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NEW BOOKS:

Towards a New Research Era: A Global Comparison of Research Distortions
Edited By Marek Hrubec and Emil Visnovsky

Peace Advocacy in the Shadow of War
By Francis Shor

New from Routledge, British and American Electoral Politics in the Age of Neoliberalism: Parallel Trajectories employs a political economic approach in exploring the underlying neoliberal foundations of politics and electioneering in both the United States and the United Kingdom that have widened the divide among voters and, over time, led to a deep distrust of state institutions, including electoral politics and system of political representation.

Covering the period of 1980 to the present, the book provides analysis of how neoliberalism applies to the electoral sphere and the growing use of advanced communication technology and draws the connections between the larger forces behind the globalising political economy and the trajectory of the corporate state and the many intersections of US and UK electoral politics, with lessons for other wealthy states that follow in similar pathways. As such, it helps explain a phenomenal parallel pattern of major political upheavals and social dislocations within these two countries. Finally, it reveals through numerous social indicators that the two leading neoliberal political economic systems are producing depressing results for large sections of their citizenry and a threat to social democracy, as the concentration of wealth and well-being is largely captured by a minority class of empowered individuals.

CALL FOR PAPERS

US PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS AND THEIR IMPACT ON THE WORLD

Sponsored by the Global Studies Association of North America and the Centre of Hemispheric Studies and United States at the University of Havana.

Online Conference: November 15, 2024.

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The occasion of the US presidential elections offers a unique opportunity to explore how US policy affects the entire world. The US ruling class is deeply divided over whether to maintain a capitalist democracy, or install an authoritarian regime. These differences are starkly evident in the election with a sharp struggle over which party will hold power. The Republican Party still maintains the Democrats stole the last election, and Trump has threatened bloodshed if he loses again. The attempted assassination of Trump and then withdrawal of President Biden made the 2024 election an even more unique event. With the wars in Ukraine and Gaza, the trade war against China and its potential military escalation, an environmental crisis, and right-wing parties growing in influence worldwide the US elections will have a crucial impact.

We may also go beyond the 2024 election and analyze it within the context of previous elections and from theoretical perspectives. Moreover, we may ask: What is the broader framework of the elections, particularly the dangers and problems of US hegemony in the world? What are the clashes between unipolar and multilateral efforts? How do globalists and nationalist's political currents clash? What are the interlinks and contradictions between deep transnational integration in finance, production and trade, and state-to-state competition? If the US is a declining hegemon, how is the ruling class response reflected in the election? And lastly, how should we respond, and what possibilities exist for progressive counteractions?

These are the questions we want to pursue in our online workshop/conference, and in the special issue of Perspectives on Global Development and Technology.

SUBMISSION DEADLINES:

(1) Short abstracts of 150 to 200 words for the online conference: September 15, 2024;

(2) Papers for the journal: December 31, 2024

MAXIMUM LENGTH: 10,000 words, including abstracts, keywords, citations, footnotes, and references.

SUBMIT A PAPER: Send in a Word document to Jerry Harris, Marek Hrubec and Ernesto Dominguez Lopez at gharris234@comcast.net, marek.hrubec@gmail.com, and edominguezlopez76@gmail.com.

INFO FOR AUTHORS: Paper formatting guidelines >>

NEW BOOKS:

	Weaponized Whiteness: The Constructions and Deconstructions of White Identity Politics By Fran Shor	Globalization Matters: Engaging the Global in Unsettled Times By Manfred B. Steger and Paul James	Globalizing the Caribbean: Political Economy, Social Change, and the Transnational Capitalist Class By Jeb Sprague