Abstract: This is a symposium of 3 reviews of the book ‘Take Back the Economy: An Ethical Guide for Transforming Our Communities’, by JK Gibson-Graham, Jenny Cameron and Stephen Healy. The reviews are […]
It’s not just the World Cup Brazilians are protesting about
The World Cup has highlighted Brazil’s dissatisfaction with the mega-development involved in building the tournament’s infrastructure. But the football stadiums are just the latest in a long line of Brazilian mega-developments, including […]
In the City of London the talk is green, but follow the money
The financial institutions in The City of London eagerly portray themselves as good citizens of the world, positively contributing to the stewardship of our planet and its people’s well-being. In reality, however, […]
Infra-political dimensions of resistance to international business: A Neo-Gramscian approach
Abstract: This paper contributes to critical understandings of how international business is resisted. It develops a Neo-Gramscian approach that emphasizes the importance of informal or ‘infra-political’ processes. Current conceptualizations demonstrate how international business is challenged via […]
“The people” and resistance against international business: The case of the Bolivian “water war”
Abstract: Purpose – The purpose of this article is to analyse the organisation of the Bolivian “water war” in Cochabamba that saw a social movement resist international business and the privatisation of public goods. The implications […]
Impossibilities of Automobility
Abstract: Automobiles, their production, consumption, meaning and consequences, have vexed and intrigued theorists, governments, businesses, unions, protestors and activists from their inception in the late nineteenth […]
