Global destruction networks and hybrid e-waste economies: Practices and embeddedness in Guiyu, China

Recent geographical scholarship on the illicit e-waste geographies and e-waste processing hubs in the Global South has shed light on the global mobilities, production/destruction networks, and political economy/ecology of e-waste. However, their views about the reactivation of value in waste and the dialectics between waste and value rest predominantly on networks of material linkages shaped by broader political-economic structures at macro scales, but are relatively reticent about how mobilities and networks are coordinated by specific places, and how economic practices conducted by a broad diversity of local actors, often informal, constitute economic relations, transactions and dependencies, mediated by place-sticky social and cultural fabrics and vernacular institutions. Based on a study of Guiyu town in Guangdong Province, China, an (in)famous hub of global e-waste recycling, this study unpacks its cluster evolution through a perspective that works with the concept of embeddedness but by way of an emphasis on practice. By tracing a multiplicity of territorial, sociocultural, and political dynamics that articulate between the local and the global, this study enriches existing scholarships on e-waste geographies, global production/destruction networks, and the economic geographies of the illicit.

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Prerequisites for the reforms of the Russian Empire in the 1860s: a historical analysis

OOO Zhurnal Voprosy Istorii ◽

10.31166/voprosyistorii202010statyi34 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 2020 (10-2) ◽

pp. 176-184

Author(s):

Dmitry Nechevin ◽

Leonard Kolodkin

Keyword(s):

Nineteenth Century ◽

Foreign Policy ◽

Western Europe ◽

Historical Analysis ◽

Russian Empire ◽

Economic Relations ◽

The Sixties ◽

The Russian Empire ◽

Political Economic

The article is devoted to the prerequisites of the reforms of the Russian Empire of the sixties of the nineteenth century, their features, contradictions: the imperial status of foreign policy and the lagging behind the countries of Western Europe in special political, economic relations. The authors studied the activities of reformers and the nobility on the peasant question, as well as legitimate conservatism.

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Of Fields and Forced Labor

Horizons in Biblical Theology ◽

10.1163/18712207-12341327 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 38 (2) ◽

pp. 145-152

Author(s):

Carolyn J. Sharp

Keyword(s):

Near East ◽

Ancient Near East ◽

Forced Labor ◽

Economic Relations ◽

Biblical Narratives ◽

The Poor ◽

Ancient Israel ◽

Economic Practices ◽

Economic Control ◽

History Of

Biblical narratives about ostensibly “local” barter (Abraham’s purchase of the cave at Machpelah), protection of battle spoils (Achan’s theft and subsequent execution), and commodification of labor and bodies (Ruth gleaning for hours and offering herself to Boaz) reveal much about ideologies of economic control operative in ancient Israel. The materialist analysis of Roland Boer provides a richly detailed study of Israelite agrarian and tributary practices, offering a salutary corrective to naïve views of Israelite economic relations. Highlighting labor as the most ruthlessly exploited resource in the ancient Near East, Boer examines the class-specific benefits and sustained violence of economic formations from kinship-household relations to militarized extraction. Boer’s erudite study will compel readers to look afresh at the subjugation of the poor and plundering of the powerless as constitutive features of diverse economic practices throughout the history of ancient Israel.

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Global flows of government practices: development technologies and their effects

Vibrant Virtual Brazilian Anthropology ◽

10.1590/s1809-43412012000200003 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 9 (2) ◽

pp. 70-102 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Kelly Silva

Keyword(s):

Capacity Building ◽

Global Scale ◽

State Building ◽

The Political ◽

Global Order ◽

Know How ◽

Political Dynamics ◽

International Laws ◽

Political Economic ◽

Economic And Social Impacts

This article discusses certain technologies with which government practices are diffused on a global scale and some of the effects of this process. Using Foucault as a main source of inspiration, the circulation of know-how and capital are seen as the principal means by which government practices are irradiated. By analyzing social techniques such as projects, programs, conditionalities, documents, international laws and others, I argue that these are fundamental conduits for devising and reproducing the global order. In a second moment, I approach some of the outcomes of developmental practices in processes of state building and other political dynamics among recipients and donor countries. I stress some of the political, economic and social impacts of local appropriations of development actions. Of these, I emphasize those related to capacity building and what I call the misrecognition effect. The final remarks propose an articulated perspective on government practices that are shaped by diverse strategies.

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POLITICAL ECONOMICS MEDIA: AT THE BANTEN SELECTION OF 2011 BY RADAR BANTEN AND BARAYA TV

Komuniti Jurnal Komunikasi dan Teknologi Informasi ◽

10.23917/komuniti.v9i1.3962 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 9 (1) ◽

pp. 25

Author(s):

Ahmad Nashrudin Priatna

Keyword(s):

Political Communication ◽

Karl Marx ◽

Legislative Elections ◽

Head Region ◽

The Public ◽

Modern Capitalism ◽

Media Institutions ◽

Economic Practices ◽

The Media ◽

Political Economic

The mass media, whether print or broadcast (TV and Radio) plays a significant role in disseminating important messages to the public / society. Karl Marx said "that the media referred to as the class that set, in the system of modern capitalism. So therefore the media in the present era, into a commodity economy and politics, because of its function and because ownership massive by individuals (owners of capital). That allows, position the media and not only to function as a disseminator of information, but because of the ownership of such individuals, are very likely to be a tool for "political dealings", rather than as a function of social control. in the practice of political communication, media becomes a medium that is not inevitable in conveying messages politics, especially during the campaign, the elections political leadership, good legislative elections, presidential elections, and the elections. Radar Banten and Baraya TV is a media agency which is recognized as a great and influential in Banten province, which is a member of the Jawa Pos ( Java Post News Network) beperan menyerbarluaskan major messages of the prospective head region in the activities of the campaign. The phenomenon of political economic practices, be a gamble for the function and positioning to the two media institutions. Is capable of functioning media (read: news) or more tend to promote the business side, perhaps, their political position. Keywords: media, political communication, the Regional Head Election (Election) Banten, The political economy of the media

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Pakistan-French Relations in the 21st Century

Eastern Analytics ◽

10.31696/2227-5568-2020-02-137-142 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 137-142

Author(s):

Ruslan Prohorov ◽

Keyword(s):

Public Diplomacy ◽

The United States ◽

First Century ◽

Public Organization ◽

Economic Potential ◽

Economic Relations ◽

Security Issues ◽

Traditional Area ◽

Political Economic

The article discusses the political, economic and cultural cooperation of Pakistan with France in the twenty-first century. Attention is drawn to a peculiar bias towards France in the frequency of political and diplomatic visits by representatives of Pakistan. Due to the fact that France is a traditional donor of the Pakistani economy, attention is drawn to the desire of the parties to increase the role of public diplomacy in the development of trade and economic relations. Meanwhile, France is Pakistan’s long-standing export partner, one of the top ten countries in which Pakistan exports its goods. The importance of developing such areas of cooperation as energy and transport is emphasized. Military-technical cooperation is singled out as a traditional area of cooperation between Pakistan and France. The role of France in the creation and development of the naval forces of Pakistan is indicated. The complicated relations between countries on the issue of nuclear cooperation are shown. The article also discusses security issues, namely, current bilateral documents, joint efforts to combat terrorism, and there gime of non-proliferation of nuclear weapons are presented. Interaction in the field of culture is presented on the example of the work of the three centers of the French public organization Alliance de Frances. Separately, attention is drawn to the interaction of state structures of the two countries regarding the return of relics illegally exported from Pakistan. In conclusion, it is concluded that Pakistan’s orientation towards France is quite justified, since this European state has always been friendly to it, is powerful in its economic potential and resources, and the development of relations with this country does not conflict with the orientation towards the United States.

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The State of the Art of Material Flow Analysis Research Based on Construction and Demolition Waste Recycling and Disposal

Buildings ◽

10.3390/buildings9100207 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 9 (10) ◽

pp. 207 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Dongming Guo ◽

Lizhen Huang

Keyword(s):

Material Flow ◽

State Of The Art ◽

Flow Analysis ◽

Material Flow Analysis ◽

Waste Recycling ◽

Construction And Demolition Waste ◽

Waste Processing ◽

City Development ◽

Demolition Waste ◽

Sustainable City

Construction and demolition waste (C&D waste) are widely recognized as the main form municipal solid waste, and its recycling and reuse are an important issue in sustainable city development. Material flow analysis (MFA) can quantify materials flows and stocks, and is a useful tool for the analysis of construction and demolition waste management. In recent years, material flow analysis has been continually researched in construction and demolition waste processing considering both single waste material and mixed wastes, and at regional, national, and global scales. Moreover, material flow analysis has had some new research extensions and new combined methods that provide dynamic, robust, and multifaceted assessments of construction and demolition waste. In this paper, we summarize and discuss the state of the art of material flow analysis research in the context of construction and demolition waste recycling and disposal. Furthermore, we also identify the current research gaps and future research directions that are expected to promote the development of MFA for construction and demolition waste processing in the field of sustainable city development.

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Toward the Target and the Goal: Infrastructure Sabotage and Palestinian Liberation in the Pages of al-Hadaf

Historical Materialism ◽

10.1163/1569206x-12341889 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 28 (4) ◽

pp. 67-101

Author(s):

Zachary Davis Cuyler

Keyword(s):

Theoretical Analysis ◽

Policy Discourse ◽

Economic Order ◽

Popular Front ◽

The Political ◽

Economic Relations ◽

Communicative Act ◽

Political Economic

Abstract This paper examines a 1969 infrastructure-sabotage campaign by the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) as reported in the pages of its weekly newspaper, al-Hadaf. While academic and policy discourse conceptualises sabotage in a way that emphasises its disruptive effects and sometimes obscures the positive political ends toward which acts of sabotage are directed, the PFLP conceptualised sabotage as a practice of revealing the political and economic relations that infrastructures sustain by disrupting them and marking progress toward an alternative political-economic order. For the PFLP, sabotage constituted a kind of concrete critique, a communicative act that conveys a theoretical analysis of processes of extraction, exploitation, and dispossession by physically interrupting them.

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Industrial possibilities and false necessity: rethinking production, employment and labor dynamics in the global economy1

Socio-Economic Review ◽

10.1093/ser/mwaa023 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 18 (2) ◽

pp. 599-624

Author(s):

Gary Herrigel

Keyword(s):

Industrial Production ◽

Skilled Workers ◽

Economic Practices ◽

Political Economies ◽

The Rich ◽

Labor Dynamics ◽

Economic Thinking ◽

Political Economic ◽

Rich Countries ◽

Production Dynamics

Abstract Much of contemporary comparative political–economic thinking about global industrial production accepts the following claims (a) that manufacturing is destined to leave rich political economies for lower wage ones; (b) that global industrial production is hierarchically structured with higher value operations concentrated in the rich countries and intermediate component production distributed across increasingly specialized clusters in emerging political economies; (c) that digital technological advance, automation and massive platform firms are ushering in a new historical regime of capitalism that is generating high rates of inequality and threatens to thoroughly degrade work for less educated and less skilled workers all over the globe. This article argues that these three arguments are deeply flawed because they present only a partial picture of contemporary global industrial dynamics. They exclude from view many concurrent developments that suggest that alternative political and economic practices and trajectories are possible. And they downplay the role that politics and struggle have played and can play in the constitution of the political economy. By deconstructing these three arguments, this article attempts to recover possibility from the constraints of false necessity in thinking about global industrial production dynamics.

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Well-being in Alternative Economies

Journal of Macromarketing ◽

10.1177/0276146716680702 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 37 (2) ◽

pp. 206-216 ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

Forrest Watson ◽

Ahmet Ekici

Keyword(s):

Well Being ◽

Economic Relations ◽

Course Of Action ◽

Food Network ◽

Alternative Economies ◽

Commercial Markets ◽

Alternative Food Network ◽

Spatially Extended ◽

Depth Study ◽

Local Actors

Alternative economies are built on shared commitments to improve subjects’ well-being. Traditional commercial markets, premised upon growth driven by separate actors pursuing personal material gain, lead to exploitation of some actors and to negligible well-being gains for the rest. Through resocializing economic relations and expanding the recognition of interdependence among the actors in a marketing system, economic domination and exploitation can be mitigated. We define shared commitments as a choice of a course of action in common with others. We empirically demonstrate the existence of shared commitments through an in-depth study of a spatially extended alternative food network in Turkey. Finally, we offer an inductive model of how shared commitments can be developed between local and non-local actors to bring new economies into being and improve the well-being of consumers and producers, localities, markets, and society.

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