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Class ethos and political parties in ante-Brexit Britain:A shifting correspondence
No full textThe factors underpinning the outcome of the United Kingdom’s 2016 referendum on membership of the European Union are widely debated. Disagreements exist over the relative role of political parties and political attitudes, economic and cultural stances and, above all, social class and other forms of division. Bourdieu’s topological reimagining of class and its relationship to politics, I argue, can dissolve and adjudicate some of these competing claims. Drawing on data from the 2015 British Social Attitudes survey and deploying multiple correspondence analysis, I construct a model of the space of political position-takings in the period shortly before the referendum and explore its correspondences with the social space, political parties and stances toward the European Union. The results disclose the disconnection between specific sections of the social space and the Labour Party and the rise of the anti-EU UK Independence Party (UKIP) in the latter’s place
Introduction:For a relational political sociology
No full textThe social scientific study of political phenomena is fragmented into several specialisms – the study of political attitudes and electoral behaviour, studies of the state and political actors, and studies of international relations – across multiple disciplines with limited crossover. The only connecting threads are common appeals to either rational choice theory or Marxism. The purpose of this volume is to advocate, demonstrate and develop an alternative programme of political sociology that not only overcomes the limits and problems of dominant frameworks but promises to integrate specialisms and provide a coherent, joined-up approach to politics. This programme derives from the relational sociology of Pierre Bourdieu. Here I offer an overview of Bourdieu’s many-faceted analysis of politics, contrasts with other perspectives, applications of his ideas by others inspired by him and the contributions to the present volume
The limits of the state:Multiple interests and weakened circuits in delivering China’s ‘Belt and Road Initiative’
No full textOur aim in this chapter is to unpack the multitude of social structures and practices implicated in the enactment of a specific strategy within the space of states. Our case study is China’s ‘Belt and Road Initiative’, a sustained programme of foreign investment launched in 2013 and central to the state’s effort to accumulate capital in the space of states. We pursue three points to complement the analysis from the last chapter. First, the genesis of any state strategy also implicates intra-state differences, struggles and strategies. In our case there is an observable tension between the logic of economic capital and symbolic capital within the Chinese bureaucratic field. Second, drawing on qualitative interviews with Chinese managers and workers in state-owned enterprises in Panama, we document the chains of symbolic power through which a state strategy operates and how they can be frayed by geographical and social remove. Third, struggles between frontline workers with different desires and dispositions can trouble the delivery of specific projects associated with the state’s strategy
Disruptive trade technologies will usher in the ‘internet of rules’
No full textBlog article by Craig Atkinson published in LSE Business Revie
The field of nation states and the genesis of national strategies
No full textThis chapter contributes to the expanding Bourdieusian toolkit for understanding international relations (IR). Specifically, and in opposition to world systems theory and various forms of IR theory, we develop the concept of a field of nation states structuring the struggles between states and the strategies enacted by their delegated agents to accumulate and impose forms of capital granting symbolic power over world affairs. Operating in conjunction with other global fields, the field of nation states and its history are crucial for explaining such phenomena as interstate alliances, treaties and clubs but also conflicts, sanctions, embargoes and wars – and, above all, the construction, dissolution and legitimacy of states themselves. We present an empirical model of the field of nation states constructed using specially compiled datasets and geometric data analysis. A prime dimension arrays states according to their overall volume of capital while a second dimension opposes those richer in economic-military capital and those richer in political-technical-juridical capital. The locations of specific states in the space, in conjunction with their posited trajectories, are then used to reflect upon the logics of specific national practices and strategies
Letter from Henry Atkinson to George Sibley, March 8, 1825
No full textTranscript of Letter from Henry Atkinson to George Sibley, March 8, 1825. Atkinson discusses squatters moving onto Native American lands; asks Sibley to tell them they need to move or they will be removed by the Army
Letter to C. C. Painter on land and conditions at the Forest Grove Indian School
No full textA letter dated March 5, 1884 regarding land and conditions at the Forest Grove Indian School from George H. Atkinson, Secretary of the Board of Trustees of Pacific University, to Professor C. C. (Charles Cornelius) Painter. Painter was an advocate for Native rights and was the Corresponding Secretary for the American Missionary Association's National Education Committee. Both Atkinson and Painter were ordained ministers in the Congregationalist Church. In this letter, Atkinson responds to questions regarding the title to the land on which the Indian School buildings sat. This land belonged to Pacific University but would be deeded, Atkinson said, to the Government for the purposes of running the school. Atkinson closes the letter with his hopes that Painter will help the school to secure more funding
Jacob Atkinson letter to Thomas Rotch, Wheeling, March 25th, 1816
No full textJacob Atkinson discusses personal financial matters, mentioning that he has little money to pay his debts. He assures Rotch that he will fulfill his obligations. Atkinson sends news of his brother's activities and thanks Rotch and his wife Charity for their past kindness. 7.6" x 9.75" (19.3 by 24.5 cm
Jacob Atkinson letter to Thomas Rotch, Wheeling, June 18, 1817
No full textJacob Atkinson discusses dimensions for cloth to be produced at Kendal by Thomas Rotch. Atkinson states that he has left his own wool at Steubenville for transport to Canton and Rotch's Kendal factory where the wool will be turned into flannel. He reiterates that he is awaiting a payment for cloth. 8" x 9.5" (20 by 24 cm
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