Theories of the State and Equality
Seminar 2312
Coordination: Juan Carlos Monedero (Complutense University of Madrid, Spain)
Start: 25/04/2023 | Registration: 19/12/2022 to 24/04/2023
Workload: 12 weeks – 90 hours.
The 2008 crisis acted as a shredder on the consensus that inspired the 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights and organized the world since the end of World War II. The US, which won the Cold War, began to show, at the turn of the century, its difficulties in maintaining global hegemony in an increasingly multipolar world with China as the leading economic power, foreshadowing a new era of conflicts where the withdrawal from Afghanistan, the war in Ukraine, and the conflicts in the Middle East are signs of the breakdown of the old balances. At the same time, a paradox emerges. The right is abandoning its commitments to liberal democracy—coups, fake news , lawfare , international financial blackmail—while the left has become the defender of the model despite the limited possibilities for profound changes from within governments. Feminism and environmentalism are emerging as the two major political actors in these times of change, although their repertoire of political organization remains unchanged, seeking a balance between parties and movements that is yet to be fully explored. While the pandemic has restored the state to a central social role, neoliberal governance structures appear to operate with bursts of acceleration and deceleration. In these confusing times, the first democratic obligation is to make sound diagnoses. This seminar will seek to approach an understanding of this complex international scenario from the perspectives of state theories and the approach they advocate regarding the social production of inequality.
- Presentation: The nation-state and the global world after the pandemic: national and international inequalities in a time of confusion.
- Theories of justice and some moral dilemmas in democracy: Selling a kidney? Surrogacy? Paying for prostitution? Prostitution itself? Outsourcing immigration control? Between equality of outcomes, equality of opportunity, and equality of possibility. A note on universal basic income.
- Is the State an instrument of class or of emancipation? Interpretations of the State in Marxism and liberalism. On the Surveillance state in the age of Big Data.
- Political parties as part of the State: cartelization and crisis of political parties: the road to populism.
- The different inequalities: the tortuous path towards citizenship rights. A note on lawfare.
- Neoliberalism and inequalities: the common sense of the jungle.
- The post-neoliberal agenda: from the Cold War to the war in Ukraine. The return of geopolitics and the necessary reinvention of the Global South.
- Liberalism, welfare state, neoliberalism and women's rights.
- Media democracy: media companies and the hijacking of democracy.
- Material, cultural and environmental inequalities: imperialism, coloniality and ecological footprint.
- Conclusion: Outstanding challenges for equality in the 21st century (hidden inequality in liberal democracies in the North and South).
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Discount for one payment until 17/04 |
In one payment after 17/04 |
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CM Plenos |
$75 |
$150 |
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CM Associates |
$95 |
$190 |
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$95 |
$190 |
FAQ
The basic requirements for taking a seminar are:
- Availability of at least 4 hours per week to dedicate to the seminar course.
- Internet access.
- Reasonable handling of communication and computer tools.
- Language proficiency in the language in which the course will be taught. The official languages are Spanish and Portuguese.
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Discount for one payment until 17/04 |
In one payment after 17/04 |
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CM Plenos |
$75 |
$150 |
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CM Associates |
$95 |
$190 |
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No link |
$95 |
$190 |
