Georgina Murray
Biographic Data
| ID | 3601694 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Georgina Murray |
| GIVEN NAMES | Georgina |
| FAMILY NAME | Murray |
| SIGNATURE | MURRAY G |
| AFFILIATIONS | Griffith University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5370-4835 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 19 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 19 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 17 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 2 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1989 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Piece-Wages, ‘Gig’ Technology, and Self-Employment
‘Piece-wages’, once seen as the form of wage most in harmony with the capitalist mode of production, experienced a decline in the twentieth century but a seeming resurgence with the emergence of the ‘gig economy’ and resultant opportunities for demanding self-employment by labor. The advantages of piece-wages to capitalists are many, including that they help meet the ongoing urge to minimize costs. Yet there is a paradox in the modern world of wo…
Has Exploitation Transformed? A Critical Analysis of the Theory of Cognitive Capitalism
In this article we critically analyze the theory of cognitive capitalism as developed by Yann Moulier Boutang in his book of that name. He emphasizes a new category of exploitation, seeks to explain the behavior of finance capital, and foretells a coming dominance by cognitive capitalism over industrial capitalism. While his theory has merit and is a useful starting point for further analysis of the interaction between digital technology and capi…
Women, capitalism and education: On the pedagogical implications of postfeminism
We examine the emergence of the ‘postfeminist’ sensibility from feminist theory and praxis, and its relation and relevance to education. Analytical frameworks such as postfeminism and intersectionality have given equal weight to recognition-based struggles, such as those based on sexual, racial, class-based, gender-related identities. We follow Nancy Fraser’s argument that these identity-based movements have been co-opted by neoliberal politician…
Capital whisperers and Pomos
The capital whisperers are a new breed of men and women identified by Wolfgang Streeck (Streek, 2017Streek, W. (2017). How will capitalism end? (p. 144). They may be employed by the financiers or their employees to legitimate financialization, (that is, the hegemony of financial institutions through private debt) as a dominant force in our era of capitalism
Women, Labor Segmentation and Regulation: Varieties of Gender Gaps
This book re-shapes thinking on ‘gender gaps’—differences between men and women in their incomes, their employment and their conditions of work. It shows how the interaction between regulation distance and content, labor segmentation and norms helps us understand various aspects of gender gaps.\nIt brings together leading authors from industrial relations, sociology, politics, and feminist economics, who outline the roles the family, state public…
Relationships between children’s behaviour and parents’ work within families of mining and energy workers
We examine the relationships between the working arrangements of mineworkers and behavioural issues in their children, using a large Australian matched-pair dataset of workers and their partners. The findings suggest both that workers’ work conditions, and aspects of safety and security influence aspects of child behaviour, reflecting not least the results of tiredness, emotional exhaustion and sleep interruption. In addition, it appears that chi…
Work-related influences on marital satisfaction amongst shiftworkers and their partners: A Large, Matched-Pairs Study
This study details a large cross-sectional couples-level exploration of work-related variables and marital satisfaction (MSAT) in a shift work context. It uses a recognized MSAT scale and a number of existing and new instruments to examine work characteristics that include: support, safety climate, work–life balance, and sleep, in combination with scales for other commonly used explanatory variables in MSAT studies. The study shows that work-spec…
The New Structuring of Corporate Ownership
In looking at dispersion or concentration of ownership within corporations, little attention has been given to the dispersion or concentration of ownership across corporations. We examined ownership in 929 of the largest corporations in four countries. We found: the growing concentration of ownership in the hands of finance capital over the past three decades; the significance of industrial capital as an owner of other industrial capital in the o…
Financial Elites and Transnational Business: Who Rules the World?
Several expert contributors focus on global issues, including the role of transnational finance, interlocking directorates, ownership and tax havens. Others examine how these issues at the global level interact with the regional or nation state level in the US, the UK, China, Australia and Mexico. The books scrutinizes globalization from a fresh, holistic perspective, examining the relationship between the national and transnational to uncover th…
Financial Elites and Transnational Business: Who Rules the World
Contents: 1. Capital Mobilisation, Transnational Structures, and Capitalist Classes John Scott 2. The Financialisation of Global Corporate Ownership David Peetz and Georgina Murray 3. Capital Relations and Directorate Interlocking: The Global Network in 2007 William K. Carroll 4. The Transnational Capitalist Class and Tax Havens Anthony van Fossen 5. The Business Roundtable and the Transnational Capitalist Class Cliff Staples 6. Transnational Bus…
Economic Wealth and Political Power in Australia, 1788-2010
Georgina Murray and Jenny Chesters Although Australia is sometimes regarded as an egalitarian society, evidence shows that inequalities in the distribution of wealth are pronounced. We note in the historiography of this economic inequality that it has it featured so little in Australian social history. Our argument is that economic historians should detail the relationship between economic wealth and political power within Australia to tease out …
The New Fractionation of the Ruling Class
William Robinson's original material is both descriptive and analytical. His work describes a new fractionation within the class system and analyses its location, its purpose and its interests in relation to both national and global circuits of capital (see inter alia: Marx, 1956 [1867]: 357; Palloix, 1977: 5; Thompson, 1983). Transnational capital is a hegemonic fraction of capital that uses its newly configured economic advantage to impose its …
Black Empowerment in South Africa: Patriotic Capitalism' or a Corporate Black Wash
This article triangulates data to show that black empowerment in top business is not happening. Black empowerment (defined in this context as initiatives to give the black community access to corporate ownership and management roles) has made little impact in South Africa since 1994. The sample of three black empowerment companies and five top South African companies shows that top business remains predominantly white, with few signs of black int…
Agonize, Don't Organize: A Critique of Postfeminism
Conclusion
The 'Emerging Powers: China, Singapore, Hong Kong and Taiwan
The Rich Countries: Australia, New Zealand and Japan
Business power in Australia: The concentration of company directorship holding among the top 250 corporates
This paper presents results from a comparative study of company directors of the top 250 Australian companies. The paper analyses the concentration of directorship holding in Australia and New Zealand in 1991 and compares this with other Australian, New Zealand, British, Canadian and American studies. The paper argues that while the density of interorganisational interlocks in Australia is quite normal by international standards, such comparisons…
Corporate Decision-Making: Some New Zealand Survey Evidence
Using data from a New Zealand survey of top business leaders, we explore the relevance of interview data for illuminating the structures and processes of the capitalist class. We are able to show from this survey that family groups are still very important units of corporate power analysis; directors, not managers, tend to make the larger decisions; board members are more concerned with the development of policy than its implementation ; director…
Business power in Australia: The concentration of company directorship holding among the top 250 corporates
This paper presents results from a comparative study of company directors of the top 250 Australian companies. The paper analyses the concentration of directorship holding in Australia and New Zealand in 1991 and compares this with other Australian, New Zealand, British, Canadian and American studies. The paper argues that while the density of interorganisational interlocks in Australia is quite normal by international standards, such comparisons…
Women, capitalism and education: On the pedagogical implications of postfeminism
We examine the emergence of the ‘postfeminist’ sensibility from feminist theory and praxis, and its relation and relevance to education. Analytical frameworks such as postfeminism and intersectionality have given equal weight to recognition-based struggles, such as those based on sexual, racial, class-based, gender-related identities. We follow Nancy Fraser’s argument that these identity-based movements have been co-opted by neoliberal politician…
The New Structuring of Corporate Ownership
In looking at dispersion or concentration of ownership within corporations, little attention has been given to the dispersion or concentration of ownership across corporations. We examined ownership in 929 of the largest corporations in four countries. We found: the growing concentration of ownership in the hands of finance capital over the past three decades; the significance of industrial capital as an owner of other industrial capital in the o…
Black Empowerment in South Africa: Patriotic Capitalism' or a Corporate Black Wash
This article triangulates data to show that black empowerment in top business is not happening. Black empowerment (defined in this context as initiatives to give the black community access to corporate ownership and management roles) has made little impact in South Africa since 1994. The sample of three black empowerment companies and five top South African companies shows that top business remains predominantly white, with few signs of black int…
The 'Emerging Powers: China, Singapore, Hong Kong and Taiwan
Relationships between children’s behaviour and parents’ work within families of mining and energy workers
We examine the relationships between the working arrangements of mineworkers and behavioural issues in their children, using a large Australian matched-pair dataset of workers and their partners. The findings suggest both that workers’ work conditions, and aspects of safety and security influence aspects of child behaviour, reflecting not least the results of tiredness, emotional exhaustion and sleep interruption. In addition, it appears that chi…
Work-related influences on marital satisfaction amongst shiftworkers and their partners: A Large, Matched-Pairs Study
This study details a large cross-sectional couples-level exploration of work-related variables and marital satisfaction (MSAT) in a shift work context. It uses a recognized MSAT scale and a number of existing and new instruments to examine work characteristics that include: support, safety climate, work–life balance, and sleep, in combination with scales for other commonly used explanatory variables in MSAT studies. The study shows that work-spec…
Corporate Decision-Making: Some New Zealand Survey Evidence
Using data from a New Zealand survey of top business leaders, we explore the relevance of interview data for illuminating the structures and processes of the capitalist class. We are able to show from this survey that family groups are still very important units of corporate power analysis; directors, not managers, tend to make the larger decisions; board members are more concerned with the development of policy than its implementation ; director…
Corporate Decision-Making: Some New Zealand Survey Evidence
Using data from a New Zealand survey of top business leaders, we explore the relevance of interview data for illuminating the structures and processes of the capitalist class. We are able to show from this survey that family groups are still very important units of corporate power analysis; directors, not managers, tend to make the larger decisions; board members are more concerned with the development of policy than its implementation ; director…
Business power in Australia: The concentration of company directorship holding among the top 250 corporates
This paper presents results from a comparative study of company directors of the top 250 Australian companies. The paper analyses the concentration of directorship holding in Australia and New Zealand in 1991 and compares this with other Australian, New Zealand, British, Canadian and American studies. The paper argues that while the density of interorganisational interlocks in Australia is quite normal by international standards, such comparisons…
Conclusion
The 'Emerging Powers: China, Singapore, Hong Kong and Taiwan
The Rich Countries: Australia, New Zealand and Japan
Agonize, Don't Organize: A Critique of Postfeminism
Black Empowerment in South Africa: Patriotic Capitalism' or a Corporate Black Wash
This article triangulates data to show that black empowerment in top business is not happening. Black empowerment (defined in this context as initiatives to give the black community access to corporate ownership and management roles) has made little impact in South Africa since 1994. The sample of three black empowerment companies and five top South African companies shows that top business remains predominantly white, with few signs of black int…
Financial Elites and Transnational Business: Who Rules the World?
Several expert contributors focus on global issues, including the role of transnational finance, interlocking directorates, ownership and tax havens. Others examine how these issues at the global level interact with the regional or nation state level in the US, the UK, China, Australia and Mexico. The books scrutinizes globalization from a fresh, holistic perspective, examining the relationship between the national and transnational to uncover th…
Financial Elites and Transnational Business: Who Rules the World
Contents: 1. Capital Mobilisation, Transnational Structures, and Capitalist Classes John Scott 2. The Financialisation of Global Corporate Ownership David Peetz and Georgina Murray 3. Capital Relations and Directorate Interlocking: The Global Network in 2007 William K. Carroll 4. The Transnational Capitalist Class and Tax Havens Anthony van Fossen 5. The Business Roundtable and the Transnational Capitalist Class Cliff Staples 6. Transnational Bus…
Economic Wealth and Political Power in Australia, 1788-2010
Georgina Murray and Jenny Chesters Although Australia is sometimes regarded as an egalitarian society, evidence shows that inequalities in the distribution of wealth are pronounced. We note in the historiography of this economic inequality that it has it featured so little in Australian social history. Our argument is that economic historians should detail the relationship between economic wealth and political power within Australia to tease out …
The New Fractionation of the Ruling Class
William Robinson's original material is both descriptive and analytical. His work describes a new fractionation within the class system and analyses its location, its purpose and its interests in relation to both national and global circuits of capital (see inter alia: Marx, 1956 [1867]: 357; Palloix, 1977: 5; Thompson, 1983). Transnational capital is a hegemonic fraction of capital that uses its newly configured economic advantage to impose its …
The New Structuring of Corporate Ownership
In looking at dispersion or concentration of ownership within corporations, little attention has been given to the dispersion or concentration of ownership across corporations. We examined ownership in 929 of the largest corporations in four countries. We found: the growing concentration of ownership in the hands of finance capital over the past three decades; the significance of industrial capital as an owner of other industrial capital in the o…
Work-related influences on marital satisfaction amongst shiftworkers and their partners: A Large, Matched-Pairs Study
This study details a large cross-sectional couples-level exploration of work-related variables and marital satisfaction (MSAT) in a shift work context. It uses a recognized MSAT scale and a number of existing and new instruments to examine work characteristics that include: support, safety climate, work–life balance, and sleep, in combination with scales for other commonly used explanatory variables in MSAT studies. The study shows that work-spec…
Relationships between children’s behaviour and parents’ work within families of mining and energy workers
We examine the relationships between the working arrangements of mineworkers and behavioural issues in their children, using a large Australian matched-pair dataset of workers and their partners. The findings suggest both that workers’ work conditions, and aspects of safety and security influence aspects of child behaviour, reflecting not least the results of tiredness, emotional exhaustion and sleep interruption. In addition, it appears that chi…
Women, Labor Segmentation and Regulation: Varieties of Gender Gaps
This book re-shapes thinking on ‘gender gaps’—differences between men and women in their incomes, their employment and their conditions of work. It shows how the interaction between regulation distance and content, labor segmentation and norms helps us understand various aspects of gender gaps.\nIt brings together leading authors from industrial relations, sociology, politics, and feminist economics, who outline the roles the family, state public…
Women, capitalism and education: On the pedagogical implications of postfeminism
We examine the emergence of the ‘postfeminist’ sensibility from feminist theory and praxis, and its relation and relevance to education. Analytical frameworks such as postfeminism and intersectionality have given equal weight to recognition-based struggles, such as those based on sexual, racial, class-based, gender-related identities. We follow Nancy Fraser’s argument that these identity-based movements have been co-opted by neoliberal politician…
Capital whisperers and Pomos
The capital whisperers are a new breed of men and women identified by Wolfgang Streeck (Streek, 2017Streek, W. (2017). How will capitalism end? (p. 144). They may be employed by the financiers or their employees to legitimate financialization, (that is, the hegemony of financial institutions through private debt) as a dominant force in our era of capitalism
Has Exploitation Transformed? A Critical Analysis of the Theory of Cognitive Capitalism
In this article we critically analyze the theory of cognitive capitalism as developed by Yann Moulier Boutang in his book of that name. He emphasizes a new category of exploitation, seeks to explain the behavior of finance capital, and foretells a coming dominance by cognitive capitalism over industrial capitalism. While his theory has merit and is a useful starting point for further analysis of the interaction between digital technology and capi…
Piece-Wages, ‘Gig’ Technology, and Self-Employment
‘Piece-wages’, once seen as the form of wage most in harmony with the capitalist mode of production, experienced a decline in the twentieth century but a seeming resurgence with the emergence of the ‘gig economy’ and resultant opportunities for demanding self-employment by labor. The advantages of piece-wages to capitalists are many, including that they help meet the ongoing urge to minimize costs. Yet there is a paradox in the modern world of wo…
Sociology (13 works) · Political science (11 works) · Law (9 works) · Economics (8 works) · Politics (7 works) · Housing, Finance, and Neoliberalism (6 works) · Geography (5 works) · Business (4 works) · Capitalism (4 works) · Gender Studies (4 works)