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RE-INVENTING KARL POLANYI: ON THE CONTRADICTORY INTERPRETATIONS OF SOCIAL PROTECTIONISM

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Drahokoupil J.
Sociologický časopis. Czech Sociological Review
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2004
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vol. 40
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issue 6
835-849
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The ideas of Karl Polanyi's 'The Great Transformation' have often been referred to in the recent debates that have emerged as a reaction to the rise of neo-liberal policies. This paper deals with contradictory interpretations of the notion of social protectionism in the work of Karl Polanyi. There are two opposing interpretations distinguished here. The first interprets social protectionism as a balancing principle of economic liberalism. The second understands social protectionism as a part of market pathology. In order to assess the validity of competing interpretations, the author puts forth an account of social protectionism in the context of Polanyi's theory of the economy and society. The author concludes that the popular notion of social protectionism as a balancing principle of economic liberalism does not correspond to Polanyi's theory. In addition, the author offers a skeptical commentary on the utility of Polanyi for understanding social protectionism in social analysis.
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POST-FORDIST CAPITALISM IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC:THE INVESTMENT OF FLEXTRONICS IN BRNO

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Drahokoupil J.
Sociologický časopis. Czech Sociological Review
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2004
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vol. 40
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issue 3
343-362
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Drawing on the author's case study of one 'unsuccessful' attempt of the Czech Republic and Brno to lure foreign capital to the city of Brno, this article attempts to provide incentives for rethinking the theories of post-Fordism in order to theorise about the particular, local articulation of capitalism(s) in East Central Europe. The author presents selected findings from the case study with the intention of introducing and demonstrating the utility of the form-analytic, strategic-relational approach and some of the post-Fordist theories in analysing capitalism and socio-economic governance in the Czech Republic. He draws on the case of the subsidised investment in the Brno region by the transnational corporation Flextronics in 2000-2003. The company left the locality after approximately two years, an unprecedented occurrence in the Czech Republic, which resulted in some political upheaval. The author focuses on the interaction between the investor and the state and other bodies of socio-economic governance and argues that the story of Flextronics is indicative of some of the post-Fordist transformations in capitalism and capitalist governance. Further, the author also draws some conclusions with regard to the relations between company, state, and municipality in the post-Fordist environment in the Czech Republic.
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