scholarly journals The old and new significance of political economy in diplomacy

2004 ◽  
Vol 30 (3) ◽  
pp. 343-360 ◽  
Author(s):  
Donna Lee ◽  
David Hudson
Keyword(s):  
Political Economy ◽  
Analytical Framework ◽  
Business Interests ◽  
Commercial Activities ◽  
Private Interests ◽  
Relative Neglect ◽  
Foreign Ministries ◽  
Formal Business ◽  
Political Economy Approach

In a growing number of countries diplomatic systems are being overhauled so that the commercial activities of diplomatic services have been centralised, the commercial activities of diplomats have been extended, and business interests have been formally integrated within diplomatic systems. These changes result directly from the tendency of governments to reorganise, and in many cases merge, their trade and foreign ministries, as well as the strategy of building formal business–government links within diplomatic institutions. While none of these features is unfamiliar to previous diplomatic systems, what is exceptional is the relative neglect of the commercial aspects of diplomacy within diplomatic studies. This lack of attention to the commercial and business elements of diplomacy in traditional theories of diplomacy means that we find ourselves trying to analyse contemporary changes to diplomatic organisation and practice without a suitable conceptual and analytical framework. Highlighting the significance of a political economy approach to diplomacy, and also engaging with orthodox approaches to diplomacy, this article begins to develop some analytical and conceptual tools to better identify, explain and understand changes in diplomatic systems as well as the increased influence of private interests in diplomatic practice now under way.

The Contributions of the political economy approach: An analysis of Socio-economic development in Indonesia

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Falih Suaedi ◽  
Muhmmad Saud
Keyword(s):  
Political Economy ◽  
Economic Development ◽  
Southeast Asia ◽  
Comparative Politics ◽  
Analytical Framework ◽  
The Political ◽  
Developmental Studies ◽  
Socio Economic Development ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
Political Economy Approach

This article explores in what ways political economy as an analytical framework for developmental studies has contributed to scholarships on Indonesian’s contemporary discourse of development. In doing so, it reviews important scholarly works on Indonesian political and economic development since the 1980s. The argument is that given sharp critiques directed at its conceptual and empirical utility for understanding changes taking place in modern Indonesian polity and society, the political economy approach continues to be a significant tool of research specifically in broader context of comparative politics applied to Indonesia and other countries in Southeast Asia. The focus of this exploration, however, has shifted from the formation of Indonesian bourgeoisie to the reconstitution of bourgeois oligarchy consisting of the alliance between the politico-bureaucratic elite and business families. With this in mind, the parallel relationship of capitalist establishment and the development of the state power in Indonesia is explainable.<br>

The Contributions of the political economy approach: An analysis of Socio-economic development in Indonesia

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Falih Suaedi ◽  
Muhmmad Saud
Keyword(s):  
Political Economy ◽  
Economic Development ◽  
Southeast Asia ◽  
Comparative Politics ◽  
Analytical Framework ◽  
The Political ◽  
Developmental Studies ◽  
Socio Economic Development ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
Political Economy Approach

This article explores in what ways political economy as an analytical framework for developmental studies has contributed to scholarships on Indonesian’s contemporary discourse of development. In doing so, it reviews important scholarly works on Indonesian political and economic development since the 1980s. The argument is that given sharp critiques directed at its conceptual and empirical utility for understanding changes taking place in modern Indonesian polity and society, the political economy approach continues to be a significant tool of research specifically in broader context of comparative politics applied to Indonesia and other countries in Southeast Asia. The focus of this exploration, however, has shifted from the formation of Indonesian bourgeoisie to the reconstitution of bourgeois oligarchy consisting of the alliance between the politico-bureaucratic elite and business families. With this in mind, the parallel relationship of capitalist establishment and the development of the state power in Indonesia is explainable.<br>

scholarly journals Necroeconomics: Power, Ethics, and the Political Economy of Human-Animal Relations

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Jan Dutkiewicz
Keyword(s):  
Political Economy ◽  
Animal Rights ◽  
Global Economy ◽  
Power Relations ◽  
Analytical Framework ◽  
Direct Result ◽  
Ongoing Debate ◽  
For Profit ◽  
Business Interests ◽  
Human Animal

<p>This paper is an innovative addition to the ongoing debate about human-animal relations. It approaches the topic from the perspective of political economy rather than moral philosophy and seeks to provide an explanatory framework combining commodification of animals and death in the global economy. While acknowledging the importance of the ongoing debate about animal rights, it seeks to shift the focus of analysis of industries which create value through the killing of animals toward one based on the Foucauldian notions of power as biopolitics and governance. In order to reconceptualise the relations of power which exist between human business interests and animal life, it introduces the notion that animals killed for meat, by-products, or research purposes are treated as necrocommodities; that is, commodities whose value is created as a direct result of death. By challenging the prevalent notions of speciesist hierarchisation and property rights, it seeks to cast a new light on the tangible power relations which exist between humans and animal species which are hunted or fished for profit. In doing so, this paper challenges the notion that the economy is amoral. Instead, it presents a preliminary picture of an economy rooted in inter-species power relations which is necessarily subject to a moral critique. The case study of the International Whaling Commission (IWC) and ongoing "scientific" whaling is used to elucidate and introduce the concept of necroeconomics, but the main goal is to present an analytical framework that has a bearing on wider moral and structural issues in the international animal and animal product industry. Moreover, it situates animal-human relations within broader problems of modernity, thereby broadening its scope and calling for more academic focus on the place of animals in the modern political economy and its attendant circuits of power.</p>

scholarly journals Smart Security Cameras: The Corporatization of the Surveillant Assemblage

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yasmin McDowell
Keyword(s):  
Political Economy ◽  
Consumer Behavior ◽  
Law Enforcement ◽  
Industrial Complex ◽  
Law Enforcement Agencies ◽  
Private Interests ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Political Economy Approach

Using a political economy approach, this paper considers how home smart security cameras function as part of the surveillance-industrial complex and strengthen the relationship between law enforcement agencies and multinational technology companies for the benefit of private interests. This dynamic is maintained by the surveilled citizens themselves, who finance the smart security camera industry and participate in a culture of surveillance. The concepts of surveillant assemblage and panoptic surveillance will be used to ground these claims. This paper will reference scholarly articles and news pieces about Amazon Inc.’s Ring doorbell to illustrate two important consequences of the proliferation of smart security cameras: the outsourcing of policing and the shaping of consumer behavior.

scholarly journals Necroeconomics: Power, Ethics, and the Political Economy of Human-Animal Relations

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Jan Dutkiewicz
Keyword(s):  
Political Economy ◽  
Animal Rights ◽  
Global Economy ◽  
Power Relations ◽  
Analytical Framework ◽  
Direct Result ◽  
Ongoing Debate ◽  
For Profit ◽  
Business Interests ◽  
Human Animal

<p>This paper is an innovative addition to the ongoing debate about human-animal relations. It approaches the topic from the perspective of political economy rather than moral philosophy and seeks to provide an explanatory framework combining commodification of animals and death in the global economy. While acknowledging the importance of the ongoing debate about animal rights, it seeks to shift the focus of analysis of industries which create value through the killing of animals toward one based on the Foucauldian notions of power as biopolitics and governance. In order to reconceptualise the relations of power which exist between human business interests and animal life, it introduces the notion that animals killed for meat, by-products, or research purposes are treated as necrocommodities; that is, commodities whose value is created as a direct result of death. By challenging the prevalent notions of speciesist hierarchisation and property rights, it seeks to cast a new light on the tangible power relations which exist between humans and animal species which are hunted or fished for profit. In doing so, this paper challenges the notion that the economy is amoral. Instead, it presents a preliminary picture of an economy rooted in inter-species power relations which is necessarily subject to a moral critique. The case study of the International Whaling Commission (IWC) and ongoing "scientific" whaling is used to elucidate and introduce the concept of necroeconomics, but the main goal is to present an analytical framework that has a bearing on wider moral and structural issues in the international animal and animal product industry. Moreover, it situates animal-human relations within broader problems of modernity, thereby broadening its scope and calling for more academic focus on the place of animals in the modern political economy and its attendant circuits of power.</p>

“It’s Hard Work”: A Feminist Political Economy Approach to Reconceptualizing “Work” in the Cancer Context

2018 ◽  
Vol 29 (5) ◽  
pp. 758-773 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cheryl Pritlove ◽  
Parissa Safai ◽  
Jan E. Angus ◽  
Pat Armstrong ◽  
Jennifer M. Jones ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Political Economy ◽  
Identity Work ◽  
Work Identity ◽  
Invisible Work ◽  
Paid Employment ◽  
Unpaid Labor ◽  
Everyday Work ◽  
Coordination Work ◽  
Living With Cancer ◽  
Political Economy Approach

Within mainstream cancer literature, policy documents, and clinical practice, “work” is typically characterized as being synonymous with paid employment, and the problem of work is situated within the “return to work” discourse. The work that patients perform in managing their health, care, and everyday life at times of illness, however, is largely overlooked and unsupported. Drawing on feminist political economy theory, we report on a qualitative study of 12 women living with cancer. Major findings show that the work of patienthood cut across multiple fields of practice and included both paid and unpaid labor. The most prevalent types of work included illness work, body work, identity work, everyday work, paid employment and/or the work of maintaining income, and coordination work. The findings of this study disrupt popular conceptualizations of work and illuminate the nuanced and often invisible work that cancer patients may encounter, and the health consequences and inequities therein.

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