The Political Economy of UK Industrial Relations: A Theoretical and Historical Overview

2014 ◽  
pp. 22-44
Author(s):  
Steve Coulter
Keyword(s):  
Political Economy ◽  
Industrial Relations ◽  
The Political ◽  
Historical Overview

The Political Economy of the Profitability Crisis in Britain

2021 ◽  
pp. 45-68
Author(s):  
Jack Copley
Keyword(s):  
Political Economy ◽  
Currency Crises ◽  
Financial Liberalization ◽  
The Political ◽  
Historical Overview ◽  
Global Competitiveness ◽  
High Inflation ◽  
Current Account Imbalances ◽  
Economic Boom ◽  
Acute Crisis

This chapter provides a historical overview of the profitability crisis that undermined the postwar economic boom, gave rise to the phenomenon of stagflation, and ultimately drove the financial liberalizations explored in this book. This chapter puts forward a novel historical categorization of British stagflation, by identifying two distinct phases within Britain’s experience of the global profitability crisis. The first, from 1967 to 1977, was characterized by low rates of profit, rising inflation, and repeated current account imbalances that resulted in currency crises. The second, from 1977 to 1983, still saw low profitability and high inflation, but the rising price of sterling ensured that there were no sterling crises. The chapter then details how governments combined governing strategies of depoliticized discipline and palliation in different ways during these two periods of acute crisis in order to navigate the contradictory imperatives of global competitiveness and domestic legitimacy. Policies of financial liberalization constituted attempts to support these strategies.

8. The Political Economy of Democracy

2018 ◽  
pp. 119-133
Author(s):  
Patrick Bernhagen
Keyword(s):  
Political Economy ◽  
Property Rights ◽  
Economic Reforms ◽  
Transition To Democracy ◽  
The Political ◽  
Historical Overview ◽  
Personal Rights ◽  
Key Points ◽  
The Relationship

This chapter examines the relationship between democratization and the economy. It first provides an historical overview of the emergence of capitalist democracy before discussing some general problems of the relationship between democracy and capitalism, highlighting the main areas in which the two systems condition each other. It then considers the role of business in democratizing countries, and more specifically the role of business actors in the transition to democracy. It also explores the intricacies of combining major political and economic reforms. Some key points are emphasized; for example, capitalism focuses on property rights while democracy focuses on personal rights. Furthermore, capitalism produces inequality, which can both stimulate and hamper democratization.

Strikers and the State: A Comment

1978 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 479-492 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Shalev
Keyword(s):  
Political Economy ◽  
Political Action ◽  
Industrial Relations ◽  
Class Conflict ◽  
The Political ◽  
Acting Out ◽  
Strike Activity ◽  
Institutional Approach ◽  
Long Run ◽  
Political Perspective

Douglas Hibbs's article, ‘On the Political Economy of Long-Run Trends in Strike Activity’, is the most recent of several comparative studies of the strike which explicitly reject the narrowly institutional approach characteristic of the ‘industrial relations school’ in favour of a broader socio-political perspective. These new approaches have the advantage of reminding us that industrial conflict is something more than an accident in the collectivebargaining process. Rather, the strike constitutes one working-class strategy – political action is another – in the acting out of class conflict in a capitalist society.

scholarly journals A TV Cultura e seu papel no processo de implantação da multiprogramação no Brasil

2016 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Vivianne Lindsay Cardoso ◽  
Juliano Maurício Cardoso
Keyword(s):  
Political Economy ◽  
Digital Tv ◽  
The Political ◽  
Public Television ◽  
Historical Overview

Nos últimos anos, entre as contribuições mais significativas da TV Cultura está a implantação da multiprogramação, por meio dos canais Univesp TV e Multicultura. Em um panorama histórico da implantação, por meio de pesquisa bibliográfica e documental, com referencial teórico da Economia Política da Comunicação e Cultura, identifica-se o a iniciativa como relevante para a implantação da televisão digital e a comunicação pública no Brasil.TV Cul tura y s u papel en la mul tiprogramación procesode impl antación en BrasilResumen: En los últimos años, entre las contribuciones más significativasde la TV Cultura es la implementación de multiprogramación, a través delos canales de televisión y Univesp Multicultura. En una visión histórica dela ejecución, a través de la investigación bibliográfica y documental, conel marco teórico de la Economía Política de la Comunicación y la Cultura,identifica la iniciativa sea pertinente para la aplicación de la comunicacióndigital y la televisión pública en Brasil.Palabras clave: Multiprogramación/Multicanalización; Televisión pública;Televisión digital; Políticas públicas de comunicaciones.TV Cultura and its ro le in m ul tiprogramming impl ementationprocess in BrazilAbstract: In recent years, among the most significant contributions of TVCultura is the implementation of multiprogramming, through UNIVESP TVand Multicultura channels. In a historical overview of the implementation,through bibliographical and documentary research, with theoretical frameworkof the Political Economy of Communication and Culture, the paperidentifies the initiative as relevant for the implementation of digitalcommunication and public television in Brazil.Keywords: Multiprogramming; Public Television; Digital TV; Public CommunicationsPolicy.

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