The Chicago School of Political Economy

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Warren J. Samuels
Keyword(s):  
Political Economy ◽  
Chicago School

scholarly journals Discovering "The Significance of Communication": Harold Adams Innis as Social Constructivist

2004 ◽  
Vol 29 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Menahem Blondheim
Keyword(s):  
Political Economy ◽  
Chicago School ◽  
Social Constructivist ◽  
Communication Research ◽  
Current State ◽  
Économie Politique ◽  
Main Ideas

Abstract: The complexity of Innis’ texts has led to the streamlining of his main ideas and arguments into a sharply reduced abstract. This study juxtaposes Innis’ texts with this generally accepted précis and proposes its modification, mainly by way of understanding Innis as a social constructivist and communication determinist. On the basis of this construction, the study explores the origins of Innis’ approach and methods, considering continuities from his earlier work in political economy, the influence of the Chicago School, and his perspective as a civically involved Canadian, academic and official. The article concludes by considering the relevance of Innis’ ideas and approach to the analysis of our contemporary communications environment and the current state of communication research. Résumé : La complexité des textes d’Innis a entraîné la simplification par d’autres de ses idées et arguments principaux, ce qui a mené à un résumé profondément réducteur de sa pensée. Cette étude juxtapose les textes d’Innis avec ce résumé généralement accepté et propose sa modification, surtout en suggérant une perception d’Innis comme constructiviste social et déterministe communicationnel. L’étude se fonde sur cette perception pour explorer les origines de l’approche et des méthodes d’Innis tout en considérant leur continuité par rapport à ses premières oeuvres en économie politique, l’influence de l’école de Chicago et sa perspective en tant que Canadien, académicien et officiel qui s’impliquait civiquement. L’article conclut en considérant la pertinence des idées et de l’approche d’Innis pour l’analyse de la communication contemporaine et les recherches actuelles en communication.

The Historical Significance and Contemporary Relevance of Conservative Liberalism and Ordo-Liberalism: A Hollow Promise?

2020 ◽  
pp. 410-450
Author(s):  
Kenneth Dyson
Keyword(s):  
Political Economy ◽  
Intellectual History ◽  
John Rawls ◽  
Moral Economy ◽  
Chicago School ◽  
Carl Schmitt ◽  
Karl Polanyi ◽  
Balanced Assessment ◽  
History Of ◽  
Social Liberalism

This chapter attempts to assess the significance of conservative liberalism and Ordo-liberalism in the larger context of liberalism by examining five questions. Why have they been marginalized? How have their ideas fared in Germany, the epicentre of Ordo-liberalism? What is the position of conservative liberalism and Ordo-liberalism in the intellectual history of political economy? What are their prospects in a new transformational crisis of liberalism? Are they likely to prove no more than a ghostly shadow in liberal political economy? Or can they act as a source of liberal rejuvenation? Finally, do conservative liberalism and Ordo-liberalism offer no more than a hollow promise of disciplining capitalism and democracy? Do the gaps in their thinking—their focusing illusion—disable them as a source of intellectual insight and as a relevant influence on debate, institutions, and policies? Or do they contribute to the overall strength and resilience of liberalism by complementing the contributions of social liberalism and laissez-faire liberalism? The chapter examines conservative liberalism and Ordo-liberalism using the insights from the Austrian School, the new Chicago School, and libertarian thought; from Karl Polanyi and Michel Foucault; from critics of authoritarian liberalism and of the long shadow of Carl Schmitt; and from writers on the moral economy, including John Rawls and Amartya Sen. It concludes by offering a balanced assessment of the strengths and weaknesses of this liberal tradition and its place in wider liberalism.

scholarly journals Neoliberal affects

2016 ◽  
Vol 40 (6) ◽  
pp. 734-753 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ben Anderson
Keyword(s):  
Political Economy ◽  
Chicago School ◽  
Discursive Formation ◽  
Structures Of Feeling

Claims about neoliberalism and its geographies frequently involve assumptions about the affective life of neoliberalism and/or neoliberal societies. However, existing cultural approaches to neoliberalism as a discursive formation, an ideology or governmentality collapse a concern with affect into a focus on the operation of signifying-subjectfying processes that make ‘neoliberal subjects’. Political economy approaches only make implicit claims about the ‘mood’ of neoliberal societies. In this paper, I argue that collective affects are part of the conditions of formation for particular neoliberalisms and therefore understanding the affective life of neoliberalism is critical to explaining how it emerges, forms and changes. Through examples including The Mont Pelerin Society, the Chicago School of Economics and Thatcherism, I propose a vocabulary that supplements existing approaches by focusing on the affective conditions for neoliberalism, specifically the atmospheres that are part of the formation of neoliberal reason and the structures of feeling that condition how particular neoliberalisms actualize in the midst of other things. The result is a way of discerning neoliberalisms as both conditioned by affects and ‘actually existing’ affectively – as dispersed affective ‘qualities’ or ‘senses’.

26. Urban criminal collaborations

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alistair Fraser ◽  
Dick Hobbs
Keyword(s):  
Political Economy ◽  
Organized Crime ◽  
Chicago School ◽  
Critical Perspective ◽  
Urban Political Economy ◽  
Criminal Groups ◽  
Critical Overview

This chapter examines a range of criminological classifications for urban criminal groups, covering both youthful and adult-oriented collaborations. The chapter provides a critical overview of the following categorizations: gangs; subcultures; neighbourhood crime groups; professional crime; the underworld; and organized crime. Debates relating to each are introduced. While criminological approaches to youthful groups have a clear history, from the ‘Chicago School’ to the ‘Birmingham School’, perspectives on adult groups are less solid and more interdisciplinary. In both cases, the chapter argues that criminological classifications have struggled to capture the complexities brought on by the changing nature of the urban political economy. The chapter concludes by introducing a critical perspective that problematizes criminological categorizations of urban criminal collaborations.

The Chicago Roots of the Virginia School of Political Economy

2007 ◽  
Vol 25 (2) ◽  
pp. 103-127 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gordon L. Brady
Keyword(s):  
Political Economy ◽  
Sociology Of Knowledge ◽  
Chicago School ◽  
Major Influence ◽  
Alma Mater ◽  
University Of Chicago ◽  
New Paradigm ◽  
Virginia School ◽  
The University ◽  
New Location

Abstract The story of the Virginia school of political economy is in large part the story of how graduates of the University of Chicago developed a new paradigm in a new location. Their work was characterized by a deep and abiding respect for the intellectual tradition of economics at the University of Chicago and through their achievements reflected well on their alma mater. This paper goes beyond economics to include the sociology of knowledge and an account of the strong-willed personalities at Chicago who had a major influence on the founders of the Virginia school. By focusing primarily on Buchanan as the principal founder of the Virginia school, this paper seeks to answer two questions. First, what are the distinctive characteristics of the Virginia school? Second, which of these characteristics have roots in the Chicago school?

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