New Labour or the Normalization of Neo-Liberalism

For some, the landslide victory of the Labour Party in 1997 held the promise of a reversal of the socio-economic transformation of Britain that had been achieved through nearly eighteen years of Conservative government. But it did not take long for the Blair government to disappoint these hopes. For, in many ways, the three successive Labour Governments under Blair’s continuing authoritarian plebiscitary tutelage have deliberately, persistently, and wilfully driven forward the neo-liberal transformation of Britain rather than halting or reversing it.

Towards a Schumpeterian Workfare State? Preliminary Remarks on Post-Fordist Political Economy

This on-line version is the pre-copyedited, preprint version. The published version can be found here: ‘Towards a Schumpeterian Workfare State? Preliminary remarks on post-Fordist political economy’, Studies in Political Economy, 40, 7-39, 1993. The Keynesian welfare state regimes that emerged during the long postwar boom are widely held to be in terminal decline; but there…

Changes in Welfare Regimes and the Search for Flexibility and Employability

This on-line version is the pre-copyedited, preprint version. The published version can be found here:  ‘Changes in welfare regimes and the search for flexibility and employability’, in H. Overbeek, ed., The Political Economy of European Unemployment: European Integration and the Transnationalization of the Employment Question, London: Routledge, 29-50, 2003. ***   This chapter argues that…

Globalization and the National State

This on-line version is the pre-copyedited, preprint version. The published version can be found here: ‘Globalization and the national state’, in S. Aaronowitz and P. Bratsis, eds, Paradigm Lost: State Theory Reconsidered, Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 185-220, 2002. *** Keywords: Poulantzas; state theory; class relations; domestic bourgeoisie; imperialism; internationalization; globalization; ideology; nation-state; Keynesian welfare…