The Many Reboots of the Batman

Film Reboots ◽  
2020 ◽  
pp. 47-62
Author(s):  
Eileen R. Meehan
Keyword(s):  
Political Economy ◽  
Pop Art ◽  
The Political ◽  
Television Series ◽  
Industrial Structures ◽  
The Many

This chapter inquires into the industrial background to, and subsequent rebooting of, the filmed property from the 1940s. This includes the initial ‘pop art’ rebooting of Batman as a television series (1966–8), and subsequently as a film blockbuster (Burton, 1989) and transmedia franchise (1989–97 and 2005–12). Focusing on the ways that different industrial structures and corporate relationships have shaped Batman over the decades, the chapter explores the political economy of Batman to illuminate both the routines of corporate creativity and the particular contributions of media artists and professionals working to generate rebooted versions of Batman that are at once completely new and totally familiar.

The Culture of Contentment

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Kenneth Galbraith
Keyword(s):  
Political Economy ◽  
Eastern Europe ◽  
New Deal ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Economic Advantage ◽  
Economic Life ◽  
The Political ◽  
Process Of Change ◽  
The Many

This book examines what it calls the political economy of contentment. It argues that the fortunate and the favored do not contemplate and respond to their own longer-run well-being. Rather, they respond to immediate comfort and contentment. In the so-called capitalist countries, the controlling contentment and resulting belief is now that of the many, not just of the few. It operates under the guise of democracy, albeit a democracy not of all citizens but of those who, in defense of their social and economic advantage, actually go to the polls. This chapter discusses how economic life undergoes a constant process of change, and, in consequence, the same action or event occurring at different times can lead to very different results. It considers some examples throughout history, such as the economic ideas of the Physiocrats in France, the fall of communism in Eastern Europe, and Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal.

scholarly journals The Political Economy of European Wine Regulations

2013 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 244-284 ◽  
Author(s):  
Giulia Meloni ◽  
Johan Swinnen
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Political Economy ◽  
The Political ◽  
Technological Innovations ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Wine Market ◽  
Economic Developments ◽  
The Many ◽  
Historical Origins ◽  
Jel Classifications

AbstractThe wine market in the European Union is heavily regulated. Despite the many distortions in the wine market as a consequence, reforming the regulations has proven difficult. This paper analyzes the political economy mechanism that created existing wine regulations. We document the historical origins of the regulations and relate these to political pressures that resulted from international integration, technological innovations, and economic developments. (JEL Classifications: K23, L51, N44, N54, Q13)

scholarly journals Marx is Back, But Which One? On Knowledge Labour and Media Practice

2012 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 570-576 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vincent Mosco
Keyword(s):  
Political Economy ◽  
Economic Crisis ◽  
Communication Theory ◽  
Karl Marx ◽  
The Political ◽  
Research Attention ◽  
Structure And Dynamics ◽  
General Answer ◽  
The Many ◽  
Do So

The global economic crisis has led to a resurgence of interest in the work of Karl Marx. This paper acknowledges this interest, but asks on which of the many shades of Marx, communication scholars should be focusing their research attention. The most general answer is all of Marx, from the early work on consciousness, ideology and culture, which has informed critical cultural studies through to the later work on the structure and dynamics of capitalism that provides bedrock for the political economy of communication. But there is particular need for communication scholars to pay more attention to work that does not fit so neatly in either of these foci, namely, Marx of the Grundrisse and Marx, the professional journalist. Communication scholars need to do so because we have paid insufficient attention to labour in the communication, cultural and knowledge industries. The Marx of these two streams of work provides important guidance for what I have called the labouring of communication as well as for addressing general problems in communication theory.

scholarly journals Wellbeing and Worldbuilding: The Science Fiction of Wellbeing Measurement

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jo Walton
Keyword(s):  
Political Economy ◽  
Science Fiction ◽  
Social Life ◽  
Personal Data ◽  
The Political ◽  
Interested Party ◽  
Social Analytics ◽  
The Social ◽  
Data Infrastructures ◽  
The Many

Wellbeing has evolved into a fragmented, contextual, and multi-dimensional construct, underpinned by numerous measurement methodologies at many different scales. To explore wellbeing through science fiction and fantasy (SFF), we don’t just need SFF about health and happiness. We also need SFF about measurement: SFF that explores surveillance, data infrastructures, the political economy of personal data, ‘the metric gaze,’ social analytics, and the social life of metrics. This chapter explores just a few linkages between wellbeing, measurement, and SFF, mainly emphasising dystopian fiction. Has SFF struggled to imagine wellbeing policy — or any holistic stance on the myriad factors that inform the happiness and flourishing of populations — except where the interested party is some sinister elite? How might SFF's narratives of distant planets and more-than-human intelligences help us to formulate a more inclusive understanding of the wellbeing of the many morally weighty beings and worlds that inhabit this planet?

scholarly journals Hidden in Plain Sight: Transactions of Moral Capital in Sick Leave Management Within the Corporate University

SAGE Open ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 215824402110074
Author(s):  
Chrystal Jaye ◽  
Claire Amos ◽  
Lauralie Richard ◽  
Geoff Noller
Keyword(s):  
Political Economy ◽  
Sick Leave ◽  
Work Ethic ◽  
Moral Economy ◽  
The Political ◽  
Corporate University ◽  
Employment History ◽  
The Many ◽  
The University ◽  
Moral Capital

In this article, we argue that sick leave and its management within the university involves exchanges of moral capital. The circulation of moral capital supports a moral economy, in turn underpinning the political economy of the corporate university. The forms of moral capital are diverse, sometimes easily recognized as such, more often hidden in plain sight. Like other forms of capital, moral capital can be accrued, depleted, and exchanged as it is paid forward. The exchanges between employers and employees within this moral economy represent trading of moral capital over and above contractual exchanges of income and other benefits for labor. Sick leave transactions illustrate the many forms this moral capital can take: values and principles, entitlements and accruals of sick leave, bureaucratic compliance, discretion, vulnerability and deservingness, employment history, and work ethic.

scholarly journals Triple revolución en Ecuador. Contradicciones de la economía política frente a la construcción de un Estado Social

2019 ◽  
pp. 75-92
Author(s):  
Germán Carrillo García
Keyword(s):  
Political Economy ◽  
Global Market ◽  
The Political ◽  
Social State ◽  
The Many

Este trabajo plantea un detallado recorrido por las complejidades de la economía política en Ecuador. El abrupto camino hacia el establecimiento de un Estado Social en el país ha debido afrontar las múltiples contradicciones presentes en la sociedad andina y los apremiantes requisitos impuestos por el mercado global. This paper sets out a thorough revision of the complexities of the political economy in Ecuador. In working towards establishing a Social State, the country had to confront the many contradictions present in Andean society as well as the pressing demands of the global market

The Political Economy of Tourism and Approaches to Forecasting

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bob McKercher ◽  
Bruce Prideaux
Keyword(s):  
Political Economy ◽  
Production System ◽  
Production Systems ◽  
National Income ◽  
The Political ◽  
Trade Law ◽  
Economic Production ◽  
Carbon Neutral ◽  
The Difference ◽  
The Many

While there is a vast literature on issues related to political economy, tourism scholars have generally paid little attention to this area of research. This chapter discusses some of the underlying debates related to political economy to provide a window into the fundamental role that economic forces play in the operation, sustainability and profitability of the global tourism system. In the near future, the need to transition to a carbon-neutral production system (see Chapter 15), and the immense difficulties that will be faced in reining in our increasing use of diminishing resources, will generate considerable discussion on the merits of various production systems such as Neoliberalism, socialism, neo-Marxism and post-Keynesian. This chapter also considers a range of models used to forecast tourism activity, a task that is an important element in future tourism investment and planning activities. The current production system is firmly embedded in the market driven capitalist system of economic production and for this reason, the following dis- cussion will focus on capitalism. This chapter provides a neo-Marxist perspective to demonstrate a counter view to the predominate interpretation of capitalism through a neoliberal lens. Degrowth (see Chapter 15) also offers another vision for organizing a future economic system of production. Understanding how we arrived at our system of economic production is important and provides insights into the next stage of economic evolution, which will most likely to be based on a carbon-neutral economic production system. So what is the difference between political economy and economics? Political economy is concerned with the process of production and its impact on national income and wealth, and the conflicts, inequalities and problems that arise in trade, law and government (Bianchi, 2018; Williams, 2004). Scholars generally approach the study of political economy from perspectives that include Liberalism, Keynesianism, Marxism, Socialism and Neoliberalism (and the many sub-branches of these schools). Economics on the other hand is concerned with production, distribution and consumption of goods and services and leaves aside political and social considerations although as Bianchi (2018) observed, the distinction between political economy and economics has become blurred because of the political nature of significant areas of neoliberal thought.

13. The Political Economy of Development

2020 ◽  
pp. 354-383
Author(s):  
Nicola Phillips
Keyword(s):  
Political Economy ◽  
Public Discourse ◽  
Second World War ◽  
The Political ◽  
World War ◽  
Development Agenda ◽  
Political Economy Of Development ◽  
The Many ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Second World

This chapter examines the political economy of development. Despite the many accomplishments since the end of the Second World War, the problems of development in the contemporary global political economy are still of arresting proportions, and the various incarnations of a ‘global development agenda’ to deal with these problems have had a very mixed record. In fact, there is still little consensus on what development actually is, let alone how it might be achieved, in either academic debates or public discourse. One of the most disputed questions in this context relates to the relationship between globalization and development, and how people should understand the impact of globalization on development across the world. The chapter explores these debates. It starts by reviewing the different ways of thinking about development that have emerged since the end of the Second World War, and demonstrating how particular understandings of development have given rise to particular kinds of development strategies, at both the national and global levels. The chapter then considers the impacts and consequences of these strategies for development, and shows on this basis that many of the problems and failures of development have not only persisted but also worsened in the contemporary period.

The Many Encounters of Deleuze and Marxism

2016 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 301-320 ◽  
Author(s):  
Panagiotis Sotiris
Keyword(s):  
Political Economy ◽  
Social Practice ◽  
The Political ◽  
Deleuze And Guattari ◽  
Social Forms ◽  
The Many ◽  
Political Character ◽  
Important Shift

Deleuze's and Guattari's work on schizoanalysis represented an important shift towards a dialogue with Marx and his critique of political economy but in the 1970s prominent Marxists attacked Deleuze (and Guattari) as anti-Marxist. This attitude marked one of the most important missed encounters between Marxism and other theoretical currents. However, there have been important recent contributions that bring forward not only the political character of Deleuze's theoretical endeavour, his critique of capitalist social forms, his conception of social practice and struggle, but also the linkages with the Marxian and Marxist concepts. The aim of this article is to highlight some aspects of the many dialogues between Deleuze and Marxism.

scholarly journals ‘I just think it’s dirty and lazy’: Fat surveillance and erotic capital

Sexualities ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 19 (8) ◽  
pp. 898-913 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alison Winch
Keyword(s):  
Political Economy ◽  
Class I ◽  
The Political ◽  
Top Down ◽  
Structures Of Feeling ◽  
The Many ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Erotic Capital ◽  
Community Language

Contextualized within the UK mediascape, this article discusses how fat signifies the classed failures of neoliberalism. Because class aspiration, entrepreneurialism and the myth of the competitive individual are pivotal to the political economy of neoliberalism, fat is increasingly and vehemently vilified as abject across media platforms. Fat-surveillance media, which are marketed specifically to women by their visuals, gendered community, language and structures of feeling, participate in a ‘gynaeopticon’ where the controlling gaze is female, and the many women regulate the many women. Rather than being a top-down form of governance and discipline such as in the panopticon, control is affectively devolved among systems or networks of the policing gaze. As well as monitoring women along the lines of class, I argue that these media circumscribe the de-individualizing possibilities and passions of the libido.

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