This is a past event
on the role of the state in Europe and beyond featuring two of the leading theorists on the state as well as a range of speakers with expertise on the exercise of power and the implications for key economic issues.
The referendum debate has thrown up key issues of state, nation and the economy. Few discussions on the critical issues facing the people of Scotland and the UK far less Europe, and other developed and developing countries in the world economy can proceed far before the issues of power and the state emerge. But what is the state and what is its relationship to other centres of power, regional blocs such as the EU and to the issues of money, finance and capital accumulation? How did the state and the system of nation states emerge, and how are we to understand the role of the state in contemporary capitalism?
The event is being supported by donations from: University of Aberdeen, School of Social Science; University of Aberdeen Uniiversity and College Union and Aberdeen Trade Union Council.
Confirmed speakers include:
George Kerevan is a Scottish journalist, economist and Scottish National Party politician. He has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for East Lothian since May 2015 and is a member of the House of Commons Treasury Select Committee. George has written extensively on the Scottish economy and is the author of a number of books and articles on the coal industry.
Ngai-Ling Sum, Reader in Cultural Political Economy at the Department of Politics, Philosophy and Religion at Lancaster University. She is co-author of Towards a cultural political economy: putting culture in its place in political economy . Bob Jessop, Distinguished Professor of Sociology at the University of Lancaster. His new book, The State: Past, Present, Future was published in 2015.
Neil Davidson Lecturer in Sociology with the School of Political and Social Science at the University of Glasgow. His new book on Nation-States: Consciousness and Competition has just been published.
Brian Parkin is a research fellow at the University of Leeds where he specialises in energy economics and environmental policy. He has written extensively on energy policy, the environment and diversification strategies.
- Venue
- Fraser Noble Building
- Contact
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For further information see https://www.facebook.com/events/1063171780415226/
To book an early place and for information contact Keith Paterson on 07793655410 or e mail keithpaterson@abdn.ac.uk. There will a small participant fee to cover costs.