Depoliticisation and the politics of imperialism

Sutton, Alex

doi:10.1057/s41293-016-0024-6

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“…However the agency of migrants, 'bearers' of labour power, in challenging this politics of control and manipulation as part of contemporary class struggles and worker resistance are equally central in any comprehensive account of contested politics of migration (Mezzadra and Neilson, 2013: 20; see also Dinerstein, 2002). 4 See, for example, Burnham (2001;, Copley (2019), Kettell (2004;), Rogers (2009, Sutton (2017). 5 Nevertheless it is important to note that Marx acknowledged the role of colonialism in the Americas, Africa and India as part of a global process of primitive accumulation in the advent of capitalism as it emerged at the end of the seventeenth century in England (Marx, [1867] 1990: 915 cited by Anievas and Nisancioglu, 2013: 84).…”

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“…As noted in the introduction, the study of depoliticization in British politics has tended to focus on economic policymaking (Burnham 2001, Kettell 2004, Rogers 2009. This literature has considered a variety of cases, including the role of gender in appointing Mark Carney as Governor of the Bank of England (Clarke & Roberts 2014), post-war strategies of imperialism (Sutton 2017), and credit control deregulation by the Heath government (Copley 2017). Moreover, there has been considerable work undertaken on the failures of depoliticization as a governing strategy (Kettell 2008;Warner 2019).…”

Section: The State and The Depoliticisation Of Immigration Policymentioning

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British immigration policy, depoliticisation and Brexit

Dönmez

Sutton

2020

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This paper seeks to problematize the historical significance of the EU for British governing strategy with reference to immigration policy and the concept of depoliticisation. Situating British governing strategy in terms of the crisis-prone nature of capitalist society, this paper argues that British immigration policy has been depoliticised through, initially, the invocation of globalisation and, more recently, the EU. Through this strategy, the British state has been able to repeatedly claim that immigration policy is largely out of its hands, as they have no control over workers wishing to enter Britain looking for work. This paper makes three claims: firstly, immigration policy has been used as a means by both Conservative and Labour governments to manage inflation and labour; secondly, successive governments have sought to depoliticise immigration policy through reference to external forces; thirdly, this strategy of depoliticisation ultimately failed, politicising Britain's relationship with the EU and creating conditions for Britain's exit from the EU.

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Section: The State and The Depoliticisation Of Immigration Policymentioning

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British immigration policy, depoliticisation and Brexit

Dönmez

Sutton

2020

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“…Debates between advocates of Open Marxism and competing perspectives have contributed a great deal to sharpening our analytical tools (Bieler and Morton, 2003; Bieler et al, 2010; Bruff, 2009; Dönmez and Sutton, 2016; Roberts, 2002; Tsolakis, 2010). Of particular importance is the work of Bieler et al (2010: 30), who argue that Open Marxist contributions presenting depoliticisation as a governing strategy (Burnham, 2001b; Kettell, 2004; Rogers, 2009; Sutton, 2016) betray a latent state-centrism. Their primary concern with the activities of state managers leaves the analysis devoid of class character.…”

Section: Conceptualising Resistance To Depoliticised Governingmentioning

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(Re)politicising ‘the governmental’: Resisting the Industrial Relations Act 1971

Warner

2019

The British Journal of Politics and International Relations

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This article is an account of the failure of the Industrial Relations Act that places resistance at its heart. This is achieved through application of the (de/re)politicisation framework, uncovering how this attempt to depoliticise the reform of industrial relations was resisted and re-politicisation achieved. The article argues that (re)politicisation is best understood through an analysis of informal processes of struggle involving non-governmental actors. By adopting a critical political economy perspective informed by Open Marxism, the so-called state-centrism of the governmental level is eschewed. New archival evidence demonstrates the importance of not only addressing the imposition of this governing strategy, but also the active role of organised labour when engaged in resistance to it. Thus, this article steps ‘beyond the governmental’ to argue that adequate conceptualisation of resistance at the societal level is a necessary part of understanding how depoliticised governing is shaped, imposed, transformed and potentially undermined.

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“…In particular, these are intensified under crisis conditions, forcing the governments and politicians to reiterate and reinstate depoliticisation in various forms (Bonefeld et. al., 1995;Burnham, 2001Burnham, , 2014Kettell, 2004;Rogers, 2009;Sutton, 2016).…”

Section: -State Crisis and (De)politicisation In The Management Of mentioning

confidence: 99%