Polanyi’s Double Movement and the Reconstruction of Critical Theory

Block, Fred

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“…The stage expansion of the productive forces reached in capitalism would not allow further development without causing cyclic economic crises and social impacts, making socialist transformation inevitable. For Polanyi, the core contradiction was that selfregulating markets are not able to produce and maintain economic and social order because of their deficiencies and inevitable responses, necessarily requiring government intervention (Block, 2008).…”

Section: An Apparent Contradictionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…imperfect markets, externalities, imperfect information etc.). It is also currently more evident that reciprocity is a fundamental norm of action in modern societies (Block, 2008). Moreover, Amartya Sen's liberal paradox (1970) has shown the inherent contradiction in the classical liberal JANUS.NET, e-journal of International Relations e-ISSN: 1647-7251 Vol.…”

Section: Polanyi's Enduring Contributionsmentioning

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The significance of Polanyi’s contribution: an interpretation of neoliberalization and commodification of nature

Iannuzzi¹

2018

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Ph.D. student in Globalization Studies (FCSH-UNL, Portugal) and researcher at CENSE -Environment and Sustainability Research Centre (FCT-UNL). She holds a master degree in International Relations from the Faculty of Political Sciences of the University of Florence, where she graduated in International Studies. She has a postgraduate diploma in Sustainable Cities (FCT-UNL). As a researcher, she has been involved in European projects in the field of environmental and green economy policies and has been conducting research on national and international policy instruments and co-governance models for nature conservation. AbstractPolanyi's analysis and contributions have been brought back into discussion due to the rapid emergence of market-based instruments designed to tackle environmental degradation.Polanyi is a crucial reference in current debates on globalization and international political economy. This article seeks to explore and discuss how his perspective, and the founding concepts of his work, can help us to interpret the current process of the neoliberalization and commodification of nature.

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Section: An Apparent Contradictionmentioning

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Section: Polanyi's Enduring Contributionsmentioning

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The significance of Polanyi’s contribution: an interpretation of neoliberalization and commodification of nature

Iannuzzi¹

2018

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“…As Polanyi astutely observed, "If the movement for laissez-faire simply argued that expanding markets would create more profi t opportunities for certain fi rms, their arguments would have little resonance" (see also Block, 2008). As Polanyi astutely observed, "If the movement for laissez-faire simply argued that expanding markets would create more profi t opportunities for certain fi rms, their arguments would have little resonance" (see also Block, 2008).…”

Section: Restoring the Second Movement: Connecting Inequality And Envmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Sociologist Frances Fox Piven's (2008) concept of "interdependent power" provides insight into how counter-movements can make gains, given that they often comprise the individuals in most need of protection (Block, 2008). Sociologist Frances Fox Piven's (2008) concept of "interdependent power" provides insight into how counter-movements can make gains, given that they often comprise the individuals in most need of protection (Block, 2008).…”

Section: Restoring the Second Movement: Connecting Inequality And Envmentioning

confidence: 99%

Social Change and the Coming of Post-Consumer Society

Brown

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Cohen³

2017

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Consumer society is an unquestionably complex social construct. However, after decades of unremitting dominance there are signs emerging that it is starting to falter, both as a coherent and durable system of social organization and as a strategy for societal advancement. Debates concerning how we can transition beyond present energy-and materials-intensive consumer society are beginning to gain greater salience.Social Change and the Coming of Post-Consumer Society aims to develop more complete appreciation of the relevant processes of social change and to identify effective interventions that could enable a transition to supersede consumer society. Bringing together leading interdisciplinary experts on social change, the book identifi es and analyzes several ongoing small-and modest-scale social experiments. Possibilities for macro-scale change from the interlinked perspectives of culture, economics, fi nance, and governance are then explored. These contributions expose the systemic problems that are emblematic of the current condition of consumer society, specifi cally the unsustainability of prevailing consumption practices and lifestyles and the persistence of inequalities. These observations are summarized and extended in the fi nal chapter of the book. This volume will be of great interest to students and scholars of sustainable consumption, sustainability transitions, environmental sociology, and sustainable development.Comprising edited collections, co-authored volumes and single author monographs, Routledge-SCORAI Studies in Sustainable Consumption aims to advance conceptual and empirical contributions to this new and important fi eld of study. In particular, this series will explore key issues such as the emergence of new modes of household provisioning, the evolution toward post-consumerist systems of social organization, novel approaches to consumption governance and innovative business models for sustainable lifestyles.The Sustainable Con sumption Research and Action Initiative (SCORAI) is an international knowledge network of approximately 1000 scholars and policy practitioners working at the interface of material consumption, human wellbeing, and technological and cultural change. For more information about SCORAI and its activities please visit www.scorai.org."Climate change, water shortages, and toxins in our food, air, and water. Loneliness and depression. Erosion of traditional values. These are among the problems that experts tell us we must solve for humanity to thrive, or even survive. However, these threats are symptoms of a deeper pathology, namely the desire for endless growth in consumption and the substitution of material goods for human relationships. This book sets out theory to understand how this came to be and what might be done about it, from an explicitly multidisciplinary perspective. The book also provides compelling accounts of exciting experiments in sustainable consumption now underway as people around the world seek to live within the limits of our fi nite planet, and in so...

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“…The naturally self-destructive tendencies of the self-regulated economy, however, eventually gave way to its many internal contradictions, leaving space for a necessary counter-movement that now seeks to rebuild the relationship between capital and labour, and to rebuild the definition of what is the public interest." Block (2008) proposes a perspective on why the protective counter movements have been weak throughout the neo-liberal regime. Since the late 1970s, in the United States primarily and generally throughout the world, laisser-faire economics saw many victories; however, counter-movements strong enough to challenge state policies did not make an appearance until 2006.…”

Section: The Use Of Polanyi's Thought By Other Theoristsmentioning

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Austerity and Societal Response: The Double Movement in Post-Crisis Canada

Grigorieva¹

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Through the application of Karl Polanyi's theory of the Double Movement and his concepts of embedded and disembedded economies, the thesis evaluates the contemporary situation in Canada post global financial crisis of 2008. Post-crisis policies and actions of the federal government in the form of financial support to financial institutions, stimulus packages and the ensuing austerity measures are evaluated alongside the societal response to these actions, which is observed through anti-austerity discourse, with special reference to the Occupy Movement across Canada and the Quebec Student Movement. As a result of the high level of neo-liberal entrenchment in Canada a strong move towards re-embedding the economy within the sphere of social influence has not been able to materialize. However, the presence of these sites of resistance represents the evidence of the Double Movement and may be the leading edge of a potential swing of the pendulum towards more socio-democratic control over the economy in the future.

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Polanyi’s Double Movement and the Reconstruction of Critical Theory

Cited by 56 publications

References 23 publications

The significance of Polanyi’s contribution: an interpretation of neoliberalization and commodification of nature

The significance of Polanyi’s contribution: an interpretation of neoliberalization and commodification of nature

Social Change and the Coming of Post-Consumer Society

Austerity and Societal Response: The Double Movement in Post-Crisis Canada

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