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In "Polanyi in Brussels", Sidney Tarrow uses Karl Polanyi's concept of "movement and counter-movement", "embedding and disembedding" to examine the relationship between the European Union, national states, and neo-liberalism. He argues that while the primary commitment of the EU's institutions is "market-making" (a contemporary example of Polanyi's "movement") there are counter-tendencies, especially in the European Court of Justice's policies of market-modification. Will this produce a European democracy? Tarrow is dubious but he does see the possibility of a European civil society growing out of the intermediation of the EU between national states, their citizens, and the forces of globalization.
Hungarian economist and social theorist Karl Polanyi (1886-1964) is known for his opposition to traditional economic thought. His most important book is "The Great Transformation", published in 1944.
Sidney Tarrow is Maxwell M. Upson Professor of Government and Professor of Sociology at Cornell University. His most recent books are Power in Movement (Cambridge University Press 1994, 1998), Dynamics of Contention (with Doug McAdam and Charles Tilly, Cambridge University Press 2001), Transnational Protest and Global Activism (with Donatella della Porta, Rowman and Littlefield 2004), The New Transnational Activism (Cambridge University Press 2005) and Contentious Politics (with Charles Tilly, Paradigm 2006).
Information on participating / attending:
Please reply by May 14, 2007 to Karolina May-Chu: may-chu@wzb.eu; Fax: 030-25 49 15 43.
Date:
05/15/2007 17:00 - 05/15/2007 20:00
Event venue:
Reichpietschufer 50, Raum A 310
10785 Berlin-Tiergarten
Berlin
Germany
Target group:
Journalists, Scientists and scholars
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Relevance:
international
Subject areas:
History / archaeology, Law, Politics, Social studies
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Entry:
05/03/2007
Sender/author:
Dr. Paul Stoop
Department:
Presse- und Öffentlichkeitsarbeit
Event is free:
yes
Language of the text:
English
URL of this event: http://idw-online.de/en/event20334
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