scholarly journals European Politics and the Neoliberal Paradigm

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Krzysztof Sliwinski
Keyword(s):  
European Integration ◽  
Cultural Context ◽  
Single Market ◽  
Left Wing ◽  
Political Debate ◽  
Main Hypothesis ◽  
Economic Elites ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Political Spectrum ◽  
Integration Project

This paper looks at the European integration project in its current iteration drawing on Karl Polanyi’s assertion that markets are inseparable from the socio-cultural context. In this regard, all attempts to liberalise the economy (not excluding European integration, which is based on the principle of the single market) have practical and indeed tangible political ramifications. The main hypothesis of the paper lies in the recognition of the fact that the neoliberal agenda is one of the defining features of European integration. It is after all, the project of the single market, with its free movement of goods, services, capital, and labour that underpins European Union integrative practice.Secondly, it is the presupposition of this paper, that there is a certain degree of congruence between the economic elites, operating within the neoliberal framework, and the centre-left political elites. The argument here is that the logic of neoliberalism has been fundamentally accepted across the mainstream of the political spectrum. This consequently means that even left-wing parties have had to reposition themselves both ideologically and practically, which brings the conclusion that the market has lost its role as the basic ideological differentiator between the traditional right and left. The axis of political debate has consequently shifted to moral issues such as the relationship between the state and the church, immigration, and gender.

Flank attacks

2015 ◽  
Vol 23 (3) ◽  
pp. 193-204 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matthijs Rooduijn ◽  
Tjitske Akkerman
Keyword(s):  
Western Europe ◽  
The Political ◽  
General Category ◽  
Right Wing ◽  
Left Wing ◽  
Good People ◽  
Economic Elites ◽  
Political Spectrum ◽  
The Right ◽  
Radical Left

How is populism distributed over the political spectrum? Are right-wing parties more populist than left-wing parties? Based on the analysis of 32 parties in five Western European countries between 1989 and 2008, we show that radical parties on both the left and the right are inclined to employ a populist discourse. This is a striking finding, because populism in Western Europe has typically been associated with the radical right; only some particular radical left parties have been labeled populist as well. This article suggests that the contemporary radical left in Western Europe is generally populist. Our explanation is that many contemporary radical left parties are not traditionally communist or socialist (anymore). They do not focus on the ‘proletariat’, but glorify a more general category: the ‘good people’. Moreover, they do not reject the system of liberal democracy as such, but only criticize the political and/or economic elites within that system.

The Killing: The Gender Politics of the Nordic Noir Crime Drama and Its American Remake

2019 ◽  
pp. 152747641987557
Author(s):  
Isabel Pinedo
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Cultural Production ◽  
Cultural Context ◽  
The United States ◽  
Left Wing ◽  
Female Subjectivity ◽  
Female Agency ◽  
Crime Drama ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Commercial Network

How does the depiction of female subjectivity and agency change when a Danish public broadcasting serial is adapted for an American commercial network? I compare Forbrydelsen (DR1, 2007–2012) with its remake, The Killing (AMC 2011–2013, Netflix 2014), to draw out the significance of postfeminism and neoliberalism as interpretive grids that limit feminist progress in the United States. Despite similar narrative and aesthetic strategies that center a strong female protagonist, female agency is undermined in The Killing through the postfeminist “bad mother” trope, which supplants Forbrydelsen’s Nordic noir left-wing critique of global capitalism and gender issues. This analysis illustrates that the cultural milieux of societies that are as egalitarian as Scandinavian states convey indirect feminist creative influence on cultural production, even when there is limited direct female creative input, an influence that may outweigh greater direct female creative control in the anti-egalitarian cultural context of a neoliberal and postfeminist United States.

scholarly journals Rationale for Timing of Follow-Up Visits to Assess Gluten-Free Diet in Celiac Disease Patients Based on Data Mining

Nutrients ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 357
Author(s):  
Alfonso Rodríguez-Herrera ◽  
Joaquín Reyes-Andrade ◽  
Cristina Rubio-Escudero
Keyword(s):  
Data Mining ◽  
Celiac Disease ◽  
Cultural Context ◽  
Gluten Free Diet ◽  
Gluten Free ◽  
Adherence To Diet ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Few Data

The assessment of compliance of gluten-free diet (GFD) is a keystone in the supervision of celiac disease (CD) patients. Few data are available documenting evidence-based follow-up frequency for CD patients. In this work we aim at creating a criterion for timing of clinical follow-up for CD patients using data mining. We have applied data mining to a dataset with 188 CD patients on GFD (75% of them are children below 14 years old), evaluating the presence of gluten immunogenic peptides (GIP) in stools as an adherence to diet marker. The variables considered are gender, age, years following GFD and adherence to the GFD by fecal GIP. The results identify patients on GFD for more than two years (41.5% of the patients) as more prone to poor compliance and so needing more frequent follow-up than patients with less than 2 years on GFD. This is against the usual clinical practice of following less patients on long term GFD, as they are supposed to perform better. Our results support different timing follow-up frequency taking into consideration the number of years on GFD, age and gender. Patients on long term GFD should have a more frequent monitoring as they show a higher level of gluten exposure. A gender perspective should also be considered as non-compliance is partially linked to gender in our results: Males tend to get more gluten exposure, at least in the cultural context where our study was carried out. Children tend to perform better than teenagers or adults.

Progress without Progressives? The Effects of Development on Women's Educational and Political Equality in Cultural Context, 1980 to 2010

2018 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-69 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wade M. Cole ◽  
Claudia Geist
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
Gender Inequality ◽  
Cultural Context ◽  
Political Representation ◽  
Developmental Trajectories ◽  
Two Dimensions ◽  
Political Equality ◽  
Cross Cultural Differences ◽  
Cultural Legacies ◽  
And Gender

Researchers often attribute diminishing gender inequality to economic development. When different aspects of gender inequality are examined, however, evidence points to both cross-national convergence as well as persistent (or even growing) heterogeneity in women's status. To make sense of this contradiction, we examine the extent to which culture moderates the relationship between economic development and gender inequality. We consider two dimensions of gender inequality, gender gaps in educational attainment and women's share of parliament, using data for 150 countries between 1980 and 2010. We find convergence toward greater equality in education, independently of economic development. But cross-cultural differences in female political representation persist or even grow as a function of economic development. Our results imply that economic development is not a direct pathway to greater gender equality. Rather, cultural legacies play an important role in shaping developmental trajectories.

scholarly journals The European Administration as a Facilitator of the European Integration Process: Organizational and Ethical Implications from the Proliferation of European Union Agencies

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (15) ◽  
pp. 78-94
Author(s):  
Giorgio Oikonomou
Keyword(s):  
European Integration ◽  
Sharp Increase ◽  
Research Question ◽  
Eu Enlargement ◽  
Policy Area ◽  
Ethical Implications ◽  
European Court ◽  
Integration Project ◽  
The Eu

The purpose of this study is to explore the evolution of EU administration by focusing and critically examining the role of EU agencies in advancing the European integration project. The research question deals with identifying the factors that account for the formulation of EU agencies and the reasons behind their sharp increase in numbers since the 2000s. The tasks are to analyse critical EU agencies’ parameters such as their typology, the policy area they deal with, origin of their resources and funding, and their output. In addition, transparency and accountability issues accompanying the proliferation of EU agencies are also considered. Emphasis is placed on the evolution of the European administration as expressed by the establishment of various types of agencies since 1975 thereafter. Methodologically, the research utilizes quantitative data based on annual EU budgets as well as official reports and policy papers issued by main EU institutions (European Commission, European Parliament, European Court of Auditors) and agencies, analyzing them from a historical perspective. As a result, it is argued that the proliferation of EU agencies has advanced the process of European integration, namely the EU enlargement and expansion in new policy areas following successive reforms of the Treaties. However, concerns regarding accountability and transparency issues remain in place.

scholarly journals Political context is associated with extent of everyday physiological synchrony in older couples

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. 924-925
Author(s):  
Theresa Pauly ◽  
Karolina Kolodziejczak ◽  
Johanna Drewelies ◽  
Nilam Ram ◽  
Denis Gerstorf ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Stress Responses ◽  
Cultural Context ◽  
Physiological Stress ◽  
Gender Role Attitudes ◽  
Political Context ◽  
Political Orientation ◽  
Federal State ◽  
Older Couples ◽  
Couple Dynamics ◽  
Political Spectrum

Abstract Social units such as couples exist within a broader societal and cultural context. Characteristics of this macro-level context may indirectly shape couple dynamics by influencing opportunities and motivation for interdependence, e.g. through legislation and prevalent norms/values. The current study investigates the association between political context (left-right political spectrum) and physiological linkage (cortisol synchrony) in older couples’ daily lives. Older adult couples (N = 162) aged 56 to 89 years (M age = 72.3 years) and residing in Germany provided salivary cortisol samples 7 times daily for a 7-day period. Political context in which dyads lived was quantified with respect to where the federal state of residence was located on the left-right political spectrum using voting data from the 2017 federal election. Links between macro-context and extent of cortisol synchrony were examined using multilevel models, controlling for differences in diurnal rhythm, sex, age, body mass index, and individual-level political orientation. On average, there was evidence of synchrony in fluctuations in partners’ cortisol (b = 0.08, SE = 0.02, p < .001). The extent of cortisol synchrony was moderated by macro-context, such that couples living in a federal state placed further right on the left-right political spectrum exhibited greater cortisol synchrony (b = 0.03, SE = 0.01, p = .010). This new evidence provides a foundation for theorizing about and investigating how specific mechanisms contributing to political context, including family values, gender role attitudes, and laws supporting gender equality contribute to interpersonal linkages of physiological stress responses in daily life.

Processes of consumer socialization: study of single-father households

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert Harrison ◽  
Risto Moisio ◽  
James Gentry ◽  
Suraj Commuri
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Context ◽  
Family Type ◽  
Consumer Socialization ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Product Usage ◽  
Advertising Appeals ◽  
Single Father ◽  
Socialization Processes ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Household Resource

Purpose Despite years of research into consumer socialization, little research examines men’s roles in consumer socialization processes. The purpose of this paper is to attend to this gap and to investigate consumer socialization processes in single-father households. Design/methodology/approach To study consumer socialization processes, this paper develops its insights using grounded theory, deploying qualitative data to develop theory. The data include long interviews with both fathers and their children used to understand the processes of consumer socialization. Findings This paper finds six socialization processes: entrustment, entrainment, education, emprise, estrangement and elevation. These processes emerge based on different types of household resource gaps or aspects of men’s gender identity. Research limitations/implications The main implications are to study the roles played by cultural context and family type in socialization processes. Studies could examine whether the processes uncovered here occur in other family settings, as well as whether they vary based on children’s age and gender. Practical implications Household brands, products and services could target resource-scarce households using appeals that portray offerings as a means to develop children’s responsibilities, independence and involvement in household management. Marketers could also use advertising appeals that depict playful product usage and learning situations or more broadly position brands as identity brands making them more appealing to men who are striving to be better fathers. Originality/value This paper uniquely identifies a number of previously uncovered consumer socialization processes, as well as factors that influence them.

16. Trade Policy

2020 ◽  
pp. 363-387
Author(s):  
Alasdair R. Young
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Trade Policy ◽  
European Integration ◽  
The United States ◽  
Bilateral Agreements ◽  
Multilateral Negotiations ◽  
The World ◽  
Integration Project ◽  
The Eu

This chapter introduces the importance of EU trade policy both to the European integration project and to the EU’s role in the world. It explains how different aspects of trade policy are made. The chapter also charts how the emphasis of EU trade policy has shifted from prioritizing multilateral negotiations to pursuing bilateral agreements. It considers how the EU has responded to the apparent politicization of trade policy within Europe and to the United States’ more protectionist and unilateral trade policy. It also considers Brexit EU trade policy and how trade policy complicated Brexit. It argues that there has been considerable continuity in EU trade policy despite these challenges.

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