One of the bits and pieces revealed by my moving to the University of Sydney and the Department of Political Economy has been a set of old undergraduate lecture notes, course reading lists, and revision commentaries that were previously filed away and forgotten [...]
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The 2017 Australian International Political Economy Network (AIPEN) — Richard Higgott Journal Article Prize
Following the success of the 2015 and 2016 Australian International Political Economy Network (AIPEN) — Richard Higgott Journal Article Prize awards, this is to announce the [...]
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Do we need another analysis of Thatcherism? Alexander Gallas must think so, because that is exactly what he has produced, in The Thatcherite Offensive: A neo-Poulantzasian analysis.
Understanding the implications of Margaret Thatcher’s prime-ministership, and Thatcherism more broadly, [...]
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“Fora Temer – eleições diretas já!” / “Out with Temer – direct elections now!”
Amid meltdown in Brazil, the left calls for democracy, while the right must find ways to deny the people a voice.
The Brazilian Workers’ Party (Partido dos [...]
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On Thursday, 11 May 2017, George Kokkinidis, Leicester University, gave a seminar at the Nottingham Sumac Centre on the objectives and principles of Greek Solidarity Co-ops in the ongoing crisis. While Greece gave in to the restructuring demands by the European Union (EU) in the summer of [...]
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When Raewyn Connell and I wrote Class Structure in Australian History the organised working class was in a militant mood. Today in Australia we are in a very different moment. Unions are smaller and corralled by the state, social-democratic corporatism has succumbed to neo-liberalism, [...]
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The folks at the critical theory podcast Always Already focused on Martijn Konings’ most recent book The Emotional Logic of Capitalism: What Progressives Have Missed in their January show. You can stream the discussion here or download the episode at the link [...]
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In my latest article for Review of International Studies I explore the foundational contribution that Antonio Gramsci makes to International Relations via his concept of passive revolution. Moreover, I argue that when passive revolution is used in tandem with the re-popularized notion of [...]
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