This report examines the first half of Vicente Fox’s term as president
of Mexico, and explains why, by mid-2004, the Fox government had
failed to implement its prioritised fiscal reforms, in the context of
social mobilisation against the state’s neoliberal project and a
stagnating economy.

This article reviews the content of and responses to the Home Office
paper ‘Paying the price: A consultation on prostitution’. It argues
that the moral and political discourses that form the basis of the
paper ignore the realities of the complex economy of prostitution in
contemporary Britain.

In a context of pluralism and union division, the SUD unions
(Solidaires, Unitaires, Démocratiques) have developed strongly in
France in recent years. But does this expansion mean a ‘revolution’
in the French trade union scene?

South Korean government-worker relations have not been completely
resolved since the demise of past authoritarian regimes. Governance
mechanisms and worker training are analysed, in this paper, to
demonstrate that passive revolution has not subsided, despite
democratisation of this newly industrialised country. Leaders continue
to offer temporary solutions, or trasformismo, to the workforce in a
continuing crisis of hegemony

In this article, Thompson complements recent critiques of Hardt
and Negri’s Empire (see Finn Bowring in Capital & Class, no. 83)
using the tools of labour process theory to critique the political
economy of Empire, and to note its unfortunate similarities to
conventional theories of the knowledge economy.

Since the IRA ceasefire almost a decade ago, Sinn Féin has become
a potent political force. This article examines the changing discourse
of republicanism during the movement’s emergence as a mainstream
political party.

The Humanist Controversy and Other Writings (L Althusser). Reviewed by Adam David Morton.
Banking on Death or Investing in Life: The History and Future of Pensions (R Blackburn). Reviewed by Mahmood Messkoub.
Rhythmanalysis: Space, Time and Everyday Life (H Lefebvre) & Understanding Henri Lefebvre: Theory and the Possible (S Elden). Reviewed by Neil Maycroft.
To Relish the Sublime? Culture and Self-Realisation in Postmodern Times (M Ryle & K Soper). Reviewed by Finn Bowring.
Mercosur: Between Integration and Democracy (F Domínguez & M Guedes de Oliveira eds). Reviewed by Sara Motta.
Deepening Democracy: Institutional Innovations in Empowered Participatory Governance (A Fung & E Olin Wright (eds). Reviewed by Dave Renton.
The Future of the Capitalist State (B Jessop). Reviewed by Maria Markantonatou.