Mosley, Claus Offe, Ugo Pagano, Adam Przeworski, Kenneth Scheve, Matthew J. Slaughter, Stuart Soroka, and Michael Wallerstein.
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