nep-pke New Economics Papers
on Post Keynesian Economics
Issue of 2009‒10‒03
three papers chosen by
Karl Petrick
University of the West Indies

  1. 'Services' in Marxian Economic Thought By Tregenna, F.
  2. Transdisciplinarity and Social Innovation Research By Andreas Novy; Barbara Beinstein
  3. International organizations and world society: studying global policy development in public policy By Jakobi, Anja P.

  1. By: Tregenna, F.
    Abstract: The services sector has grown as a share of GDP and employment in most countries in recent years, and there has been increasing interest in understanding this sector and in its growth potential. This article analyses the meaning and nature of the 'services sector' from a Marxian perspective. Marx did not analyse 'services' as such (although he did discuss certain types of activities that are currently classified as services), and 'sectors' are not the units of his economic analysis. From a Marxian approach, an activity needs to be analysed in terms of its location in the circuit of capital and its relationship with the production of surplus-value. The 'services sector' includes activities which are highly heterogeneous in these terms, including activities in which surplus-value is directly produced, activities which facilitate the production of surplus-value elsewhere (or increase the rate at which it is produced), and activities that stand outside of the circuit of capital. Marxian tools of analysis yield particular insights into the nature of various types of service activities, which is helpful in understanding sectoral structure and the potential implications of changes therein.
    Keywords: Marx, services, circulation, surplus-value, sectors, commodities
    JEL: B14 B31 B51 L80
    Date: 2009–09–24
    URL: http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:cam:camdae:0935&r=pke
  2. By: Andreas Novy; Barbara Beinstein
    Date: 2009
    URL: http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:wiw:wiwsre:sre-disc-2009_01&r=pke
  3. By: Jakobi, Anja P.
    Abstract: This article develops a theoretical framework to analyze the rise and spread of global public policy. After an introduction to the background of sociological institutionalism, it first elaborates on the role and functions of international organizations, identifying instruments by which these can disseminate policies and influence domestic policy processes. Second, conditions of global agenda setting and policy diffusion are presented; building up a model of global policy development, a frame in which the worldwide spread of global public policy can be analyzed. Third, I present a case study of global policy development, namely the rise of lifelong learning as part of current education policy. In the concluding part I briefly summarize central findings and elaborate on the potential and the shortcoming of the idea. The article mainly has a conceptual aim, but strictly relies on empirical material. ; In diesem Arbeitspapier präsentiere ich einen theoretischen Rahmen zur Analyse politischer Internationalisierungsprozesse. Nach einer Einleitung in theoretische Annahmen des soziologischen Institutionalismus und der Idee einer Weltkultur werden zentrale Funktionen internationaler Organisationen dargestellt, mit denen politischen Ziele verbreiten und nationalstaatliche Politikprozesse beeinflussen. In einem weiteren Schritt werden Bedingungen globalen Agenda-Settings’ und globaler Politikdiffusion präsentiert. Diese werden dann in einem Model eines globalen Politikzyklus zusammengeführt. Eine Anwendung erfolgt im Anschluss anhand des Beispiels von Lebenslanges Lernen’, ein zentrales Ziel weltweiter bildungspolitischer Konzepte. In den Schlussbemerkungen fasse ich zentrale Ergebnisse zusammen und prüfe die Übertragbarkeit auf andere Fälle. Das Papier hat vorrangig ein theoretisches und konzeptionelles Ziel, basierend auf empirischen Ergebnissen
    Date: 2009
    URL: http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:zbw:sfb597:81&r=pke

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