Chemotherapy: the content of the moral economy of activation

2019 ◽  
pp. 173-186
Author(s):  
Magnus Paulsen Hansen
Keyword(s):  
Moral Economy ◽  
The Other ◽  
Social Investment ◽  
Coercive Measures ◽  
The Unemployed ◽  
Normative Implications

Chapter 8 answers what the moral repertoire of activation is. All reforms are particularly driven by justifications from the paternal, mobility, investment and incentives cities, which are all tied together in multiple ways. The other three cities do not vanish completely, but in the qualification of the unemployed they are increasingly put to the margins and morally denounced as ‘passive’. In all four reforms the justification of coercive measures towards the unemployed is central. The chapter outlines how coercion play a particular role in the moral economy of activation that challenges the idea, mentioned earlier, that it is possible to distinguish between non-coercive ‘good’ activation based on ‘social investment’ and coercive ‘bad’ activation based on neoliberalism. The mapping of the moral economy of activation thus prompts to consider the explanatory and normative implications of both concepts.

Transcending the other: moral economy and universal ethics

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Philip Whitehead
Keyword(s):  
Moral Economy ◽  
The Other ◽  
Economic Order

If we want to transcend pejorative othering which adversely affects all of us, we have to construct a new political and economic, ethical and cultural settlement to address, respond to, and transform the conditions of existence that produce the pejorative other. Transcendental Materialism provides the psychoanalytical platform to consider this transformational possibility. There will be no change to the current politico-economic order of things until and unless we take seriously the possibility of transcending present arrangements that reproduce the other.

scholarly journals The moral economy of security

2014 ◽  
Vol 18 (4) ◽  
pp. 469-488 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ian Loader ◽  
Benjamin Goold ◽  
Angélica Thumala
Keyword(s):  
Political Theory ◽  
Moral Economy ◽  
Cultural Sociology ◽  
Private Security ◽  
The Other ◽  
Goods And Services ◽  
Two Bodies

In this article we draw upon our recent research into security consumption to answer two questions: first, under what conditions do people experience the buying and selling of security goods and services as morally troubling? Second, what are the theoretical implications of understanding private security as, in certain respects, tainted trade? We begin by drawing on two bodies of work on morality and markets (one found in political theory, the other in cultural sociology) in order to develop what we call a moral economy of security. We then use this theoretical resource to conduct an anatomy of the modes of ambivalence and unease that the trade in security generates. Three categories organize the analysis: blocked exchange; corrosive exchange; and intangible exchange. In conclusion, we briefly spell out the wider significance of our claim that the buying and selling of security is a morally charged and contested practice of governance.

scholarly journals TO THE HISTORY OF THE TRANSLATION OF CHRISTIAN TEXTS INTO THE UDMURT LANGUAGE IN THE GLAZOV СOUNTY OF THE VYATKA GOVERNORATE IN 1803

2021 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 102-115
Author(s):  
Andrey Alekseevich Turanov
Keyword(s):  
The Other ◽  
Religious Texts ◽  
Coercive Measures ◽  
Initial Stage ◽  
Archival Documents ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Creation ◽  
Unknown Manuscript

The article deals with the history of the first translations of Christian religious texts and prayers into the Udmurt language in Glazovsky Uyezd of Vyatka Governorate. Involvement in the study of archival documents from the funds of the Vyatka spiritual Consistory and Glazovsky spiritual Board allowed the author to describe in detail - chronologically accurately and thoroughly - the process of creating translations, to identify the authors of the translation of specific texts. In particular, it was established that at the initial stage there were no volunteers among the clergy of Glazovsky uyezd willing to engage in the compilation of translations. The spiritual Board turned to coercive measures and itself appointed translators from among the clergy who knew the Udmurt language, ordering them to appear for translation in Glazov. The first translation was performed jointly by priests N. Nevostruev, Z. Krotov, S. Anisimov and A. Babaylov ahead of events - even before receiving the list of texts assigned for translation. After receiving the list, the translation of the missing texts was carried out by the same persons individually, but only one of the translators sent his translation to the Glazov Board in time. In early July, translations from Glazov were sent to Vyatka. In the ecclesiastical Consistory the translations were checked and rewritten. As a result, the Synod was presented with a translation composed of two parts, one of which was performed by 4 priests together, and the other-alone by A. Babaylov. The study of the circumstances of the creation of the translation allowed to give answers to questions that remained unexplained for more than a hundred years, and to reveal new, previously unknown facts, including the previously unknown manuscript of the translation by N. Nevostruev and Z. Krotov.

scholarly journals Subsistence Songs: Haitian téat Performances, Gendered Capital, and Livelihood Strategies in Jean Makout, Haiti

2007 ◽  
Vol 81 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 5-35
Author(s):  
Timothy T. Schwartz
Keyword(s):  
Moral Economy ◽  
Livelihood Strategies ◽  
The Other ◽  
Early Age ◽  
Household Work ◽  
Subsistence Strategies ◽  
Sexual Values ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
And Gender

Examines how sexual and gender values in rural Haiti are expressed through 'téat', theatrical, songs and performances among girls from 10 to 20 years. Author describes how these sexual values relate to a concept of gendered capital, or what he calls a "sexual-moral economy", whereby men who want sex with women need to provide material rewards for this sexual access. He explains how this combines with certain gender socializations and views of men, unlike women, really needing sex, and socialized toward this, also by women, and thus from an early age to aggressively pursue women, and women on the other hand toward restraint, and to require material rewards. Author illustrates, through examples, how téat songs reflect and refer to these values, often through sexual metaphors. In addition, he shows how they relate to the wider social and gender context of matrifocality and subsistence strategies, notably the household, wherein women tend to be dominant over men, who supplied the house as expected price for her sex, manages production and reproduction of her daughters in it, instilling them also with the said sexual values, and with children seen as necessary for household work, as the women also engage in market activities outside of the house.

The ‘New Welfare State’ under Fiscal Strain

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel Mertens
Keyword(s):  
Capital Investment ◽  
Job Creation ◽  
Student Loan ◽  
The Other ◽  
Social Progress ◽  
Social Investment ◽  
Budgetary Institutions ◽  
Fiscal Restraint ◽  
The Face ◽  
The One

This chapter raises concerns regarding the possibility of increasing social investment due to the persistence of austerity regimes in Europe and beyond. On the one hand, austerity policies have put severe constraints on the expansion of social investment, mainly because of the budgetary institutions and politics that have evolved around these spending areas. On the other hand, demand of and supply for credit in order to pursue private alternatives to traditional social policies have increased significantly in the face of persistent fiscal restraint. Against this background, the rise of microfinance in Western countries aiming at job creation, and the growth of student loan schemes fostering human capital investment, have been conducive to the realization of social investment goals, but at the same time have shifted risks to households—a move that is likely to have dramatic consequences on economic and social progress.

Das inkludiernde De-Institutionalisierungsgebot im Lichte der Dramatik stationärer Pflege unter Corona-Bedingungen

2021 ◽  
Vol 70 (10-11) ◽  
pp. 603-613
Author(s):  
Frank Schulz-Nieswandt
Keyword(s):  
Social Exclusion ◽  
Normal Forms ◽  
Community Building ◽  
Moral Economy ◽  
Social World ◽  
Social Investment ◽  
Social Mechanism ◽  
Alternative Perspective

Zusammenfassung Die Corona-Pandemie hat die Lebensqualität der Menschen in den Heimen als Einrichtungen der Langzeitpflege signifikant negativ geprägt. In der Dichte des stationären Settings wurden im Lichte eines „satt, sauber, trocken und still“-Dispositivs die ohnehin problematischen Strukturen der Entnormalisierung durch hospitalisierende Institutionalisierung eskalierend verstärkt. Selbstbestimmung und Teilhabe als Grundrechte im menschenrechtskonventionellen Sinne wurden pauschal ohne Risiko-bezogene Güterabwägungen zugunsten einer „Kasernierung“ zum Zwecke der Sicherung des „nackten Lebens“ dethematisiert. Die im Sektor ohnehin als Spuren struktureller Gewalt angelegten Mechanismen sozialer Ausgrenzung wurden im Krisenmanagement akzeleriert. Als Lehre aus diesen sozialen Praktiken muss über die Zukunft stationärer Settings radikal kritisch nachgedacht werden. Die Alternative ist eine Empowerment-orientierte investive Sozialpolitik als sozialraumorientierte Differenzierung der Wohnformen und ihren Care-Settings. Abstract: Normative Challenge of Including De-institutionalization of Long-term Nursing Under Conditions of the Corona Crisis The Corona pandemic is connected with a significant impact on the escalating reduction of the quality of life of old age in the settings of long-term nursing care. The heritage of given tradition of institutionalization as a culture of social exclusion as accelerating pathway towards a dispositive grammar of a regime of risk security and hygienic cleanliness of “naked life” in a limited activating atmosphere of “remain silent” dominating the valued of autonomy and inclusive participation as dimensions of dignity of human personhood. Social exclusion is a mode of performativity of structural violence. The critical result of the societal reflection about this social mechanism is to think about the alternative perspective of social investment in caring community-building as spatial social network supporting normal forms of living outside the institutions but within an inclusive normal social world of moral economy of social capital formation.

What Is Punishment?

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Didier Fassin
Keyword(s):  
Moral Economy ◽  
The Other ◽  
Ethnographic Research ◽  
Theoretical Principle ◽  
Classical Definition ◽  
Definition Of

What is punishment? To answer this question, two options are possible: one normative, the other critical. Ethnographic research puts H. L. A. Hart’s classical definition of punishment to the test, while taking seriously his generally overlooked remark that there should be no “definitional stop,” which ignores the complexity of practice because of a theoretical principle. After thorough examination of the five criteria provided to characterize punishment, only one seems to remain: the infliction of pain. A further genealogical exploration combining philology, ethnology, and history then shows how the response to offenses has evolved from an affective economy of debt implying reparation to a moral economy of punishment involving suffering.

Anti-fandom in the Xiaxue empire: A celebrity blogger and her haters

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 261-277 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hattie Liew
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Moral Economy ◽  
The Other ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Online Video ◽  
Self Presentation ◽  
Online Presence ◽  
User Comments ◽  
Contemporary Media

The advent of the Internet and user-generated platforms has facilitated the rise of a new breed of celebrity. Bloggers, YouTubers and Instagram stars, armed with their laptops and smartphones, represent an important part of the contemporary media landscape. This article will investigate Singaporean social media influencer Wendy Cheng, known by her pseudonym, Xiaxue. Starting her Internet career as a blogger in 2003, Xiaxue has built a massive online presence over multiple platforms and is arguably one of the most commercially successful Internet celebrities in her country. Her thriving Internet career implies the presence of a large follower and fan base. However, we will look at the other side of the coin ‐ the anti-fans ‐ an often-neglected segment of users in the study of Internet celebrity. These anti-fans, individuals who strongly dislike Xiaxue, can be just as engaged and committed as fans, albeit in different ways. This article will analyse user comments on Xiaxue’s online video channel Xiaxue’s Guide to Life, and anti-fan platform Guru Gossip’s Abhorred Bloggers (Xiaxue) forum. Findings show that Xiaxue’s anti-fandom is driven by a moral economy related to her self-presentation, femininity and nature of her celebrity.

Slovenian labour market policies under austerity: narrowing the gap between the well- and the less well‑protected in the labour market?

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Miroljub Ignjatović ◽  
Maša Filipovič Hrast
Keyword(s):  
Labour Market ◽  
Employment Protection ◽  
Vulnerable Groups ◽  
Employment Protection Legislation ◽  
Social Investment ◽  
Policy Changes ◽  
Market Policy ◽  
The Social ◽  
Protection Legislation ◽  
The Unemployed

The economic crisis stimulated several reforms of the Slovenian labour market. In this chapter we present the major labour market policy changes, with emphasis on the period after 2010. These changes are also presented in relation to the retrenchment/expansion of policies, the adoption of activation and flexicurity, and their consequences for the living standards of the most vulnerable groups. The objective of labour market changes seems to be to increase flexibility and to implement activation (and social investment) more fully, as well as to improve the position of the most vulnerable groups on the labour market. Despite that, retrenchment has also been evident. The changes in labour regulations in 2014 reduced the employment protection legislation index for regular contracts, and the cuts in unemployment benefits, along with the changes in the social security system, have affected the unemployed, who remain among the groups most at risk of poverty.

Infinite testing: tests and critique in and below the public

2019 ◽  
pp. 187-200
Author(s):  
Magnus Paulsen Hansen
Keyword(s):  
Social Economy ◽  
Policy Instruments ◽  
Moral Economy ◽  
Basic Income ◽  
Behavioural Effect ◽  
Unemployed Person ◽  
The Public ◽  
Policy Debates ◽  
The Unemployed ◽  
The Voice

In chapter 9 the key dynamics driving the active turn are teased out. The composite and tension-filled repertoire installs a multicausal and behavioural problematisation of unemployment where there is constant room for improvement and adjustments. At the level of public debate, this manifests in a permanent testing of policy instruments’ behavioural effect. At the level of the every-day governing of the unemployed, the tensions between the different cities of the active turn are mitigated in categorisations and various and continuous tests that evaluate the behaviour of the unemployed. The tests, such as profiling, screening, interviews and contracts, thus continuously ask what kind of subject the unemployed person is (i.e., what city do you live in?), how worthy are you and what instruments will make you more worthy, that is bring you closer to working. The chapter then points to the implications for the way in which the voice of the unemployed is qualified. The book ends with a discussion of to what extend the ideas of universal basic income and social economy/enterprises, that have received growing attention in international policy debates, contain credible alternatives to the moral economy of activation.

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