Authoritarian Populism, Two Nations, and Thatcherism

This on-line version is the pre-copyedited, preprint version. The published version can be found here: Bob Jessop, Kevin Bonnett, Simon Bromley, Tom Ling, ‘Authoritarian Populism, Two Nations, and Thatcherism’, New Left Review 1984, No. 147, pp. 32-60. Faced with the devastating electoral and political successes of Thatcherism in the past five years, the British Left responded…

Lectures on Gramsci

This module introduces the work of Antonio Gramsci and its relevance to the arts, humanities and social sciences. It deals with the life and work of Gramsci, outlines the principal influences on his intellectual and political analyses, and some key concepts deployed in his work. At the end of the course, participants will have gained…

Accumulation Strategies, State Forms, and Hegemonic Projects

This on-line version is the pre-copyedited, preprint version. The published version can be found here:  ‘Accumulation strategies, state forms, and hegemonic projects’, Kapitalistate, 10, 89-111, 1983.  Despite the burgeoning literature on the state in capitalist societies, we are still ill-equipped to deal with some fundamental theoretical problems. The search for solutions has often led Marxists…

Althusser, Poulantzas, Buci-Glucksmann: Elaborations of Gramsci’s Concept of the integral State

This on-line version is the pre-copyedited, preprint, English version. The published version can be found here: ‘Althusser, Poulantzas, Buci-Glucksmann: Weiterentwicklung von Gramscis Konzept des integralen Staats’, in S. Buckel and A. Fischer-Lescano, eds, Hegemonie gepanzert mit Zwang. Zivilgesellschaft und Politik im Staats-verständnis Antonio Gramscis, Baden-Baden, Nomos, 43-65, 2007. *** This chapter explores some ways in…

The Capitalist State and the Rule of Capital: Problems in the Analysis of Business Associations

This on-line version is the pre-copyedited, preprint version. The published version can be found here: ‘The capitalist state and the rule of capital: problems in the analysis of business associations’, West European Politics, 6 (2), 139-62, 1983. *** This paper explore some theoretical problems involved in making an adequate empirical analysis of employers’ organizations and…

Towards a Cultural International Political Economy: Post-Structuralism and the Italian School

This on-line version is the pre-copyedited, preprint version. The published version can be found here: ‘Towards a cultural international political economy: post-structuralism and the Italian School’, (co-authored with N-L. Sum) in M. de Goede, ed., International Political Economy and Post-Structural Politics, Basingstoke: Palgrave, 157-76, 2006. *** By: Bob Jessop and Ngai-Ling Sum This chapter seeks…

A neo-Gramscian approach to the regulation of urban regimes: accumulation strategies, hegemonic projects, and governance

This on-line version is the pre-copyedited, preprint version. The published version can be found here: ‘A neo-Gramscian approach to the regulation of urban regimes’, in M. Lauria, ed., Reconstructing Urban Regime Theory, London: Sage, 51-73, 1997.   The perspective on urban regimes presented here is based on a neo-Gramscian reading of the regulation approach as…