On the corner of diverse/reverse globalization: the third stage of global 'urban studies'

Books reviewed in this article: Peter Marcuse and Ronald van Kempen (eds.) 2000:, Globalizing Cities: A New Spatial Order? Peter Marcuse and Ronald van Kempen (eds.) 2002:, Of States and Cities: The Partitioning of Urban Space.     

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Beardwell, Ian Contemporary Relations: A Critical Analysis Cressey, Peter and Jones, Bryn Work and Employment in Europe: A New Convergence? Berger, Stefan and Broughton, David The Force of Labour Gennard, John and Bain, Peter A History of the Society of Graphical and Allied Trades Hendry, Chris Human Resources Management: A Strategic Approach to Employment Deakin, Simon and Morris, Gillian S Labour Law     

Frank Knight on Preachers and Economic Policy: A 19th Century Liberal Anti Religionist, He Thought Religion Should Support the Status Quo

Abstract . A central feature of the work of American economist and social philosopher Frank H. Knight was his antagonism toward organized religion, particularly Christianity and especially Catholicism. Knight's antagonism towards the Church may be traced to his historical views on the Liberal Revolution and the opposition of the Church to critical inquiry and open discussion, and its support for despotic social institutions. Additionally, Knight's antagonism stemmed from his skepticism about the possibilities of effective social reforms based upon Christian moral principles. Knight found little in Christian teaching that would offer appropriate solutions—certainly not the “Gospel of Love” which he took as the core of Christian social teachings. Furthermore he was critical of the reform efforts of preachers because of their ignorance of the function of the free market and their propensity towards radical solutions. On the centennial of his birth, he is remembered as an ardent social critic and a liberal supporter of the status quo.

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Sanford M. Jacoby, Modern Manors: Welfare Capitalism since the New Deal Peter Ackers, Chris Smith and Paul Smith (eds), The New Workplace and Trade Unionism: Critical Perspectives in Work and Organization Raymond Markey and Jacques Monat (eds), Innovation and Employee Participation Through Works Councils—International Case Studies A. Goldsmith, D. Nickson, D. Sloan and R. Wood, Human Resource Management for Hospital Services Frank Burchill, Labour Relations. Second Edition     

From Transnationalism to the Emergence of a New Transnational Research Field

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Books reviewed: Michael Sorkin and Sharon Zukin (eds) After the World Trade Center. Rethinking New York City Deepak Narang Sawhney (ed.) Unmasking L.A.: third worlds and the city Francesco lo Piccolo and Huw Thomas (eds) Knights and castles — minorities and urban regeneration Peter Roberts and Hugh Sykes (eds) Urban regeneration: a handbook Leslie M. Harris In the shadow of slavery: African Americans in New York City, 1626–1863 John Doling and Janet Ford (eds) Globalisation and home ownership: experiences in eight member states of the European Union William J. Mitchell ME++, the cyborg self and the networked city Bob Jessop The future of the capitalist state     

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Waldinger, Roger Still the promised city? African-Americans and new immigrants in postindustrial New York Pick, James B. and Edgar W. Butler Mexico megacity and Ward, Peter Mexico City Gravesteijn, S.G.E., S van Griensven and M.C. de Smidt (eds) Timing global cities van Vliet, William (ed.) Affordable housing and urban redevelopment in the United States     

Bookshelf 2003

Books reviewed: Wolfgang Lecher, Bernhard Nagel and Hans‐Wolfgang Platzer. The Establishment of European Works Councils: From information committee to social actor. Wolfgang Lecher, Hans‐Wolfgang Platzer, Stefan Rüb and Klaus‐Peter Weiner. European Works Councils: Developments, types and networking. Wolfgang Lecher, Hans‐Wolfgang Platzer, Stefan Rüb and Klaus‐Peter Weiner. European Works Councils: Negotiated Europeanisation. Between statutory framework and social dynamic. Gregor Murray, Jacques Bélanger, Anthony Giles and Paul‐André Lapointe (eds). Work and Employment Relations in the High‐Performance Workplace. Bob Hancké. Large Firms and Institutional Change: Industrial Renewal and Economic Restructuring in France. Daryl D’Art and Thomas Turner (eds). Irish Employment Relations in the New Economy. Margaret Linehan, Michael J. Morley and James S. Walsh. International Human Resource Management and Expatriate Transfers: Irish Experiences.     

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Books reviewed: Robert Taylor. Social Democratic Trade Unionism: An Agenda for Action.
Reviewed by Peter Ackers Mark Freedland. The Personal Employment Contract.
Reviewed by Ann Blair J. O’Reilly (ed.), Regulating Working‐time transitions in Europe.
Reviewed by Paul Blyton Huw Beynon, Damian Grimshaw, Jill Rubery and Kevin Ward. Managing Employment Change: The New Realities of Work.
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Reviewed by Jason Heyes     

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Struyk, Raymond, J. (ed.), Economic restructuring of the former Soviet block. The case of housing Green, Eric Marshall, Economic security and high technology competition in an age of transition: the case of the semiconductor industry Gibson-Graham, J.-K., The end of capitalism (as we knew it): a feminist critique of political economy Lorrain, D. and G. Stoker (eds.), The privatisation of urban services in Europe Herlyn, U. and B. Hunger (eds), Ostdeutsche Wohnmilieus im Wandel Preston, Peter and Paul Simpson-Houseley, Writing the city: Eden, Babylon and the New Jerusalem Reichhard, Christoph and Hellmut Wollmann (eds.), Kommunalverwaltung im Modernisierungsschub?     

BOOK REVIEWS

Book reviewed in this article: Cooke, Philip, Frank Moulaert, Eric Swyngedouw, Oliver Weinstein and Peter Wells 1992: Towards global localization: the computing and telecommunications industries in Britain and France. Fainstein, S., I. Gordon and M. Harloe (eds) 1992: Divided Cities: New York and London in the contemporary world. Katz, C. and J. Monk (eds) 1993: Full circles. Geographies of women over the life course. Lefebvre, Henri 1992: The production of space. Matznetter, Walter, 1991: Wohnbauträger zwischen Staat und Markt: Strukturen des Sozialen Wohnungsbaus in Wien.     

Critical Urban Theory versus Critical Urban Studies: A Review Debate

Critical urban theory and critical urban studies form the subject of two recent edited collections on approaches to the analysis and transformation of the contemporary capitalist city. In an exchange of commentaries by the respective editors and contributors, the introduction explains the genesis of each book and previews some of the key observations. Peter Marcuse then offers his assessment of Critical Urban Studies: New Directions, which is reciprocated by a commentary on Cities for People, Not for Profit: Critical Urban Theory and the Right to the City by Jonathan Davies, David Imbroscio and Warren Magnusson.     

图书情报学视野中的新约校勘法形成浅析

以图书情报学的角度分析解释了新约圣经古抄本的校勘方法的缘起、古典法和现代通行的各种校勘经文的方法。     

试论基督教博爱思想的渊源

爱的思想是许多宗教都曾经探讨过的话题,但是基督教的博爱思想却在很多方面超出了其他宗教,博爱思想不仅是基督教伦理思想的灵魂与核心,而且它在整个基督教文化,以至于西方传统文化中都占有举足轻重的位置,这一伟大思想的形成原因及其深刻的社会历史背景的分析,能帮助我们更好的理解基督教文化及其存在的意义与价值。     

Book reviews

Books reviewed in this article: Peter Hall and David Soskice, Varieties of Capitalism: The Institutional Foundations of Comparative Advantage David N.F. Bell, Alessandro Gaj, Robert A. Hart, Olaf Hübler and Wolfgang Schwerdt, Unpaid Work in the Workplace: a Comparison of Germany and the UK Peter Auer (ed.), Changing Labour Markets in Europe. The Role of Institutions and Policies Harriet Bradley, Mark Erickson, Carol Stephenson and Steve Williams, Myths at Work     

BOOK REVIEWS

Book reviewed in this article: Dickens, Peter 1992: Society and nature: towards a green social theory. Katznelson, Ira 1992: Marxism and the city. Massey, Doreen, Paul Quintas and David Wield 1991: High-tech fantasies: science parks in society, science and space. Matsumoto, Koji 1991: The rise of the Japanese corporate system. Mollenkopf, John H. and Manuel Castells (eds) 1991: Dual city: restructuring New York. Norton, Alan and K. Novy (eds) 1990: Soziale Wohnpolitik der 90er Jahre. Sayer, Andrew and Richard Walker 1992: The new social economy: reworking the division of labour. Smith, David M. (ed.) 1992: The apartheid city and beyond: urbanization and social change in South Africa. Drakakis-Smith, David (ed.) 1992: Urban and regional change in Southern Africa.     

Work Is Love Made Visible: A Meditation on Grace

How work is understood and undertaken is a function of particular philosophical and theological assumptions. A meditation on work from the perspective of Catholic social thought must begin with the key articles of the Christian faith, namely, belief in the Trinity and belief in the Incarnation. Human dignity is profoundly grounded in this divine reality. Human persons are made in the image of a triune God and are given a particular vocation to fulfill. The Christian life is a summons to perfect love. Christians are called to love God above all things and to love all others and all of creation for the sake of God. God’s grace elevates Christian disciples to a new level of being, providing them with the supernatural help they need to be co-creators with him. This mandate is specified more finely by examining the specific commands Jesus gives as to the work that must be done. Jesus sends his followers to reproduce and take care of creation, to be holy, to bear fruit that will last, to meet the needs of the most vulnerable, and to evangelize. In this way, the political economic order is formed according to God’s plan for the world and takes a considerably different shape from the structures that arise from dominant secular premises.     

Henry George and British Labor Politics

Abstract . Henry George, the American social reformer and Single Taxadvocate, made six visits to Britain in the last quarter of the 19th century, a period crucial in British labor politics. George became locked in contest for the minds and hearts of British working men and women, as well as all classes, with the advocates of Christian and moderate socialism and with Karl Marx and Frederick Engels, the chief advocates of State socialism through political revolution. Though it was Marx's adopted country, George won out for a time, and it was his program for competitive capitalism, with socialization limited to industries unsuited for market discipline, which influenced development of a mixed economy. New research complementing E. P. Lawrence's traces George's decisive impact on the founders of the British labor parties, some leaders of which almost achieved George's fiscal program. But it was the Liberals who later fought for his full program.     

Thomas Aquinas on the conduct of sales

In the Summa theologiae, Thomas Aquinas treated the conduct of sales. Aquinas took into consideration writings on the subject in the Bible, Antiquity, and early Christianity. Aquinas differentiated between selling and mis-selling; showed that sales intermediation was an integral component of an economy; and concluded that salespeople were entitled to earn profit. Aquinas overturned a consensus that had obtained in Stoicism and early Christianity regarding duties to disclose private information on volatility of price. Aquinian disposition of the sales process anticipated the economics of information asymmetry.     

The British Disease: Economic Cart before Spiritual Horse

'Liberation theology' has been used by Christian socialism to denigrate capitalism. The Rev. Ernest Long responds by confuting socialism with arguments derived from the Bible itself. The aggrandisement of the state, he suggests, threatens the moral basis of Christianity.