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Capitalizing A Future Unsustainable: Finance, Energy And The Fate Of Market Civilization, Timothy Dimuzio Dec 2012

Capitalizing A Future Unsustainable: Finance, Energy And The Fate Of Market Civilization, Timothy Dimuzio

Timothy DiMuzio

Liberal capitalist polities are being held up as the ultimate civilizational achievement precisely at a point in time when the energy-demanding built environments and growth imperatives of these societies are threatened by global climate change and the coming end of cheap and abundant carbon energy. Throughout the twentieth century, this pattern of energy-intensive social reproduction was largely shaped by the oil and gas sector creating what I call a petro-market civilization. However, given the challenges presented by peak oil and global warming, transitioning to a low-carbon or green energy future has gathered increasing attention and investment. In this paper, I …


Crises, Tensions, And Contradictions, Timothy Dimuzio Jan 2012

Crises, Tensions, And Contradictions, Timothy Dimuzio

Timothy DiMuzio

The themes of Part III involve the social consequences of financial crises, new forms of flexible accumulation, the constitution of global labor regimes, deepening processes of commodification associated with sex trafficking and the informal arrangements and legal orders that sanction their existence. A common thread is that a more disciplinary neo-liberal world order corresponds with more precarious forms of social reproduction, intensified exploitation and human insecurity. This is a world where, for example, Gandhi’s ethical imperative to provide security to the most vulnerable is far too frequently, perhaps increasingly, ignored.


Governance And World Order, Timothy Dimuzio, Alejandra Roncallo Jan 2012

Governance And World Order, Timothy Dimuzio, Alejandra Roncallo

Timothy DiMuzio

No abstract provided.


Human In/Security On A Universal Scale, Isabella Bakker, Stephen Gill, Timothy Dimuzio Jan 2012

Human In/Security On A Universal Scale, Isabella Bakker, Stephen Gill, Timothy Dimuzio

Timothy DiMuzio

No abstract provided.


Silencing The Sovereignty Of The Poor In Haiti, Timothy Dimuzio Jan 2012

Silencing The Sovereignty Of The Poor In Haiti, Timothy Dimuzio

Timothy DiMuzio

This chapter is animated by the idea that to write about the silencing of human rights -at least since the Middle Ages -we must try to appreciate how rights have historically been defined in relation to sovereign power and the defence of sovereign authority. With this relation in mind, this chapter sets out to critically investigate the state of non-right imposed on the majority of Haitians and how in doing so, powerful social forces have acted to silence the interests and political aspirations of those on the margins of Haitian society. Here, a state of non-right does not necessarily refer …