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Inter-National Relations from Below
Rising of the P2P Mode of Foreign Relations
Örsan ŞenalpSocial Network Unionism
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The Discipline of Western Supremacy
State-centric IR, IPE Intergovernmentalism Methodological individualist neo-neo synthesis Mainstream transnationalists
Neo-Gramscian Hegemony, Empire, Global Organic Crisis
Hegemony: Global Governance as superstructure for the transnational production / world market
Emperialist / Keynesian Global Governance
Global Organic Crisis
Alt. Democratic Global Governance
Restructuring => Proletarianisation
WTO
IMF
World Bank
OECD
UN agc.
EU
USA
...
privatization
deregulation
financialisation
free trade zones
flexibility
subcontracting
good governance
expanding proletariat
crisis of unions
losing of social rights
environmental degradation
New enclosure / global apartheid
Process creating the global working class [in it self at present]
Crisis
Kees Van der Pilj's intervention
Underlines the overdetermination of productive forces, and society as primary pro. for.
Independantly utilizes Marx's abstraction to other fields of social relations,
Identifies historical structures and relevant patterns of foreign relations,
Overcomes the agency-structure duality and level of analysis problem while recognizing the primary role of power and classes
Critique.
What is missing is a comprehensive analysis of change in productive forces, production relations (as far as know until recenlty regulation school, post fordism analysis is accepted)
-the vol. 1 of his project is published in 2007,
there is a refernce to Castells, H&N en J. Merk: 'collective worker', immaterial worker, TCC, distributed (Rifkin), informatized networked capitalism
P2P revolution and theory
Since 1970s a qualitative change in productive forces taking place: transnationalisation of production: financialst., ownership, world market. and labour processes..
The primary productive force society itself is changing: P2P as a new relational dynamic is rising, it radically changes all fields of social relations, as well as society (Bauwens)
Hyper connectivity and potential accesibility is the key for rising P2P dynamics and practices: P2P transnational production, gov, properrty
P2P Mode of Foreign Relations
Van der Pijl identfies Gobal Governance mode or foreign relations for today's world Occupying space, Protection, Exchange
Global governance as new superstructure and capitalist strategy with emancpatory potential
P2P based new global commons based alternative sub and superstructure that can be coupled with a peer transnational revolution?
Patterns of P2P mod. of frgn. rl.
Peer labour, collective production / Occupation of soverign symbols spaces as big city centers
Collective reapprepriation and protection of commons / re-commonisation of water, public goods, services
Distributed access to commonised processes and producs / direct P2P exchange
Peace transition is possible, Bauwens and Rifkin's argument, yet infratructure is owned by the capital
'New working class' formation and rise of Transnational Prince?
Unidentified Revolutionary Objects UROs: Zapatista, Latin America, Seattle, WSF...2004 European unrest, students & migrants revolt Wikileaks, Anonymous, Arab Spring, Peaceful European revolts for real democracy the social networks phenomena (fbook/twitter..)