Supply Chains And Organizing Against Precarity,
2022
Ohio State University - Main Campus
Supply Chains And Organizing Against Precarity, Benjamin Mckean
Emancipations: A Journal of Critical Social Analysis
As the hegemonic form of international trade, transnational supply chains are potent symbols of global interdependence that can appear as both a cause of precarity, when oriented to them as a worker subjected to capital mobility and corporate domination, and as a welcome cushion to precarity, when oriented to them as a consumer seeking low prices and convenience. In this paper, I explore both how the pandemic-induced failings of transnational supply chains illuminate these contradictions of work and consumption and how we might reorient ourselves to these circumstances so that a broad coalition can more readily identify shared interests in …
Scrutinizing Precarity: In Search Of Emancipatory Potential,
2022
University of Kent at Canterbury - Brussels School of International Studies
Scrutinizing Precarity: In Search Of Emancipatory Potential, Jaime Aznar Erasun
Emancipations: A Journal of Critical Social Analysis
This paper provides a review and discussion on the emancipatory potential of the notion of ‘precarity’. Since the 1980s, the notion of ‘precarity’ has been used increasingly by scholars and activists to account for variegated grievances. Specifically, it has been used to address issues related to the transformations of labour in the XXIst century: neoliberal reorganization of labour markets, increasing unavailability of stable jobs, increased personal debts, debilitating labour unions or the lack of accessible housing among other issues. However, beyond structural grievances voiced by everyday workers, precarity can also serve as an analytical tool to pin down socially induced …
Life And Precarity In The Border Zone Of War: Insights From Ramtha, Jordan,
2022
London School of Economics; Associate of the GIGA
Life And Precarity In The Border Zone Of War: Insights From Ramtha, Jordan, Yazan Doughan
Emancipations: A Journal of Critical Social Analysis
No abstract provided.
Introduction: On The Timeliness Of Precarity-Critique Today,
2022
Mississippi State University
Introduction: On The Timeliness Of Precarity-Critique Today, Paul Apostolidis
Emancipations: A Journal of Critical Social Analysis
Now is a propitious time to re-examine the present forms and political implications of precarity. As my colleagues and I write the essays for this special issue of Emancipations, questions abound regarding the manifestations of precarity that have appeared since popular movements in France first adopted the slogan of ‘the precariat’ in the early 2000s. Then, ‘precarity’ fit as an intuitive name for people’s negatively altered living and working conditions as national governments, corporations and supra-national institutions consolidated neoliberal transformations as, indisputably, the new norm. Two decades hence, should this situation simply be reaffirmed as the not-so new normal?
Neocolonialism In Cape Town: The Municipal Spatial Development Framework (Msdf) Through Critical Theory,
2022
SIT Graduate Institute/SIT Study Abroad
Neocolonialism In Cape Town: The Municipal Spatial Development Framework (Msdf) Through Critical Theory, Emily Dionne
Capstone Collection
Once the apartheid system in South Africa ended in the early 1990s, spatial planning in Cape Town needed to be reassessed to address its historically-racialized use. Led by city planners, this assessment resulted in the 1996 Municipal Spatial Development Framework (MSDF) Technical Report. Yet, there ended up being a disconnect between planning and implementation, and by the late 2000s, economic growth and development had largely remained in the historically-white areas of the city. Meanwhile, historically-Black neighborhoods and communities of color remained systemically neglected. In 2012, a new MSDF was approved to address the shortcomings of these efforts. While some integration …
Coercing Fluently: The Grammar Of Coercion In The Twenty-First Century,
2022
US Army War College
Coercing Fluently: The Grammar Of Coercion In The Twenty-First Century, C. Anthony Pfaff
Books, Monographs & Collaborative Studies
To illustrate the logic and grammar of coercion, this analysis relies on decision-theory methods, such as game theory, that examine the strategic decision-making process in interactions with adversaries and partners. The intent here is not to offer predictive models of rational-actor behavior. Rather, the intent is to use game-theory and similar approaches to understand how coercion works better. This analysis considers competitive interactions between actors that have discrete and qualifiable, if not quantifiable, preferences and who behave rationally, though this analysis acknowledges the behavior that is considered rational is frequently informed by nonrational social, cultural, and psychological factors. Considering these …
Church, Country, Culture: How Three Aspects Of Authoritarianism Predict Support For Donald Trump,
2022
University of Arkansas, Fayetteville
Church, Country, Culture: How Three Aspects Of Authoritarianism Predict Support For Donald Trump, Trenton Leslie
Graduate Theses and Dissertations
In the American bipartisan system, ideologies and beliefs create political views that sort voters between two groups. Political sorting increases polarization based on cultural preferences for an in-group that become ethnocentric views, which develop into ethnocentric cultural politics. I present an augmented concept of authoritarianism in America that encompasses sorting based on aspects of political belief, encapsulating sources of polarization and cultural attachments to political associations.
I develop the argument that authoritarianism is the result of political attachment to identities that feed off one another as individuals identify with an in-group, such as a party platform. My central theory is …
Call For Papers - Special Issue "Solidarity In Theory And Practice",
2022
College of Saint Benedict and Saint John's University
Call For Papers - Special Issue "Solidarity In Theory And Practice"
The Journal of Social Encounters
No abstract provided.
Review Of Faith-Based Organizations In Transnational Peacebuilding,
2022
Eastern Mennonite University
Review Of Faith-Based Organizations In Transnational Peacebuilding, Timothy Seidel
The Journal of Social Encounters
No abstract provided.
Review Of Social Justice And Subsidiarity: Luigi Taparelli And The Origins Of Modern Catholic Social Thought,
2022
Mount St. Mary’s University, MD
Review Of Social Justice And Subsidiarity: Luigi Taparelli And The Origins Of Modern Catholic Social Thought, William J. Collinge
The Journal of Social Encounters
No abstract provided.
Review Of How To Be An Antiracist (An African’S View),
2022
St. Olaf College
Review Of How To Be An Antiracist (An African’S View), Joseph L. Mbele
The Journal of Social Encounters
No abstract provided.
Classics Revisited Review Essay: The Prophets By Abraham Joshua Heschel,
2022
College of Saint Benedict/Saint John’s University
Classics Revisited Review Essay: The Prophets By Abraham Joshua Heschel, John C. Merkle
The Journal of Social Encounters
No abstract provided.
Review Of Joseph Bernardin: Seeking Common Ground,
2022
National Center for the Laity, Chicago, IL
Review Of Joseph Bernardin: Seeking Common Ground, William Droel
The Journal of Social Encounters
No abstract provided.
Bishop Thomas Gumbleton And Pax Christi Usa's Contribution To The 1983 United States Catholic Bishops’ Pastoral Letter, "The Challenge Of Peace: God's Promise And Our Response",
2022
Professor of Religious Studies, Manhattan College (retired)
Bishop Thomas Gumbleton And Pax Christi Usa's Contribution To The 1983 United States Catholic Bishops’ Pastoral Letter, "The Challenge Of Peace: God's Promise And Our Response", Joseph J. Fahey
The Journal of Social Encounters
This essay is a personal reflection on the contribution that Bishop Thomas Gumbleton and Pax Christi USA made to the creation of the U.S. Bishops’ 1983 pastoral letter on peace. It begins with the early history of Pax Christi USA and discusses activities through the years that led to the U.S. Bishops’ letter on peace in 1983. These activities include: Call to Action 1976; Bishops’ Masses for Peace; the Pax Christi USA Disarmament Commission; a discussion of the debate on May 1-3, 1983 on the letter that resulted in a 238-9 vote in favor of the letter; pastoral letters published …
The Fierce Urgency Of The Slow: How Pope Francis Is Calling Us To Save The Planet,
2022
Emeritus Professor of Theology University of St. Thomas, Minnesota, USA
The Fierce Urgency Of The Slow: How Pope Francis Is Calling Us To Save The Planet, Gerald W. Schlabach
The Journal of Social Encounters
Addressing the urgent issues facing humanity today, in his recent encyclical on social friendship, Fratelli Tutti, Pope Francis reminds us that it is “all the more urgent that we rethink our styles of life, our relationships, the organization of our societies and, above all, the meaning of our existence” (no. 33). In this and in his previous encyclical on care for creation, Laudato Si’, Francis makes clear that we do not have a moment to waste. None of his diagnosis should “be read as a cool and detached description of today’s problems” (no. 56).
Before an onslaught of urgency backfires …
Catholic Peacebuilding In Times Of Crisis: Hope For A Wounded World: A Summary With Link To Recordings Of Presentations,
2022
Catholic Peacebuilding Network - University of Notre Dame
Catholic Peacebuilding In Times Of Crisis: Hope For A Wounded World: A Summary With Link To Recordings Of Presentations, Gerard Powers
The Journal of Social Encounters
No abstract provided.
Remembering Drew Christiansen, S.J., Distinguished Advisor On Peacebuilding For The U.S. Catholic Bishops,
2022
College of Saint Benedict and Saint John's University
Remembering Drew Christiansen, S.J., Distinguished Advisor On Peacebuilding For The U.S. Catholic Bishops, Gerard Powers
The Journal of Social Encounters
No abstract provided.
A Beacon Of Hope In A Troubled Context: Sketches Of The Life Of Mons. Paride Taban, Shepherd And Bridge-Builder,
2022
College of Saint Benedict and Saint John's University
A Beacon Of Hope In A Troubled Context: Sketches Of The Life Of Mons. Paride Taban, Shepherd And Bridge-Builder, Alberto Eisman Torres
The Journal of Social Encounters
Monsignor Paride Taban, Bishop emeritus of the Diocese of Torit in Southern Sudan, is a multifaceted figure. Apart from his role as pastor and religious leader, he is an outstanding peace builder and the co-founder of the New Sudan Council of Churches, one of the most significant civil society institutions during the second civil war (1983 – 2005). This institution spearheaded numerous ecumenical initiatives including development work, humanitarian relief, training of grass-roots leaders and last but not least peace mediation. He is a relentless fighter for peaceful coexistence and tolerance in an environment marked by violence, oppression and impunity and …
Review Essay: Archbishop Raymond Hunthausen: A Still And Quiet Conscience,
2022
Professor Emeritus, University of Dayton
Review Essay: Archbishop Raymond Hunthausen: A Still And Quiet Conscience, William L. Portier
The Journal of Social Encounters
No abstract provided.
Archbishop Antonio J. Ledesma: Advocate Of Peace And Development,
2022
Miriam College - Quezon City, Philippines
Archbishop Antonio J. Ledesma: Advocate Of Peace And Development, Loreta Navarro-Castro
The Journal of Social Encounters
This essay describes the advocacy of Archbishop Antonio J. Ledesma, currently the co-president of Pax Christi Philippines and archbishop emeritus of the archdiocese of Cagayan de Oro, Mindanao, Philippines, towards peace and development not only in Mindanao but also throughout the country. He is a strong proponent of interreligious dialogue and the importance of addressing the roots of the armed conflict so there can be an enduring peace in the Philippines and beyond.
