Neo-liberal Governmentality in post-Nazi Germany’s Ordoliberal Political Economy Discourse (1948 –1962)

political economy of china in central asia

this research is about the political economy of china in central asia. in this research the political & economic interactions affected on chinas political economy in central asia are examined. chinas goal of presence in central asia including political-security, economic and energy goals is described in one part. in another part, the trade relations between china and central asian countries ar...

The political logic of discourse: a neo-Gramscian view

This article contrasts Mark Bevir’s approach to the history of ideas with a neoGramscian theory of discourse. Bevir puts the case for an ‘anti-foundationalist’ approach to understanding ideas, yet he defends a weak rationalism centred on individual intentions as the original source of all meanings. Discourse theorists specifically Ernesto Laclau and Chantal Mouffe also adopt an anti-foundationa...

CLAIMING ENTITLEMENTS IN ‘NEO-LIBERAL’ INDIA Mumbai’s Ex-millworkers’ Political Mobilisation on the Rehabilitation Question

The last two decades of the 20 th century and the first decade of the 21 st century witnessed the decline and eventual closure of large scale industries in Indian cities such as Ahmedabad, Mumbai, Kolkata and Kanpur. The closure of large scale industries not only resulted in the dispersal of once organised workforce into the informal sector but also had negative implications for the politics of...

Leadership and the Function of Discourse on International Political Economy

This study focuses on the concept of leadership. It aims to explain the relationship between language and leadership. In this theoretical essay, firstly, the concept of leadership is discussed and then the relationship between semiotics, language, and discourse is described. Taking the obtained theoretical frame as a base, the function of language as a sign of leadership is studied within the f...

Human Rights in the Neo-liberal Imagination