{"title":"Evaluating the Penetration of Capitalism in Post-Socialist Ukraine","authors":"Colin Williams, J. Round","doi":"10.1108/01443580710823220","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1108/01443580710823220","url":null,"abstract":"Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to evaluate critically the meta-narrative that capitalism is becoming totalising and hegemonic. Grounded in an emerging corpus of post-development thought that has deconstructed this discourse in relation to western economies and the majority (third) world, the purpose of this paper is to further contribute to this burgeoning critique by analysing the degree to which capitalism has penetrated a post-socialist society, namely Ukraine. Design/methodology/approach - To analyse the penetration of capitalism, a survey is reported of the work practices of 600 households in a array of localities in Ukraine, conducted during 2005/2006 using face-to-face interviews. Findings - Analysing the practices used by households to secure their livelihoods, the finding is that capitalism is far from hegemonic. Even when the formal economy is relied on either as their most important or second most important source of livelihood, it is nearly always combined with some other economic activity. A diverse portfolio of work practices is thus the norm rather than the exception with over 90 per cent of households relying on sources other than the formal market sphere as either their most important or second most important source of livelihood. Practical implications - Displaying the shallow penetration of capitalism in this array of localities in Ukraine, this paper reveals the need for a re-representation of the realities of work in such post-socialist societies so as to open up the feasibility of, and possibilities for, alternative futures for work. Originality/value - This paper reports the first evaluation of the extent to which capitalism has penetrated work practices in post-socialist Ukraine.","PeriodicalId":208075,"journal":{"name":"PRN: Distributive & Economic Justice","volume":"4 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2007-10-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121744030","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Preferential Option, Solidarity, and the Virtue of Paying Taxes: Reflections on the Catholic Vision of a Just Tax System","authors":"Michael A. Livingston","doi":"10.2139/ssrn.958806","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.958806","url":null,"abstract":"This paper considers Roman Catholic attitudes toward taxation in their historical context and in the context of contemporary policy debates, specifically the issue of progressive or redistributive taxation and its role in modern society. The paper begins with a brief background discussion regarding progressivity and the typical (primarily secular) arguments on its behalf. Following this I turn to Christian (and especially Catholic) sources regarding the nature of a just society and the role of taxation and fiscal policy in creating and maintaining such a society. I then turn to two specific, more contemporary Catholic concepts relevant to the debate: (i) the solidarity concept, which has been to a significant degree secularized but retains Catholic roots, and (ii) the preferential option for the poor, which has its origins in various Papal statements and has implications for taxation and other public policies. The paper concludes with a brief reflection on the particularity of Catholic thought and the role of religious bodies in the tax debate.","PeriodicalId":208075,"journal":{"name":"PRN: Distributive & Economic Justice","volume":"52 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2007-01-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128069026","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Gradual Development of Human Resources Through Educational Institutes in Bangladesh","authors":"M. Shamsuddoha","doi":"10.2139/ssrn.1294506","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1294506","url":null,"abstract":"Bangladesh is one of the poorest country in the world although it has huge number of population. So many people of Bangladesh working as a skilled or unskilled worker or human resources all over the world. But there is dearth of skilled Human resources in Bangladesh both in technical and management areas. So different institutions were set up to develop skilled Manpower. After the opening up of the industrial sector and to export skilled manpower to abroad, the need for skilled manpower has increase tremendously in Bangladesh. Because the private entrepreneurs and foreign countries delegates does not like to appoint key personnel in any areas of management from non-professionals. On the other hand, the foreign investors also prefer qualified members from different professional bodies of Bangladesh. The setting up of some export processing zones in Bangladesh has amplified this requirement.","PeriodicalId":208075,"journal":{"name":"PRN: Distributive & Economic Justice","volume":"109 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2004-02-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124720311","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Priority or Equality for Possible People?","authors":"Alex Voorhoeve, M. Fleurbaey","doi":"10.2139/ssrn.3885114","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3885114","url":null,"abstract":"Suppose that you must make choices that may influence the well-being and the identities of the people who will exist, though not the number of people who will exist. How ought you to choose? This paper answers this question. It argues that the currency of distributive ethics in such cases is a combination of an individual’s final well-being and her expected well-being conditional on her existence. It also argues that this currency should be distributed in an egalitarian, rather than a prioritarian, manner.","PeriodicalId":208075,"journal":{"name":"PRN: Distributive & Economic Justice","volume":"2 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122074196","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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