Stephen R Hurt
Biographic Data
| ID | 1370281 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Stephen R Hurt |
| GIVEN NAMES | Stephen R |
| FAMILY NAME | Hurt |
| SIGNATURE | HURT S R |
| AFFILIATIONS | Oxford Brookes University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-3331-9718 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 15 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 59 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 15 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2000 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Taking back control? Democracy and UK trade policy after Brexit
During the Brexit referendum the Leave campaign claimed that the UK would be able to regain its sovereignty and ‘take back control’. Trade policy became a particular focus of the Conservative Government’s post-Brexit vision and underpinned the arguments in favour of leaving the customs union. This article evaluates the evolution of trade policymaking in the UK, from the Brexit referendum in 2016 until the Conservative defeat in the general electi…
African Agency and EU-ACP Relations beyond the Cotonou Agreement
With the Cotonou Agreement due to expire in 2020, formal negotiations towards a new partnership agreement between the EU and African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) states began in September 2018. Based on the acceptance of the EU’s negotiating mandate, the new arrangement will be primarily organised via three specific regional protocols with each of the ACP regions. Meanwhile, the Joint Africa-EU Strategy (JAES) launched in 2007, has seen the Afric…
Emerging powers, emerging markets, emerging societies
This volume makes an interesting contribution to the growing literature on the significance and consequences of the so-called ‘emerging powers’. Like many other edited collections, readers will probably want to dip into selected chapters that relate to their own specific research interests. The main goal of the book is to move beyond a consideration of the extent to which the emerging powers are posing a challenge to the established order, by ins…
What's left of 'the left' in post-apartheid South Africa
This article addresses the question of 'the left' in contemporary South Africa in two senses: first, in terms of assessing the health of leftist politics; second, it asks to what extent are the self-identified left progressive in any meaningful sense. The first half of this article reflects on the current development situation in South Africa. Here, it is argued that within most sections of the South African left, there is broad agreement on the …
The EU's Economic Partnership Agreements with Africa
The European Union (EU) has in recent years adopted the International Labour Organisation’s Decent Work Agenda in its external trade and development policy. It is portrayed as a way to mitigate any negative impacts on labour. However, African trade unions have campaigned against the EU’s Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs). It is argued that their stance highlights the limitations of incorporating the Decent Work Agenda into trade agreements, …
The Congress of South African Trade Unions and Free Trade
This article considers the response of the largest trade union federation in South Africa, the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU), to an extended free trade agenda, which has formed a key part of neoliberal restructuring during recent decades. It focuses in particular on South Africa's position in multilateral trade talks and its negotiation of three Free Trade Agreements (FTAs). COSATU's critique of these FTAs is considered and in p…
The Argumentative Dimension to the EU-Africa EPAs
Not only is the participation of developing countries in international trade negotiations growing, so is their influence over the global trade agenda. This article highlights the increasing activism and impact of African states through a detailed study of the current Economic Partnership Agreement (EPAs) negotiations with the European Union (EU). In examining African resistance to EPAs, the article develops a constructivist approach to North-Sout…
The European Union's Africa policies
The European Union's Africa policies: norms, interests and impact, by Daniela Sicurelli, Farnham, Ashgate, 2010, 212 pp., £55.00 (hardback), ISBN 9781409400981 This is a well-researched and insight
The EU–Sadc Economic Partnership Agreement Negotiations
This article focuses on the negotiation of Economic Partnership Agreements (epas) which form the central focus of the commitments made in the Cotonou Agreement, signed in 2000 by the European Union and the African, Caribbean and Pacific (acp) states. epas are part of a much wider trend witnessed since the creation of the World Trade Organization (wto), characterised by the proliferation of bilateral free trade agreements. The article argues that …
Understanding EU Development Policy
Window of Opportunity
Journal Article Window of Opportunity: EU development and cooperation after the end of the Cold War, by Mirjam van Reisen Get access Window of Opportunity: EU development and cooperation after the end of the Cold War, by Mirjam van Reisen. Trenton, NJ: Africa World Press, 2009. xli + 365 pp. £24.99 (paperback). ISBN 978 1 59221 681 9 Stephen Hurt Stephen Hurt Oxford Brookes University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Goog…
Social Forces and the Effects of (Post)-Washington Consensus Policy in Africa
This article addresses the consequences of Washington Consensus and more recently post-Washington Consensus policy for democratic good governance in Africa. It acknowledges the increased focus in recent years of policy-makers on poverty as an important force in world politics. Despite this increased concern the authors argue that International Relations as a discipline fails to offer a suitable framework for understanding poverty as a social forc…
Mission Impossible
Co-operation and coercion? The Cotonou Agreement between the European Union and acp states and the end of the Lome ́ Convention
The Cotonou Agreement, signed on 23 June 2000, defines the new relationship between the European Union (EU) and the African, Caribbean and Pacific ( acp ) states. It was the result of 18 months of negotiations to decide the future of EU– acp relations after the Lome ́ Convention's expiry on 29 February 2000. This article highlights the significant changes represented by the Cotonou Agreement and emphasises some of the dangers that may result for …
A Case of Economic Pragmatism? The European Union's Trade and Development Agreement with South Africa
Co-operation and coercion? The Cotonou Agreement between the European Union and acp states and the end of the Lome ́ Convention
The Cotonou Agreement, signed on 23 June 2000, defines the new relationship between the European Union (EU) and the African, Caribbean and Pacific ( acp ) states. It was the result of 18 months of negotiations to decide the future of EU– acp relations after the Lome ́ Convention's expiry on 29 February 2000. This article highlights the significant changes represented by the Cotonou Agreement and emphasises some of the dangers that may result for …
The Argumentative Dimension to the EU-Africa EPAs
Not only is the participation of developing countries in international trade negotiations growing, so is their influence over the global trade agenda. This article highlights the increasing activism and impact of African states through a detailed study of the current Economic Partnership Agreement (EPAs) negotiations with the European Union (EU). In examining African resistance to EPAs, the article develops a constructivist approach to North-Sout…
The EU–Sadc Economic Partnership Agreement Negotiations
This article focuses on the negotiation of Economic Partnership Agreements (epas) which form the central focus of the commitments made in the Cotonou Agreement, signed in 2000 by the European Union and the African, Caribbean and Pacific (acp) states. epas are part of a much wider trend witnessed since the creation of the World Trade Organization (wto), characterised by the proliferation of bilateral free trade agreements. The article argues that …
African Agency and EU-ACP Relations beyond the Cotonou Agreement
With the Cotonou Agreement due to expire in 2020, formal negotiations towards a new partnership agreement between the EU and African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) states began in September 2018. Based on the acceptance of the EU’s negotiating mandate, the new arrangement will be primarily organised via three specific regional protocols with each of the ACP regions. Meanwhile, the Joint Africa-EU Strategy (JAES) launched in 2007, has seen the Afric…
The Congress of South African Trade Unions and Free Trade
This article considers the response of the largest trade union federation in South Africa, the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU), to an extended free trade agenda, which has formed a key part of neoliberal restructuring during recent decades. It focuses in particular on South Africa's position in multilateral trade talks and its negotiation of three Free Trade Agreements (FTAs). COSATU's critique of these FTAs is considered and in p…
Understanding EU Development Policy
The EU's Economic Partnership Agreements with Africa
The European Union (EU) has in recent years adopted the International Labour Organisation’s Decent Work Agenda in its external trade and development policy. It is portrayed as a way to mitigate any negative impacts on labour. However, African trade unions have campaigned against the EU’s Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs). It is argued that their stance highlights the limitations of incorporating the Decent Work Agenda into trade agreements, …
What's left of 'the left' in post-apartheid South Africa
This article addresses the question of 'the left' in contemporary South Africa in two senses: first, in terms of assessing the health of leftist politics; second, it asks to what extent are the self-identified left progressive in any meaningful sense. The first half of this article reflects on the current development situation in South Africa. Here, it is argued that within most sections of the South African left, there is broad agreement on the …
A Case of Economic Pragmatism? The European Union's Trade and Development Agreement with South Africa
Co-operation and coercion? The Cotonou Agreement between the European Union and acp states and the end of the Lome ́ Convention
The Cotonou Agreement, signed on 23 June 2000, defines the new relationship between the European Union (EU) and the African, Caribbean and Pacific ( acp ) states. It was the result of 18 months of negotiations to decide the future of EU– acp relations after the Lome ́ Convention's expiry on 29 February 2000. This article highlights the significant changes represented by the Cotonou Agreement and emphasises some of the dangers that may result for …
Mission Impossible
Social Forces and the Effects of (Post)-Washington Consensus Policy in Africa
This article addresses the consequences of Washington Consensus and more recently post-Washington Consensus policy for democratic good governance in Africa. It acknowledges the increased focus in recent years of policy-makers on poverty as an important force in world politics. Despite this increased concern the authors argue that International Relations as a discipline fails to offer a suitable framework for understanding poverty as a social forc…
Understanding EU Development Policy
Window of Opportunity
Journal Article Window of Opportunity: EU development and cooperation after the end of the Cold War, by Mirjam van Reisen Get access Window of Opportunity: EU development and cooperation after the end of the Cold War, by Mirjam van Reisen. Trenton, NJ: Africa World Press, 2009. xli + 365 pp. £24.99 (paperback). ISBN 978 1 59221 681 9 Stephen Hurt Stephen Hurt Oxford Brookes University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Goog…
The European Union's Africa policies
The European Union's Africa policies: norms, interests and impact, by Daniela Sicurelli, Farnham, Ashgate, 2010, 212 pp., £55.00 (hardback), ISBN 9781409400981 This is a well-researched and insight
The EU–Sadc Economic Partnership Agreement Negotiations
This article focuses on the negotiation of Economic Partnership Agreements (epas) which form the central focus of the commitments made in the Cotonou Agreement, signed in 2000 by the European Union and the African, Caribbean and Pacific (acp) states. epas are part of a much wider trend witnessed since the creation of the World Trade Organization (wto), characterised by the proliferation of bilateral free trade agreements. The article argues that …
The Argumentative Dimension to the EU-Africa EPAs
Not only is the participation of developing countries in international trade negotiations growing, so is their influence over the global trade agenda. This article highlights the increasing activism and impact of African states through a detailed study of the current Economic Partnership Agreement (EPAs) negotiations with the European Union (EU). In examining African resistance to EPAs, the article develops a constructivist approach to North-Sout…
The Congress of South African Trade Unions and Free Trade
This article considers the response of the largest trade union federation in South Africa, the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU), to an extended free trade agenda, which has formed a key part of neoliberal restructuring during recent decades. It focuses in particular on South Africa's position in multilateral trade talks and its negotiation of three Free Trade Agreements (FTAs). COSATU's critique of these FTAs is considered and in p…
The EU's Economic Partnership Agreements with Africa
The European Union (EU) has in recent years adopted the International Labour Organisation’s Decent Work Agenda in its external trade and development policy. It is portrayed as a way to mitigate any negative impacts on labour. However, African trade unions have campaigned against the EU’s Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs). It is argued that their stance highlights the limitations of incorporating the Decent Work Agenda into trade agreements, …
Emerging powers, emerging markets, emerging societies
This volume makes an interesting contribution to the growing literature on the significance and consequences of the so-called ‘emerging powers’. Like many other edited collections, readers will probably want to dip into selected chapters that relate to their own specific research interests. The main goal of the book is to move beyond a consideration of the extent to which the emerging powers are posing a challenge to the established order, by ins…
What's left of 'the left' in post-apartheid South Africa
This article addresses the question of 'the left' in contemporary South Africa in two senses: first, in terms of assessing the health of leftist politics; second, it asks to what extent are the self-identified left progressive in any meaningful sense. The first half of this article reflects on the current development situation in South Africa. Here, it is argued that within most sections of the South African left, there is broad agreement on the …
African Agency and EU-ACP Relations beyond the Cotonou Agreement
With the Cotonou Agreement due to expire in 2020, formal negotiations towards a new partnership agreement between the EU and African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) states began in September 2018. Based on the acceptance of the EU’s negotiating mandate, the new arrangement will be primarily organised via three specific regional protocols with each of the ACP regions. Meanwhile, the Joint Africa-EU Strategy (JAES) launched in 2007, has seen the Afric…
Taking back control? Democracy and UK trade policy after Brexit
During the Brexit referendum the Leave campaign claimed that the UK would be able to regain its sovereignty and ‘take back control’. Trade policy became a particular focus of the Conservative Government’s post-Brexit vision and underpinned the arguments in favour of leaving the customs union. This article evaluates the evolution of trade policymaking in the UK, from the Brexit referendum in 2016 until the Conservative defeat in the general electi…
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