Collective Viewings of Value(s) and the Struggle for What is Valuable: The Case of Grassroots Initiatives by Irene Sotiropoulou

“…The main scope of the article is to explore the theoretical issues that emerge from the grassroots practices and analyse ways by which those practices challenge or even defy the dominant economic structures, perceptions and theories about value. …”
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Historical Materialism Seen Through the Lens of Magical Realism: Gender Relationships in ‘Nights at the Circus’ by Emilija Dimitrijevic

“…This essay argues that specific to Carter’s writing is the view of gender discourse as yet another form of idealization of dominant economic relationships. Classical Marxist theory begins with the analysis of capitalism under the Industrial Revolution and extends it to consider its implications in less developed economies. …”
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Soutenir la justice épistémique par la formation réciproque au cœur d’initiatives citoyennes de transition énergétique porteuse de justice sociale by Laurence Brière, Guillaume Moreau, Maude Prud’homme, Isabel Orellana, Marie-Ève Marleau, Martine Chatelain

“…The eco-citizen movement for an energy transition is working to transform the dominant economic-energy system aiming for social justice and respect for the environment. …”
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La télévision et l’enseignement professionnel : représentation de la massification scolaire et changement de paradigme socio-économique (1977-1987) by Jérôme Krop

“…How did the televisual discourse account for it during this pivotal period of the 1970s-1980s, which is undergoing a profound change in the dominant economic and social paradigm? The study of audiovisual archives kept by the National Audiovisual Institute (INA) shows how the question of vocational education is integrated into a wider discourse, between denouncing the supposed gravities of the education system and exaltation of the modernizing work in progress, even as the media field is profoundly upset by the liberalization of the audiovisual sector.…”
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Between Conventionalization and Civic Agriculture: Emerging Trends in the Chilean Agroecological Movement by Beatriz Cid-Aguayo

“…Thus, it is relevant to enquire about the exercise of individual and collective citizenship on the part of agricultural producers who attempt to challenge — or at least make a difference — within this dominant economic and productive model. This paper explores the development and current state of the agroecological movement in Chile as an expression of civic agriculture representing a Polanyian countermovement developed by diverse actors against the dominant discourse and practices of the "Chilean agro-food power." …”
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Grant-back Clauses in Patent Licensing Agreements by Mostafa Bakhtiarvand, Majid Sarbazian

“…It is forbidden if it is regarded as an unfair term oras an abusive of dominant economic conditions.…”
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Not just political parties: Robert Michels as a critic of mainstream economics by Emanuela Susca

“…In this paper, I examine some significant passages from Michels' writings to clarify the significance of his criticism of the dominant economics of his time. This provides an overview of an author partly conditioned by his adherence to Italian fascism but still able to distance himself progressively from productivist ideology while anticipating current lines of research focusing on the relationship between the market and society, such as civil economy. …”
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Security challenges for the Federal Republic of Germany : Demographic changes of population and immigration by Dulović Ljubomir, Milojević Žarko

“…In order to preserve the dominant economic position on the European continent and maintain the required level of population growth, the Federal Republic of Germany implements the model based on the influx of population and foreign workforce. …”
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Making Sense of Civic Enterprise. Social Innovation, Participatory Democracy and the Administrative State by Hendrik Wagenaar

“…I conclude that CEs suffer from a democratic paradox: although they demonstrate considerable innovative potential, this goes unacknowledged by dominant economic-political institutions.</span><br />…”
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Selfish or altruistic? A social experiment to promote cooperative behavior in the marketplace by Victoria Giarrizzo, Sandra Maceri

“…Markets are systems composed of complex relationships, and many transactions are usually conducted in anonymity. The dominant economic theory holds that people are completely selfish and individualistic beings. …”
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Natural law and the rights of nature – in search of more effective environmental protection by Samanta Kowalska

“…Appealing to common axioms, the idea of the rights of nature favours overcoming the limitations resulting from property law and the currently dominant economic and utilitarian factors. The paper arguesthat the environmentally-profiled rights of nature can become an ally in environmental protection. …”
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Village Funds in Indonesia: Impacts on Sustainable Agricultural Development by Penggalih P M, Saraswat Y, Hanjagi D W, Dewandini S K R, Lestari E S

“…As agriculture remains a dominant economic pursuit in rural Indonesia, it is vital that future allocations strike a balance between infrastructure and human resources. …”
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ECONOMIC LAWS OF SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT AS DETERMINING FACTORS FOR FOSTERING THE COMPETENT PERSONALITY OF THE 21ST CENTURY. by N. V. Ronzhina

“…The author classifies the economic laws according to their impact to various spheres of social life, and the society’s development level; and emphasizes the fact that tasks and outcomes of professional training are conditioned by dominating economic factors of a specific historical period.While the pre-industrial era required both craftsmen and intellectual elite – governors, politicians, philosophers; the industrial era, due to cooperation and labor division, required widely qualified workers; the postindustrial society has a need for multilevel professional workers dealing with information and communications technologies, and endowed with communication skills, creativity, mobility, capacity for self-education and self development.The author considers the economic laws of labor division and variation, their relevance as well as transformation in the course of time, and outlines the future needs both for narrow and versatile specialists capable of fulfilling the complex technological tasks.…”
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“Nothing for Free”: Intermediary actors and cross-scalar knowledge translation for climate adaptation in the Mekong Delta by Jacob Weger

“…Exploring strategies of translation and the interests they reflect, it finds that knowledge for adaptation is largely constrained by the dominant economic development agenda, where neoliberal discourses and state goals of "building socialism" intersect in defining the success of adaptation and its ideal subjects. …”
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The State and Accumulation under Contemporary Capitalism by Paramjit Singh, Balwinder Singh Tiwana

“…In the light of these facts, the present paper makes an attempt to scrutinize the role of state in the accumulation process, which has evolved with the evolution of social classes and has been dominating economic and social affairs in accordance with the needs of the dominant class. …”
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Islamic central banking in theory and practice by Lekpek Ahmedin, Šabotić Zenaida

“…During the centuries of evolution of central banking, numerous models and instruments of monetary policy were developed, the application of which depended largely on the political environment and the dominant economic model in specific countries. Unlike conventional central banking, Islamic central banking has been in global economic practice for only a few decades. …”
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Capitalisation of the Media Industry From a Political Economy Perspective by Manfred Knoche

“…This article therefore shows that the analysis of the development processes of capitalism as the undoubtedly globally dominant economic and social system from a political economy perspective makes it possible to analyse, explain, and partly forecast the economisation or commercialisation process in the media industry in an academically appropriate way with regard to its causes, forms, consequences, and further development. …”
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Distortion of sectoral roles in climate change threatens climate goals by Naomi Cohen-Shields, Tianyi Sun, Steven P. Hamburg, Ilissa B. Ocko

“…The longstanding method for reporting greenhouse gas emissions—carbon dioxide equivalence (CO2e)—systematically underestimates methane-dominated economic sectors' contributions to warming in the coming decades. …”
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Urban Development and Transportation: Investigating Spatial Performance Indicators of 12 European Union Coastal Regions by Paraskevas Nikolaou, Socrates Basbas

“…Urbanization is one of the most dominant economic and social changes of the 20th century. …”
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Le renouvellement de la pensée économique durant la crise des années 1930. Le découplage théorie économique / politique économique by Jean-François Ponsot, Michel Rocca

“…The article concludes that the crisis implies a decoupling between economic theory and economic policy, leaning on the concomitance of three dynamics: the renewal of the dominant economic thought, the emergence of a heterodox theory, and the setting up of innovative public policies by pragmatic policy makers. …”
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