The latest issue of Oxford Left Review has a number of engaging articles on the nature and consequences of neoliberalism. Neil Davidson from the University of Glasgow examines the changing social base of neoliberalism, where he explores the shift from vanguard to ‘social’ neoliberalism and [...]
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Excitement about India’s role as a rising power was again highlighted by Barack Obama’s state visit to New Delhi in January. From an Australian angle, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi was lauded as a high-profile guest during the Brisbane G20 summit in November.
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Professor Stuart Elden (University of Warwick), ‘Foucault’s Third Course on Governmentality’
This is the first seminar in the series organised by the Department of Political Economy and, for this event, co-hosted by the Centre for International Security Studies (CISS) and the Department of [...]
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When Greeks voted last Sunday a SYRIZA victory was all but assured given the party’s consistent lead in the polls and a strange quirk of the Greek electoral system that gifts 50 ‘bonus seats’ to the party with the highest vote. With 36.34% SYRIZA topped the poll followed by centre-right New [...]
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As a focal point for political economy, Progress in Political Economy (PPE) has been facilitating an ongoing discussion around ‘neoliberalism’. To take two key posts, Martijn Konings’ Hoodwinked by Hayek plays as a counterpoint to Damien Cahill’s More and Lots of It: [...]
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Earlier this year Ed Miliband, leader of the British Labour Party, addressed a specially organised gathering of business leaders with the following words: “I would be a prime minister who champions the rights of the consumer and the rights of businesses to succeed and make profits in a [...]
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The annual E.L. ‘Ted’ Wheelwright Memorial Lecture is held to commemorate the pioneering role that Ted Wheelwright (pictured in set image) played in developing studies in Political Economy in Australia at the University of Sydney. Previous Wheelwright Lectures have been given by [...]
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The 21st century is the age of the ‘precariat’, an era of ‘footloose labour’ defined by insecure, unprotected and low-paid work. Narratives about the changing nature of work typically include a lament about the declining power of the labour movement and the difficulties contemporary unions [...]
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