Romania's economy is integrated into the global economy, a fact that brings about dependencies, but also enables development. In this episode, we’re speaking with Cornel Ban, a political economist who, using this disciplinary lens, can offer an analysis of international financial issues that are otherwise highly diverse and complex to delineate within local boundaries. Examining Baia Mare and the circumstances in which some people work and live prompts a necessary discussion about the shortcomings of capitalism, institutionalized racism, and the imperative need for effective public policies.
The theme of adaptation and the formulation of strategies to address political and climate changes are also explored in this episode. Romania's prospects remain open, but it is imperative to act swiftly and contribute to altering the current situation, not only in the labor market but also in taxation and social policies, according to our guest.
Cornel Ban is an associate professor of International Political economy at Copenhagen Business School. Prior to this he was a Reader at City University of London, assistant professor at Boston University and research fellow at Brown University in the United States. He wrote two books, two dozen articles, and book chapters on the politics of economic expertise, policy shifts in international financial institutions, and the politics of capitalist diversity in Brazil, Spain, Hungary and Romania.
This episode is part of a series based on the research project "Precarious work and peripheral housing. The socio-economic practices of the Roma in Romania in the context of industrial relations and unequal territorial development", in short PRECWORK, with the financial support of Norwegian grants and UEFISCDI from Romania. More about the project here: precwork.granturi.ubbcluj.ro/
Producer: Marina Mironica and Maria Martelli
Visual: Maria Martelli
Soundtrack: KindStudios
Bibliography: Cornel Ban, Gabor Scheiring & Mihai Vasile (2023) The political
economy of national-neoliberalism, European Politics and Society, 24:1, 96-114, DOI: 10.1080/23745118.2021.1956241
Cornel Ban (2016) Ruling ideas: How global neoliberalism goes local. Oxford University Press
Rundown:
Min 01:16 - Why is political economy important?
Min 04:50 - Why look at Romania?
Min 09:44 - What does a rise in nationalism and populism mean, across Europe
Min 20:00 What is the difference between doing politics as a party and populism?
Min 29:00 Zooming in on the far-right and AUR (Alliance for Unity of Romanians)
Min 32:38 What is specific to national-neoliberalism? How does it function?
Min 37:19 How do these policies reflect in the lives of people in Baia Mare?
Min 51:34 Policy recommendations and the importance of sociological knowledge
Min 1:02:58 Bonus question: Best case and worst case scenarios for Romania’s political economy in the next 20 years accounting for the climate crisis
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Romania's economy is integrated into the global economy, a fact that brings about dependencies, but also enables development. In this episode, we’re speaking with Cornel Ban, a political economist who, using this disciplinary lens, can offer an analysis of international financial issues that are otherwise highly diverse and complex to delineate within local boundaries. Examining Baia Mare and the circumstances in which some people work and live prompts a necessary discussion about the shortcomings of capitalism, institutionalized racism, and the imperative need for effective public policies.
The theme of adaptation and the formulation of strategies to address political and climate changes are also explored in this episode. Romania's prospects remain open, but it is imperative to act swiftly and contribute to altering the current situation, not only in the labor market but also in taxation and social policies, according to our guest.
Cornel Ban is an associate professor of International Political economy at Copenhagen Business School. Prior to this he was a Reader at City University of London, assistant professor at Boston University and research fellow at Brown University in the United States. He wrote two books, two dozen articles, and book chapters on the politics of economic expertise, policy shifts in international financial institutions, and the politics of capitalist diversity in Brazil, Spain, Hungary and Romania.
This episode is part of a series based on the research project "Precarious work and peripheral housing. The socio-economic practices of the Roma in Romania in the context of industrial relations and unequal territorial development", in short PRECWORK, with the financial support of Norwegian grants and UEFISCDI from Romania. More about the project here: precwork.granturi.ubbcluj.ro/
Producer: Marina Mironica and Maria Martelli
Visual: Maria Martelli
Soundtrack: KindStudios
Bibliography: Cornel Ban, Gabor Scheiring & Mihai Vasile (2023) The political
economy of national-neoliberalism, European Politics and Society, 24:1, 96-114, DOI: 10.1080/23745118.2021.1956241
Cornel Ban (2016) Ruling ideas: How global neoliberalism goes local. Oxford University Press
Rundown:
Min 01:16 - Why is political economy important?
Min 04:50 - Why look at Romania?
Min 09:44 - What does a rise in nationalism and populism mean, across Europe
Min 20:00 What is the difference between doing politics as a party and populism?
Min 29:00 Zooming in on the far-right and AUR (Alliance for Unity of Romanians)
Min 32:38 What is specific to national-neoliberalism? How does it function?
Min 37:19 How do these policies reflect in the lives of people in Baia Mare?
Min 51:34 Policy recommendations and the importance of sociological knowledge
Min 1:02:58 Bonus question: Best case and worst case scenarios for Romania’s political economy in the next 20 years accounting for the climate crisis
18 - Anxiety, education and the nation: high stakes testing in global society
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18 - Anxiety, education and the nation: high stakes testing in global society
Should I get a good grade or just pass the exam?
Since we begin to be part of an educational system we encounter the pressure of having good grades in order to have a better future, a better life, learning that exposing ourselves to anxiety and stress is good for us. But how much of this narrative is healthy and how much of it is actually constructed for certain dispositions? How much of these are actually enforcements of the larger political and economic context?
The Baccalaureate is around the corner, so this episode is for all of you who have struggled to remember that multiple choice answer, struggled to achieve that high level testing, struggle to design a functioning system, struggled to make a better learning experience for the students, it’s time to relax and start to deconstruct.
In a very specific context, such as South Korea, in a larger neoliberal frame, English education becomes a necessary skill for students to prosper in an atmosphere of increasing global competition. The computer courses and the English classes in the new curriculum, which initially were thought to help in international competitiveness, now become the norm of succeeding.
Our guest is George Baca, professor at the Graduate School of International Studies Dong-A University in South Korea, currently writing a book about the English Education and the Politics of Globalization. George also held a course at the Faculty of Sociology and Social Work, University of Babeș Bolyai on neoliberalism and keynesianism titled “preludes to neoliberalism”.
Producers: Maria Martelli and Pati Murg
Supported by: Faculty of Sociology and Social Work, University of Babeș Bolyai
Studio: Radio EBS (special thanks to Flaviu Petean)
Soundtrack: KindStudios
Visuals: Pati Murg and Maria Martelli
Breakdown:
00:00 - 10:50 Pati and Maria talk about the Romanian Bacalaureate
10:50 - 17:00 George Baca on life in South Korea and curiosities that led to the study of globalization and education
17:20 - 28:25 English Education, international testing and anxiety
28:30 - 36:20 Students as political objects, the market and the state
36:20 - 41:00 Gender and education, order and management
41:00 - 47:20 Business, manuals and cultures of learning
47:20 - 55:40 Household debt, economic disparity and life in South Korea
55:40 - 1:03:00 Politics of education & teaching
1:03:00 - End: Personal trajectories of learning
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Romania's economy is integrated into the global economy, a fact that brings about dependencies, but also enables development. In this episode, we’re speaking with Cornel Ban, a political economist who, using this disciplinary lens, can offer an analysis of international financial issues that are otherwise highly diverse and complex to delineate within local boundaries. Examining Baia Mare and the circumstances in which some people work and live prompts a necessary discussion about the shortcomings of capitalism, institutionalized racism, and the imperative need for effective public policies.
The theme of adaptation and the formulation of strategies to address political and climate changes are also explored in this episode. Romania's prospects remain open, but it is imperative to act swiftly and contribute to altering the current situation, not only in the labor market but also in taxation and social policies, according to our guest.
Cornel Ban is an associate professor of International Political economy at Copenhagen Business School. Prior to this he was a Reader at City University of London, assistant professor at Boston University and research fellow at Brown University in the United States. He wrote two books, two dozen articles, and book chapters on the politics of economic expertise, policy shifts in international financial institutions, and the politics of capitalist diversity in Brazil, Spain, Hungary and Romania.
This episode is part of a series based on the research project "Precarious work and peripheral housing. The socio-economic practices of the Roma in Romania in the context of industrial relations and unequal territorial development", in short PRECWORK, with the financial support of Norwegian grants and UEFISCDI from Romania. More about the project here: precwork.granturi.ubbcluj.ro/
Producer: Marina Mironica and Maria Martelli
Visual: Maria Martelli
Soundtrack: KindStudios
Bibliography: Cornel Ban, Gabor Scheiring & Mihai Vasile (2023) The political
economy of national-neoliberalism, European Politics and Society, 24:1, 96-114, DOI: 10.1080/23745118.2021.1956241
Cornel Ban (2016) Ruling ideas: How global neoliberalism goes local. Oxford University Press
Rundown:
Min 01:16 - Why is political economy important?
Min 04:50 - Why look at Romania?
Min 09:44 - What does a rise in nationalism and populism mean, across Europe
Min 20:00 What is the difference between doing politics as a party and populism?
Min 29:00 Zooming in on the far-right and AUR (Alliance for Unity of Romanians)
Min 32:38 What is specific to national-neoliberalism? How does it function?
Min 37:19 How do these policies reflect in the lives of people in Baia Mare?
Min 51:34 Policy recommendations and the importance of sociological knowledge
Min 1:02:58 Bonus question: Best case and worst case scenarios for Romania’s political economy in the next 20 years accounting for the climate crisis
