Capital, Ideology, and the Liberal Order

2021 ◽  
Vol 43 (2) ◽  
pp. 413-435
Author(s):  
Nick Cowen ◽  
Vincent Geloso
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Research ◽  
The State ◽  
Participatory Governance ◽  
Historical Trends ◽  
Market Economies ◽  
Classical Liberal ◽  
Epistemic Function ◽  
Liberal Position

Abstract Thomas Piketty’s Capital and Ideology (2020) offers a powerful critique of ideological justifications for inequality in capitalist societies. Does this mean we should reject capitalist institutions altogether? This paper defends some aspects of capitalism by explaining the epistemic function of market economies and their ability to harness capital to meet the needs of the relatively disadvantaged. We support this classical liberal position with reference to empirical research on historical trends in inequality that challenges some of Piketty’s interpretations of the data. Then we discuss the implications of this position in terms of limits on the efficacy of participatory governance within firms and the capacity of the state to levy systematic taxes on wealth.

Enacting meaning-in-use: qualitative research on norms and international relations

2009 ◽  
Vol 35 (1) ◽  
pp. 175-193 ◽  
Author(s):  
ANTJE WIENER
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
International Relations ◽  
Empirical Research ◽  
International Politics ◽  
Cultural Practices ◽  
Qualitative Approach ◽  
The State ◽  
Evaluation Technique

AbstractThis article proposes a framework for empirical research on contested meaning of norms in international politics. The goal is to identify a design for empirical research to examine associative connotations of norms that come to the fore when norms are contested in situations of governance beyond-the-state and especially in crises. If cultural practices shape experience and expectations, they need to be identified and made ‘account-able’ based on empirical research. To that end, the proposed qualitative approach centres on individually enacted meaning-in-use. The framework comprises norm-types, conditions of contestation, types of divergence and opposition-deriving as a specific interview evaluation technique. Section one situates the problem of contestation in the field of constructivist research on norms. Section two introduces distinctive conditions of contestation and types of norms. Section three details the methodology of conducting and evaluating interviews and presents the technique of opposition-deriving with a view to reconstructing the structure of meaning-in-use. Section four concludes with an outlook to follow-up research.

Ethics, Markets, and MacIntyre

2008 ◽  
Vol 30 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Russell Keat
Keyword(s):  
The State ◽  
Economic Systems ◽  
Human Flourishing ◽  
Ethical Considerations ◽  
Substantive Theory ◽  
Market Economies ◽  
Political Deliberation ◽  
Ethical Critique ◽  
Political Decisions

AbstractMacIntyre’s theory of practices, institutions, and their respective kinds of goods, has revived and enriched the ethical critique of market economies, and his view of politics as centrally concerned with common goods and human flourishing presents a major challenge to neutralist liberal theorists’ attempts to exclude distinctively ethical considerations from political deliberation. However, the rejection of neutrality does not entail the rejection of liberalism tout court: questions of human flourishing may be accorded a legitimate role in political decisions-including those about economic systems - provided that the powers of the state remain subject to certain recognizably liberal constraints. Further, although neutralist liberals often defend market economies on the mistaken grounds that they alone are consistent with the principle of ethical neutrality, a non-neutralist defence of them should not be ruled out, especially if the substantive theory of goods used to evaluate them is somewhat less restrictive than MacIntyre’s.

Beyond stateless democracy

2015 ◽  
Vol 36 (1) ◽  
pp. 21-41
Author(s):  
William J. Novak ◽  
Stephen W. Sawyer ◽  
James T. Sparrow
Keyword(s):  
Common Good ◽  
John Locke ◽  
The State ◽  
Direct Response ◽  
Classical Liberal ◽  
Liberal Conception ◽  
Neutral Site ◽  
The Common ◽  
The One ◽  
Definition Of

Pierre Bourdieu began his posthumously published lectures “On the State” by highlighting the three dominant traditions that have framed most thinking about the state in Western social science and modern social theory. On the one hand, he highlighted what he termed the “initial definition” of the state as a “neutral site” designed to regulate conflict and “serve the common good.” Bourdieu traced this essentially classical liberal conception of the state back to the pioneering political treatises of Thomas Hobbes and John Locke.1 In direct response to this “optimistic functionalism,” Bourdieu noted the rise of a critical and more “pessimistic” alternative—something of a diametric opposite.

Segmented Assimilation: Issues, Controversies, and Recent Research on the New Second Generation

1997 ◽  
Vol 31 (4) ◽  
pp. 975-1008 ◽  
Author(s):  
Min Zhou
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Research ◽  
Theoretical Approach ◽  
Second Generation ◽  
Theoretical Framework ◽  
The State ◽  
Assimilation Theory ◽  
Segmented Assimilation ◽  
Host Society ◽  
Future Studies

The segmented assimilation theory offers a theoretical framework for understanding the process by which the new second generation – the children of contemporary immigrants – becomes incorporated into the system of stratification in the host society and the different outcomes of this process. This article examines the issues and controversies surrounding the development of the segmented assimilation theory and reviews the state of recent empirical research relevant to this theoretical approach. It also highlights main conclusions from recent research that bear on this theory and their implications for future studies.

scholarly journals FORMS AND HIST FORMS AND HISTORICAL ROO ORICAL ROOTS OF THE M S OF THE MAKHALLA

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (5) ◽  
pp. 228-233
Author(s):  
Soyib Raupov ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Scientific Investigation ◽  
The State ◽  
Historical Trends ◽  
Scientific Hypothesis ◽  
Desert Areas ◽  
Investigation And Study

Background. In the following article, the concept of makhalla, its essence, functions, the responsibilities and the duties of the elderman of the makhalla are studied from the viewpoint of historical trends. Also, there is a discourse on the types of the makhalla, the makhallas which are adjacent to the cities and their suburbs, their peculiarities, the makhallas which are based on different professions and different ethnicities, including the makhallas of the Jews, the makhallas in the steppes and desert areas, the peculiarities of their management is analysed. Materials and methods. There is a scientific hypothesis that makhallas emerged long before the state. But this hypothesis is still waiting for its researchers who need scientific investigation and study. Sources found in Sopollitepa indicate that the place where 8 families stay is the makhalla. The eight families at this residence include more than a hundred couples of families, built according to the patriarchal order. Results and Discussions.

Green Consumption

2019 ◽  
pp. 376-395
Author(s):  
Ozan Kaya ◽  
Feridun Duman
Keyword(s):  
Social Welfare ◽  
Empirical Research ◽  
Food Consumption ◽  
Organic Food ◽  
The State ◽  
Green Marketing ◽  
Green Consumption ◽  
Green Consumers ◽  
Food Market ◽  
Organic Food Consumption

The main purpose of this chapter is to reveal the profile of organic food consumers and the factors that affect consumers' motivation for organic food consumption as being one of the most important aspects of green marketing and green consumption. Therefore, this study first dealt with green consumers and green consumption and then, organic food consumption and the state of organic food market were evaluated and finally, an empirical research was conducted with 393 respondents in order to better determine the consumers of organic food consumption in Turkey. According to the findings, four motivations were found in influencing the behavior of organic food consumption. These are: health, ecological and social welfare, sensory appeal and natural contents. More specifically, this research reveals that those that have children participated in this research frequently consume organic food.

Green Consumption

2017 ◽  
pp. 42-67
Author(s):  
Ozan Kaya ◽  
Feridun Duman
Keyword(s):  
Social Welfare ◽  
Empirical Research ◽  
Food Consumption ◽  
Organic Food ◽  
The State ◽  
Green Marketing ◽  
Green Consumption ◽  
Green Consumers ◽  
Food Market ◽  
Organic Food Consumption

The main purpose of this chapter is to reveal the profile of organic food consumers and the factors that affect consumers' motivation for organic food consumption as being one of the most important aspects of green marketing and green consumption. Therefore, this study first dealt with green consumers and green consumption and then, organic food consumption and the state of organic food market were evaluated and finally, an empirical research was conducted with 393 respondents in order to better determine the consumers of organic food consumption in Turkey. According to the findings, four motivations were found in influencing the behavior of organic food consumption. These are: health, ecological and social welfare, sensory appeal and natural contents. More specifically, this research reveals that those that have children participated in this research frequently consume organic food.

scholarly journals KEDUDUKAN KEKAYAAN NEGARAYANGDIPISAHKAN PADA BADAN USAHA MILIK NEGARA (BUMN)

2015 ◽  
Vol 44 (3) ◽  
pp. 284
Author(s):  
Henny Juliany
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Research ◽  
Research Method ◽  
The State ◽  
Tax Revenue ◽  
State Budget ◽  
State Revenue ◽  
State Enterprises

The aim of research to determine the position of state assets set aside in BUMN. The research method used is normative empirical research by using statutory approach. The research found that the First, implementation of management and accountability for the state against state assets set aside in BUMN aims to provide an important role in contributing to the state revenue for part of the profits of BUMNs will be deposited into the state budget as Non Tax Revenue (non-tax). Second, the wealth of a country that has been transformed into the capital of state enterprises, the management should be in the business paradigm (business judgment rules), but the separation of the wealth of the country has not made   the switch into a state that in spite of the wealth of the country’s wealth .

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