The Foundational Economy

Friday, 3 July 2015

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8:30 AM-10:00 AM


TH12-01
The Foundational Economy and the Conditions for Material Security
The Foundational Economy

Session Organizer: Julie Froud, University of Manchester

Participants:
The Financialization of a Social Housing Provider
Rodrigo Fernandez, KU Leuven/University of Leuven; Manuel Aalbers, University of Leuven; Jannes van Loon, KU Leuven/University of Leuven
Reorganisation for Material Security (not growth, jobs and redistribution)
Ewald Engelen, University of Amsterdam; Sukhdev Johal, Queen Mary, University of London; Angelo Salento, University of Salento; Karel Williams, N/A
The Commodification and Financialisation of South African Housing
Gilad Isaacs, Wits University
Financial Exclusion and Social Vulnerability: A Review of the Post-Crisis Situation in Spain.
Marta De la Cuesta, UNED; Beatriz Fernández-Olit, UNED

10:15 AM-11:45 AM


TH12-02
Food, Culture and Consumption in the Foundational Economy
The Foundational Economy

Session Organizer: Julie Froud, University of Manchester

Participants:
Foundational Economy from the Bottom-up: The Case of Alternative Food Networks
Filippo Barbera, University of Torino; Joselle Dagnes, University of Torino
Integrated Risk Management to Measure the Performance of the Agri-Food Sector.
Maria Jesus Munoz, University Jaume I; Juana Maria Rivera, University Jaume I; Raul Leon, Unversidad de Zaragoza
The “Broken Promises” of Large Retail Sector in Italy: A Case Study on Grocery Market Applying Foundational Economy Approach
Davide Arcidiacono, University Cattolica del Sacro Cuore
Italy As a Cultural Disneyland. the Marketisation Policies of Cultural Heritage within the Conceptual Framework of the Foundational Economy
Emiliano Bevilacqua, University of Salento; Ferdinando Spina, University of Salento

2:15 PM-3:45 PM


TH12-03
Contracting and (dis)Organising Public Services in the Foundational Economy
The Foundational Economy

Session Organizer: Julie Froud, University of Manchester

Participants:
Public strategies facing marketization of waste management
Dario Minervini, University of Naples “Federico II”
Capitalising on Contracting out: Accounting for Firms Managing UK Household Waste
Colin Haslam, Queen Mary University of London
Regional Extraction and the Foundational Economy
Adam Leaver, Manchester Business School, University of Manchester
What a Waste! the Process and Outcome of Outsourcing
Julie Froud, University of Manchester; Adam Leaver, Manchester Business School, University of Manchester; Michael Moran, University of Manchester

4:00 PM-5:30 PM


TH12-04
Rethinking the Foundational Economy
The Foundational Economy

Session Organizer: Julie Froud, University of Manchester

Participants:
Mapping the Foundational Economy in Austria – Size, Spatial Distribution and Sources of Finance
Leonhard Plank, Vienna University of Technology, Department of Spatial Planning, Centre of Public Finance and Infrastructure Policy; Wolfgang Blaas, Vienna University of Technology, Department of Spatial Planning, Centre of Public Finance and Infrastructure Policy
Grounded Firms (not inward investment)
Rachel Bowen, Federation of Small Business Wales; Lucy Brill, University of Manchester; Karel Williams, N/A
The Harmlessness of Voluntary Simplicity
Onofrio Romano, University of Bari "A. Moro"

Saturday, 4 July 2015

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8:30 AM-10:00 AM


TH12-05
(Mis)Managing Social Care
The Foundational Economy

Session Organizer: Julie Froud, University of Manchester

Participants:
Value Extraction in Italian Social Services. Economic and Political Capital Accumulation in a Quasi-Market
Filippo Barbera, University of Torino; Sandro Busso, University of Turin; Joselle Dagnes, University of Torino
The Great Childcare Robbery: Wealth Extraction in the Dutch Welfare State
Ewald Engelen, University of Amsterdam
What's Wrong with Financialised Adult Care?
Joe Earle, Queen Mary, University of London; Paula Hyde, Manchester Business School; Sukhdev Johal, Queen Mary, University of London

10:15 AM-11:45 AM


TH12-06
The Foundational Economy and the Fate of Utilities
The Foundational Economy

Session Organizer: Julie Froud, University of Manchester

Participants:
From Liberalisation to Appropriation: The Trajectory of Italian Railways
Angelo Salento, University of Salento; Giuseppe Pesare, University of Salento
Coal and the Post-Apartheid Minerals Energy Complex
Sam Ashman, University of Johannesburg
The Worst of Both Worlds: Between Public and Private Delivery in the Post-Apartheid South African Electricity
Andrew Bowman, University of the Witwatersrand