Dear all,
Please find below details of a forthcoming public seminar, hosted by the
Regeneration Institute at Cardiff University.
Warm regards,
Becca
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*Regeneration Institute Public Seminar*
'Bubble, Bubble, Toil and Trouble': The Political Economy of Brown's Britain
Dr Matthew Watson, University of Warwick
Wednesday 12th December, 5.00pm
Committee Rooms 1 and 2, Glamorgan Building, King Edward VII Avenue, Cardiff
University, Cardiff
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The title 'bubble, bubble, toil and trouble' provides a surprisingly telling
characterisation of the political economy of New Labour. According to
Matthew Watson, this has four primary features: (i) bubble one - continual
attempts to inflate the housing market bubble still further; (ii) bubble two
- ongoing attempts to manage the effects of the bursting of the tech-stock
bubble; (iii) toil - the intensification of the work process as a means of
prefiguring the move towards a system of asset-based welfare; and (iv)
trouble - storing up potential sources of economic contradiction for the
future. These features rely on the reconstitution of the economic agent as
financialised subject, but at the same time the pro-cyclical activities of
financialised agents introduce a pathology of weakness into the structures
of the British economy.
Matthew Watson is Reader in Political Economy in the Department of Politics
and International Studies at the University of Warwick. His two most recent
books are both with Palgrave Macmillan, one entitled 'Foundations of
International Political Economy' (2005), and the other entitled 'The
Political Economy of International Capital Mobility'
(2007).
Drinks reception 5.00pm - Seminar Starts 5.30pm
****If you wish to attend or have any further queries, please contact Nicola
Milsom on [log in to unmask] or Becca Edwards on
[log in to unmask] Alternatively, please call the Regeneration
Institute on 029 208 76014****
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