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A GEOPOLĂTICA DO SISTEMA DE ESTADOS E O CAPITALISMO GLOBAL EM QUESTĂO
Alex Callinicosâs intervention in the debate on the geopolitics of the states-system and capitalistmodernity provides a crucial wake-up call to International Relations (IR) and International PoliticalEconomy (IPE). Yet, within the contending positions disputing the political economy of geopoliticalconflict, interstate rivalry, and capitalist imperialism, the insights of Antonio Gramsci have beennotably present by their absence. This article attempts to contribute to the dialogue initiated by AlexCallinicos by drawing attention to Gramsciâs relevance to theorising the relationship between thestates-system and capitalism. It does so by elaborating how the theory of passive revolution revealsthe political rule of capital by internally relating the states-system and capitalist modernity within afocus on uneven development. This concern is evident in Gramsciâs own analysis of Anglo-Saxoncapitalism and the geopolitics of the states-system in his survey of Americanism and Fordism. Thistheorising of the passive revolution of capital might then provide a fruitful basis from which anempirical research agenda on social development could be advanced with reference to postcolonialstate formation processes.La contribution dâAlex Callinicos au dĂ©bat sur la gĂ©opolitique du systĂšme dâĂ©tats et la modernitĂ©capitaliste attire lâattention sur les Relations Internationales (RI) et lâĂconomie Politique Internationale(EPI). En outre, dans les positions opposĂ©es sur lâĂ©conomie politique du conflit gĂ©opolitique mises enquestion â la rivalitĂ© entre les Ă©tats et lâimpĂ©rialisme capitaliste â, les insights de Gramsci sontprĂ©sents par leur absence. Cet article cherche Ă contribuer au dialogue entrepris par Alex Callinicosqui souligne lâimportance de Gramsci vis-Ă -vis de la thĂ©orisation des relations entre le systĂšmedâĂ©tats et le capitalisme. Il montre comment la thĂ©orie de la rĂ©volution passive permet de rĂ©vĂ©ler lerĂŽle politique jouĂ© par le capital, en mettant en rapport de lâintĂ©rieur le systĂšme dâĂ©tats et la modernitĂ©capitaliste en termes de dĂ©veloppement inĂ©gal. Cette prĂ©occupation est visible dans lâanalyse queGramsci lui-mĂȘme Ă©labore du capitalisme anglo-saxon et de la gĂ©opolitique du systĂšme dâĂ©tats dansses notes dans AmĂ©ricanisme et fordisme. Cette thĂ©orisation de la rĂ©volution passive du capital peutfournir une base fructueuse sur laquelle un plan de recherche empirique sur le dĂ©veloppement socialpeut ĂȘtre perfectionnĂ© en ce qui concerne les processus de formation dâĂ©tats post-coloniaux.A contribuição de Alex Callinicos para o debate sobre a geopolĂtica do sistema de estados e a modernidadecapitalista chama de modo crucial a atenção para as RelaçÔes Internacionais (RI) e a Economia PolĂticaInternacional (EPI). AlĂ©m disso, nos posicionamentos antagĂŽnicos em debate sobre a economia polĂtica doconflito geopolĂtico, a rivalidade entre os estados e o imperialismo capitalista, os insights de AntonioGramsci tĂȘm-se feito notavelmente presentes pela sua ausĂȘncia. Este artigo busca contribuir para o diĂĄlogoiniciado por Alex Callinicos chamando atenção para a relevĂąncia de Gramsci para a teorização dasrelaçÔes entre o sistema de estados e o capitalismo. Para tanto, mostra como a teoria da revolução passivapode revelar a atuação polĂtica do capital, relacionando internamente o sistema de estados e a modernidadecapitalista em termos de desenvolvimento desigual. Essa preocupação Ă© evidente na anĂĄlise que o prĂłprioGramsci elabora do capitalismo anglo-saxĂŁo e da geopolĂtica do sistema de estados em suas notas emAmericanismo e fordismo. Essa teorização da revolução passiva do capital pode, assim, oferecer uma basefrutĂfera sobre a qual um plano de pesquisa empĂrica sobre o desenvolvimento social possa ser aprimoradoem relação aos processos de constituição de estados pĂłs-coloniais
Is capitalism structurally indifferent to gender?: Routes to a value theory of reproductive labour
The contributions of Ellen Meiksins Wood to social property relations arguments have facilitated an enhanced understanding of the historical specificity of capitalism and its structuring conditions. Yet such arguments also have some questionable assumptions when it comes to theorising gender and so-called âextra-economicâ identities, most noticeably regarding capitalism as indifferent to gender relations. This article delves into such issues by delivering a set of quandaries about various aspects of the social property relations approach and its relevance to wider debates on economy and space. We contend that debates in Marxism Feminism and social reproduction theory therein should be elevated to centre stage in considerations of political economy and economic geography. Consequently, it is possible to dispense with the notion that capitalism is structurally indifferent to gender, which mars the social property relations approach. At the same time, however, there are tensions within Marxism Feminism, not least revolving around questions of value, the role of unpaid labour in the household, and wider theorising on the relationship between âmarketâ conditions and extra-economic relations of âstateâ power. We explore two major contending routes to what we call a value-theory of reproductive labour within Marxism Feminism and conclude that this reconnaissance provides an opportunity to initiate enhanced discussion on future political struggles against capitalâs requirements
The dialectical matrix of class, gender, race
Is gender oppression a structurally necessary feature of capitalism? Is discrimination based on race in-built into the reproduction of racial capitalism? By assessing wider contributions within and between Marxism Feminism and Black Marxism, this paper seeks to address the multiple oppressions of class, patriarchy, and race. Intersectional and dual-systems theorising establishes an analytical differentiation of patriarchy and capitalism, or capitalism and racism, as spheres in an external relation. We argue that this external theorising is at odds with Marxâs dialectics that avoids binary separations in its method of abstraction. As a result, we seek to revitalise dialectically understandings of class, gender, and race through a philosophy of internal relations, as a movement of internally related antagonisms comprising a social totality. Through an excursus on Marxâs conceptualisation of primitive accumulation, we draw on arguments that distinguish the logical and historical presuppositions of capital alongside highlighting elements that capital incorporates, internalises, and transforms as its results. This focus on logical and historical questions in relation to the origins of capital through conditions of primitive accumulation and its ongoing reproduction affirms patriarchal and racial oppressions as living dialectically in internal relation to capital
Provenance Response to Rifting and Separation at the Jan Mayen Microcontinent Margin
Funding This research received no external funding. Acknowledgments We are grateful to John Still (University of Aberdeen) and Iain Macdonald (Cardiff University) for their assistance with acquisition of mineral chemical data, and to Mick Pointon (CASP) for running the âRâ code to assign apatite provenance. This research was carried out as part of CASPâs Greenland-Norway Project. Our sponsorsâ financial support is gratefully acknowledged. We are grateful for the reviewers comments, which significantly improved the manuscript.Peer reviewedPublisher PD
Judicial Review, Irrationality, and the Legitimacy of Merits-Review
The definition of the irrationality ground of judicial review recognises the constitutional principle of the separation of powers, in allowing for judicial control of the executive only very rarely. The author in a previous article in this study found that the courts, on occasions, had intervened in circumstances where administrative decisions arguably were not irrational. To this end, the purpose of this article is to assess the constitutionality of these seemingly low standards of irrationality. The author does so by reference either to the manner of review employedâthe use of the proportionality principle, for exampleâor the context of the administrative decision under scrutiny, such as the infringement of the applicantâs fundamental rights. The author finds that the cases from the previous article where low standards of irrationality were arguably adopted were, in fact, legitimate according to these chosen methods of evaluation. However, this is an interim conclusion because, for reasons of word length, the author is unable to complete a full assessment here. It is therefore proposed that a subsequent article will continue to examine the constitutionality of these cases. Furthermore, the author will also try and establish a zone of executive decision-making, for reasons of democracy, where the courts are excluded from irrationality review. If the author is unsuccessful in this regard, the final conclusion of this study will inevitably be that low standards of judicial intervention exist without limitâa clear assault on the constitutional principle stated above
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Right Turn Veteran-Specific Recovery Service: 5 site evaluation pilot: Interim report
The Right Turn project works with the ex-service personnel community in recovery from substance misuse. This report presents the interim findings from a two-year evaluation on the impact on health and wellbeing outcomes on military veterans engaging in this innovative peer-focussed recovery service. The evaluation is designed around a structured quantitative data collection process using an established repeat measure design and utilises qualitative methodologies to explore both the life experiences of this veteran cohort and to take account of their own perceptions of the model of services they feel they require. This report suggests that the military veteran community experience distinct barriers to accessing main stream health and wellbeing services. Alongside comorbidity issues, management of chronic physical conditions and social isolation, this report demonstrates that this cohort's own previous military conditioning forms a further barrier to accessing support services. This report contains recommendations to inform generic support staff when encountering veterans within health and wellbeing settings
Right Turn Veteran-Specific Recovery Service: 5 site evaluation pilot : Interim report
The Right Turn project works with the ex-service personnel community in recovery from substance misuse. This report presents the interim findings from a two-year evaluation on the impact on health and wellbeing outcomes on military veterans engaging in this innovative peer-focussed recovery service. The evaluation is designed around a structured quantitative data collection process using an established repeat measure design and utilises qualitative methodologies to explore both the life experiences of this veteran cohort and to take account of their own perceptions of the model of services they feel they require.
This report suggests that the military veteran community experience distinct barriers to accessing main stream health and wellbeing services. Alongside comorbidity issues, management of chronic physical conditions and social isolation, this report demonstrates that this cohort's own previous military conditioning forms a further barrier to accessing support services. This report contains recommendations to inform generic support staff when encountering veterans within health and wellbeing settings
From Passive to Radical Revolution in Venezuelaâs Populist Project
In December 2001, Hugo ChĂĄvez and others changed Venezuelaâs Bolivarian revolutionary project, which consisted of replacing a corrupt and elitist constitution with a fair and popular one, into a radical one. In its early stages the project corresponded to what Gramsci called a âpassive revolution.â Attempts by opposition forces to crush the construction of a new populist hegemony (a coup in April 2002 and an indefinite strike in December 2002) were met with popular mobilization that reaffirmed ChĂĄvezâs hegemonic project. The radical revolution consisted of social programs designed to alleviate the suffering of the poor and consolidated a new hegemonic structure among Venezuelaâs lower classes. The concept of âradical revolutionâ provides a theoretical alternative for assessing the extent to which a political project can be described as populist
A Synthesis of Hybrid RANS/LES CFD Results for F-16XL Aircraft Aerodynamics
A synthesis is presented of recent numerical predictions for the F-16XL aircraft flow fields and aerodynamics. The computational results were all performed with hybrid RANS/LES formulations, with an emphasis on unsteady flows and subsequent aerodynamics, and results from five computational methods are included. The work was focused on one particular low-speed, high angle-of-attack flight test condition, and comparisons against flight-test data are included. This work represents the third coordinated effort using the F-16XL aircraft, and a unique flight-test data set, to advance our knowledge of slender airframe aerodynamics as well as our capability for predicting these aerodynamics with advanced CFD formulations. The prior efforts were identified as Cranked Arrow Wing Aerodynamics Project International, with the acronyms CAWAPI and CAWAPI-2. All information in this paper is in the public domain
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