http://hdl.handle.net/2173/4178 Sun, 26 May 2013 01:25:22 GMT 2013-05-26T01:25:22Z http://www.e-space.mmu.ac.uk:80/e-space/retrieve/8025/igs.gif http://hdl.handle.net/2173/4178 http://hdl.handle.net/2173/92098 Title: Forget the transnational state Authors: Cammack, Paul Abstract: This paper offers a critique of the ideas of the “transnational capitalist class” and “transnational state” advanced by William Robinson. It argues that the concepts and their theoretical underpinning are fundamentally flawed, and therefore that the idea of the “transnational state” should be abandoned. (pp. 79–97) Description: Full-text of this article is not available in this e-prints service. This article was originally published in Geopolitics, History, and International Relations, published by and copyright Addleton Academic Publishers. Thu, 01 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/2173/92098 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/2173/92082 Title: Why are some people better off than others? Authors: Cammack, Paul Abstract: High and rising levels of inequality in much of the world are shown to stem from neoliberal reform, and to be particularly acute in the United States and the UK. Three approaches to understanding this are compared: liberal globalism, global developmentalism, and historical materialism. In line with the third of these, rising inequality is explained in terms of a shift in power from labour to capital. Thu, 01 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/2173/92082 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/2173/92097 Title: Smart power and US leadership: a critique of Joseph Nye Authors: Cammack, Paul Abstract: This paper subjects Joseph Nye’s advocacy of soft power (recently repackaged as ‘smart’ power) to critical scrutiny, and reflects on the implications for US global leadership. It shows that Nye’s position is far from multilateralist, still insisting as it does on hard power supremacy and the need for America to lead. It then argues that the case made is weak, both in theory (because of a misuse of collective action theory) and in practice (because of the evidence he himself provides that America is unable to provide constructive, co-operative leadership). It concludes that the best contribution that America could make to global stability would be to relinquish the claim to leadership, not only in cases where it is at odds with the international community, or widely seen as itself the source of instability, but particularly in cases where shared perspectives regarding common goals and approaches do exist. Description: Full-text of this article is available at http://www.49thparallel.bham.ac.uk/back/issue22/1_Cammack.pdf Tue, 01 Jan 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/2173/92097 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/2173/92081 Title: Poverty, policy and the politics of competitiveness Authors: Cammack, Paul Abstract: There is a consensus among global governing elites and international institutions on policies appropriate for the alleviation of poverty. It centres on the restructuring of social institutions and relations to enhance competitiveness. The OECD, the World Bank, the UNDP and the UK are presented as examples. Tue, 01 Jan 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/2173/92081 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z