C Rogers
Biographic Data
| ID | 5622 |
|---|---|
| NAME | C Rogers |
| GIVEN NAMES | C |
| FAMILY NAME | Rogers |
| SIGNATURE | ROGERS C |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Warwick |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-0652-6789 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 16 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 38 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 16 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1999 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Screaming into the void
This forum contribution reads Currency of Nihilism through the lens of John Holloway’s concept of ‘the scream’. It identifies a common thread between Samman’s conception of postmodern nihilism and Marxism’s concern with alienation in capitalism, which poses the question: what space is there for hope? I argue that, in its carefully crafted critique of the nihilistic structures and moods of modern finance, Currency of Nihilism bears no hallmarks of…
Privileging privatisation
V for Vendetta as Vernacular Critique
This paper suggests that the liberal state in market society presents an inherent tension between liberalism and democracy. It shows how the tradition of liberal political economy provides for a constitutional form that supports specific and contestable values, relies on depoliticising the foundation of those values (especially in relation to private property and the bases of commercial society), and the exercise of authority – enshrined in the R…
Robert Owen, utopian socialism and social transformation
This paper critically scrutinizes accounts of Robert Owen's life and works focusing on his purported "utopianism" and his supposedly deficient "socialism." It suggests that such positions have relied on questionable assertions about the potential of particular modes of social transformation, and a failure to acknowledge the distinction Owen makes between the practical arrangements necessary to begin the process of transformation, and those arrang…
Mainstreaming social finance
The article provides one of the first political economy accounts of the regulation of peer-to-peer (P2P) lending in the United Kingdom, drawing on interviews with platforms representing the vast majority of the market at the beginning of the regulatory process. The article links the regulation of P2P lending with debates about regulatory capture. It challenges conventional understandings of its consequences by showing how the regulation of P2P le…
Localism and the (re)creation of capitalist space in the United Kingdom
Global Economic Governance and the British Economy
The paper considers the extent to which the G20 process has assisted British state managers with key problems of economic management. It conceptualises the state as the political form of capital and argues that the institutions of global economic governance have helped British state managers reconcile the objectives of accumulation and legitimation from the Gold Standard to the G20. In particular, it argues that the technocratic approach adopted …
The Political Economy of British Social Democracy after New Labour
This section examines the reasons why New Labour's political economy failed to insulate Britain from the recent economic crisis, and what the basis for building sustainable social democracy in the UK might be moving forward
Hang on a Minute, I've Got a Great Idea’
The article considers the reasons why New Labour's political economy failed to insulate Britain from the economic crisis that emerged in 2007, and the characteristics of a political economy platform that would provide Labour with a solid base for a progressive social democratic programme moving forward. The article argues that Third Way political economy failed to appreciate or address the inherent crisis dynamics of market economies, especially …
Crisis, Ideas, and Economic Policy-making in Britain during the 1970s Stagflation
This article examines the relationship between crisis, ideas, and economic policy-making in Britain during the 1970s stagflation, looking specifically at the turbulent years 1974-76. It argues that existing ideas-based approaches either fail to define 'idea' with any precision, or explain both the causes and resolution of the crisis in terms of competition between ideas, and therefore appear tautological. Instead, the article develops an Open Mar…
Making Sense of Greek Austerity
The process of approving a Greek drawing on funds provided by the international community is now familiar. There is concern about the prospect of securing an agreement between the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the European Union (EU), the European Central Bank (ECB), and Greece, which satisfies all parties. This paper suggests that all parties to the agreement have interests in an orderly resolution of the Greek crisis that keeps Greece in t…
Economic Policy and the Problem of Sterling under Harold Wilson and James Callaghan
Sterling's status in the world economy has often been conceived as a problem for British economic policy making because of its sensitivity to fluctuations in market confidence. In contrast, this paper demonstrates how the appearance of sterling weakness conveyed political advantages for the Wilson/Callaghan government. It shows how the fall in the value of the pound in 1975 and 1976—typically viewed as symptomatic of the ‘problem’ of sterling—act…
The Economic Consequences of a Hung Parliament
The British general election on 10 May 2010 delivered Britain's first hung Parliament since February 1974, and in the run‐up, the Conservative party made much of the economic difficulties Britain faced in the second half of the 1970s in order to try and convince voters that anything other than a Tory vote would risk exposing the nation to the discipline of financial markets. The question of how well equipped an exceptional kind of British governm…
The Politics of Economic Policy Making in Britain
Many accounts of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) crisis argue that British policy was determined by the exercise of structural power by markets, either through the creation of currency instability and the application of loan conditionality, or by acting as a catalyst for policy learning. This article reassesses economic policy making in Britain during the 1976 IMF crisis to show that policy change did not occur as a result of disciplinary m…
From Social Contract to ‘Social Contrick’
The 1974–79 Labour governments were elected on the basis of an agreement with the TUC promising a redistribution of income and wealth known as the Social Contract. However, the government immediately began to marginalise these commitments in favour of preferences for incomes policy and public expenditure cuts, which has led the Social Contract to be described as the ‘Social Contrick’. These changes were legitimised through a process of depolitici…
Notes and documents. A continuation of the Manuel d'histoire de Philippe VI for the years 1328-39
Journal Article A continuation of the Manuel d'histoire de Philippe VI for the years 1328-39 Get access CJ Rogers CJ Rogers Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The English Historical Review, Volume 114, Issue 459, November 1999, Pages 1256–1266, https://doi.org/10.1093/ehr/114.459.1256 Published: 01 November 1999
From Social Contract to ‘Social Contrick’
The 1974–79 Labour governments were elected on the basis of an agreement with the TUC promising a redistribution of income and wealth known as the Social Contract. However, the government immediately began to marginalise these commitments in favour of preferences for incomes policy and public expenditure cuts, which has led the Social Contract to be described as the ‘Social Contrick’. These changes were legitimised through a process of depolitici…
Crisis, Ideas, and Economic Policy-making in Britain during the 1970s Stagflation
This article examines the relationship between crisis, ideas, and economic policy-making in Britain during the 1970s stagflation, looking specifically at the turbulent years 1974-76. It argues that existing ideas-based approaches either fail to define 'idea' with any precision, or explain both the causes and resolution of the crisis in terms of competition between ideas, and therefore appear tautological. Instead, the article develops an Open Mar…
V for Vendetta as Vernacular Critique
This paper suggests that the liberal state in market society presents an inherent tension between liberalism and democracy. It shows how the tradition of liberal political economy provides for a constitutional form that supports specific and contestable values, relies on depoliticising the foundation of those values (especially in relation to private property and the bases of commercial society), and the exercise of authority – enshrined in the R…
Economic Policy and the Problem of Sterling under Harold Wilson and James Callaghan
Sterling's status in the world economy has often been conceived as a problem for British economic policy making because of its sensitivity to fluctuations in market confidence. In contrast, this paper demonstrates how the appearance of sterling weakness conveyed political advantages for the Wilson/Callaghan government. It shows how the fall in the value of the pound in 1975 and 1976—typically viewed as symptomatic of the ‘problem’ of sterling—act…
Hang on a Minute, I've Got a Great Idea’
The article considers the reasons why New Labour's political economy failed to insulate Britain from the economic crisis that emerged in 2007, and the characteristics of a political economy platform that would provide Labour with a solid base for a progressive social democratic programme moving forward. The article argues that Third Way political economy failed to appreciate or address the inherent crisis dynamics of market economies, especially …
The Economic Consequences of a Hung Parliament
The British general election on 10 May 2010 delivered Britain's first hung Parliament since February 1974, and in the run‐up, the Conservative party made much of the economic difficulties Britain faced in the second half of the 1970s in order to try and convince voters that anything other than a Tory vote would risk exposing the nation to the discipline of financial markets. The question of how well equipped an exceptional kind of British governm…
The Politics of Economic Policy Making in Britain
Many accounts of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) crisis argue that British policy was determined by the exercise of structural power by markets, either through the creation of currency instability and the application of loan conditionality, or by acting as a catalyst for policy learning. This article reassesses economic policy making in Britain during the 1976 IMF crisis to show that policy change did not occur as a result of disciplinary m…
Privileging privatisation
Localism and the (re)creation of capitalist space in the United Kingdom
Making Sense of Greek Austerity
The process of approving a Greek drawing on funds provided by the international community is now familiar. There is concern about the prospect of securing an agreement between the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the European Union (EU), the European Central Bank (ECB), and Greece, which satisfies all parties. This paper suggests that all parties to the agreement have interests in an orderly resolution of the Greek crisis that keeps Greece in t…
Notes and documents. A continuation of the Manuel d'histoire de Philippe VI for the years 1328-39
Journal Article A continuation of the Manuel d'histoire de Philippe VI for the years 1328-39 Get access CJ Rogers CJ Rogers Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The English Historical Review, Volume 114, Issue 459, November 1999, Pages 1256–1266, https://doi.org/10.1093/ehr/114.459.1256 Published: 01 November 1999
The Politics of Economic Policy Making in Britain
Many accounts of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) crisis argue that British policy was determined by the exercise of structural power by markets, either through the creation of currency instability and the application of loan conditionality, or by acting as a catalyst for policy learning. This article reassesses economic policy making in Britain during the 1976 IMF crisis to show that policy change did not occur as a result of disciplinary m…
From Social Contract to ‘Social Contrick’
The 1974–79 Labour governments were elected on the basis of an agreement with the TUC promising a redistribution of income and wealth known as the Social Contract. However, the government immediately began to marginalise these commitments in favour of preferences for incomes policy and public expenditure cuts, which has led the Social Contract to be described as the ‘Social Contrick’. These changes were legitimised through a process of depolitici…
The Economic Consequences of a Hung Parliament
The British general election on 10 May 2010 delivered Britain's first hung Parliament since February 1974, and in the run‐up, the Conservative party made much of the economic difficulties Britain faced in the second half of the 1970s in order to try and convince voters that anything other than a Tory vote would risk exposing the nation to the discipline of financial markets. The question of how well equipped an exceptional kind of British governm…
Economic Policy and the Problem of Sterling under Harold Wilson and James Callaghan
Sterling's status in the world economy has often been conceived as a problem for British economic policy making because of its sensitivity to fluctuations in market confidence. In contrast, this paper demonstrates how the appearance of sterling weakness conveyed political advantages for the Wilson/Callaghan government. It shows how the fall in the value of the pound in 1975 and 1976—typically viewed as symptomatic of the ‘problem’ of sterling—act…
The Political Economy of British Social Democracy after New Labour
This section examines the reasons why New Labour's political economy failed to insulate Britain from the recent economic crisis, and what the basis for building sustainable social democracy in the UK might be moving forward
Hang on a Minute, I've Got a Great Idea’
The article considers the reasons why New Labour's political economy failed to insulate Britain from the economic crisis that emerged in 2007, and the characteristics of a political economy platform that would provide Labour with a solid base for a progressive social democratic programme moving forward. The article argues that Third Way political economy failed to appreciate or address the inherent crisis dynamics of market economies, especially …
Crisis, Ideas, and Economic Policy-making in Britain during the 1970s Stagflation
This article examines the relationship between crisis, ideas, and economic policy-making in Britain during the 1970s stagflation, looking specifically at the turbulent years 1974-76. It argues that existing ideas-based approaches either fail to define 'idea' with any precision, or explain both the causes and resolution of the crisis in terms of competition between ideas, and therefore appear tautological. Instead, the article develops an Open Mar…
Making Sense of Greek Austerity
The process of approving a Greek drawing on funds provided by the international community is now familiar. There is concern about the prospect of securing an agreement between the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the European Union (EU), the European Central Bank (ECB), and Greece, which satisfies all parties. This paper suggests that all parties to the agreement have interests in an orderly resolution of the Greek crisis that keeps Greece in t…
Localism and the (re)creation of capitalist space in the United Kingdom
Global Economic Governance and the British Economy
The paper considers the extent to which the G20 process has assisted British state managers with key problems of economic management. It conceptualises the state as the political form of capital and argues that the institutions of global economic governance have helped British state managers reconcile the objectives of accumulation and legitimation from the Gold Standard to the G20. In particular, it argues that the technocratic approach adopted …
Mainstreaming social finance
The article provides one of the first political economy accounts of the regulation of peer-to-peer (P2P) lending in the United Kingdom, drawing on interviews with platforms representing the vast majority of the market at the beginning of the regulatory process. The article links the regulation of P2P lending with debates about regulatory capture. It challenges conventional understandings of its consequences by showing how the regulation of P2P le…
Robert Owen, utopian socialism and social transformation
This paper critically scrutinizes accounts of Robert Owen's life and works focusing on his purported "utopianism" and his supposedly deficient "socialism." It suggests that such positions have relied on questionable assertions about the potential of particular modes of social transformation, and a failure to acknowledge the distinction Owen makes between the practical arrangements necessary to begin the process of transformation, and those arrang…
V for Vendetta as Vernacular Critique
This paper suggests that the liberal state in market society presents an inherent tension between liberalism and democracy. It shows how the tradition of liberal political economy provides for a constitutional form that supports specific and contestable values, relies on depoliticising the foundation of those values (especially in relation to private property and the bases of commercial society), and the exercise of authority – enshrined in the R…
Privileging privatisation
Screaming into the void
This forum contribution reads Currency of Nihilism through the lens of John Holloway’s concept of ‘the scream’. It identifies a common thread between Samman’s conception of postmodern nihilism and Marxism’s concern with alienation in capitalism, which poses the question: what space is there for hope? I argue that, in its carefully crafted critique of the nihilistic structures and moods of modern finance, Currency of Nihilism bears no hallmarks of…
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