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Thanks in part to people on these lists that responded to our open
call for papers, TNI was able to successfully launch our fourth
annual State of Power report this week to coincide with the World
Economic Forum in Davos. The report combined insightful analyses of
global power along with some compelling infographics. <br>
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Here is a list of what we published. We welcome sharing of the
analysis by forwarding on this email to interested networks/people
or retweeting our materials via <a href="https://twitter.com/transinstitute" target="_blank">@transinstitute</a> or
sharing them using <a href="https://www.facebook.com/TransnationalInstitute" target="_blank">Facebook.</a>
We also welcome comments and feedback on the materials as well as
ideas and suggestions for State of Power 2016...<br>
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<h1>State of Power 2015</h1>
<h3><a href="http://www.tni.org/stateofpower2015" target="_blank">http://www.tni.org/stateofpower2015</a><br>
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<p>The fourth edition of our annual State of Power report,
coinciding with the international meeting in Switzerland
of what Susan George calls “the Davos class”. This series
seeks to examine different dimensions of power, unmask the
key holders of power in our globalised world, and identify
sources of transformative counter-power.</p>
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<div><img alt="application/pdf icon"><a href="http://www.tni.org/sites/www.tni.org/files/download/tni_state-of-power-2015.pdf" type="application/pdf; length=2586535" title="tni_state-of-power-2015.pdf" target="_blank">The State of Power
2015 - complete report (pdf, 2.48MB)</a></div>
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<li>Individual chapters of <em>State of Power 2015 </em>(with
summaries) can be read <a href="http://www.tni.org/category/series/state-power-2015" target="_blank">here</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.tni.org/infographic/architecture-impunity" target="_blank">Infographic on Chevron and the
architecture of impunity</a> (23 Jan)</li>
<li>Essay: <a href="http://www.tni.org/article/davos-where-journalism-pr-and-change-consumer-choice" target="_blank">Davos
- where journalism is corporate PR and change is
consumer choice</a> (23 Jan)</li>
<li>Who are the Davos class? See our <a href="http://davosclass.tni.org" target="_blank">infographic</a> and <a href="http://www.tni.org/article/world-economic-forum-history-and-analysis" target="_blank">essay</a>
developed with <a href="http://occupy.com" target="_blank">occupy.com</a> (21 Jan)</li>
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<p>This year, TNI experimented with ‘crowd-sourcing’ by
putting out an open call for contributions. We were keen
to engage activist-scholars outside our immediate circles
and curious as to how this would shape the content of the
report. The compiled essays cover an impressive breadth of
themes, from corporate law to the dominance of the
financial sector, from big mining to food speculation.
They also bring to the fore social struggles to challenge
power dynamics, from Mexico to Mozambique, from Canada to
Italy and Greece.</p>
<p><strong>Contents</strong></p>
<p><a href="http://www.tni.org/sites/www.tni.org/files/download/01_tni_state-of-power-2015_the_new_global_corporate_law-1.pdf" target="_blank"><strong>The new Global Corporate Law</strong></a>
(pdf, 179 KB)<br>
<em>Juan Hernández Zubizarreta</em></p>
<p> How transnational corporations have succeeded in
replacing rule of law with Global Corporate law, using a
multitude of norms, treaties and agreements - most
recently the Transatlantic Trade & Investment
Partnership - to secure their rights to profit above human
rights.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.tni.org/sites/www.tni.org/files/download/02_tni_state-of-power-2015_political_capture_by_the_financial_industry-1.pdf" target="_blank"><strong>Political Capture by the
Financial Industry</strong></a> (pdf, 184KB)<br>
<em>Manolis Kalaitzake</em></p>
<p>How did the financial sector succeed escaping censure and
even effective regulation despite the global economic
crisis? Through the case study of the proposed Financial
Transaction Tax, Kalaitzake looks at how the financial
sector succeeded in capturing policy and politicians and
how we might challenge their power.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.tni.org/sites/www.tni.org/files/download/03_tni_state-of-power-2015_the_true_stakes_of_internet_governance-1.pdf" target="_blank"><strong>The True Stakes of Internet
Governance</strong></a> (pdf, 103KB)<br>
<em> Richard Hill</em></p>
<p>Many people understand how the Internet has
revolutionised society, but have we really grasped the
power implications? Richard Hill shows how US
policy-makers have used the ad hoc ‘multi-stakeholder’
governance of the Internet for political and economic
ends.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.tni.org/sites/www.tni.org/files/download/04_tni_state-of-power-2015_gambling_on_hunger_and_climate_change-1.pdf" target="_blank"><strong>Gambling on Hunger and Climate
Change</strong></a> (pdf, 520KB)<br>
<em> Sasha Breger Bush</em></p>
<p>Financial speculation has not just rewarded bankers; it
has played a major role in fuelling hunger, land
dispossession and climate change. Yet the financial sector
innovates false financial ‘solutions’ to the very problems
it creates.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.tni.org/sites/www.tni.org/files/download/05_tni_state-of-power-2015_mexico_challenging_drug_prohibition_from_below-1.pdf" target="_blank"><strong>Mexico: Challenging Drug
Prohibition from Below</strong></a> (pdf, 1010KB)<br>
<em>Sebastian Scholl</em></p>
<p>The horrific forced disappearance of 43 students in
Iguala reveals how organised crime and corruption thrive
in conditions of institutional or democratic weakness,
shaped to a large extent by distinctive transnational
relations (importantly, in this case, with the US).
Fortunately groups like the Movement for Peace with
Justice and Dignity are showing a burgeoning ‘social
power‘ that has the potential to change politics and
policy.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.tni.org/sites/www.tni.org/files/download/06_tni_state-of-power-2015_contesting_big_mining_from_canada_to_mozambique-1.pdf" target="_blank"><strong>Contesting Big Mining from
Canada to Mozambique</strong></a> (pdf, 358KB)<br>
<em> Judith Marshall</em></p>
<p>How have mining transnational companies and the
extractive industry become so powerful in every country,
no matter their political shade? Marshall shows how the
‘promiscuously intimate’<br>
relationship between governments and companies developed
and how we might resist.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.tni.org/sites/www.tni.org/files/download/07_tni_state-of-power-2015_organising_workers_counter-power_in_italy_and_greece-2.pdf" target="_blank"><strong>Organising workers’
Counter-power in Italy and Greece</strong></a> (pdf,
142KB)<br>
<em> Lorenzo Zamponi and Markos Vogiatzoglou</em></p>
<p>Austerity in Greece and Italy has struck workers'
particularly hard, but it has also been the context for
radical innovations in ’organising the unorganised’,
building new kinds of work spaces and even taking control
of production.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.tni.org/sites/www.tni.org/files/download/08_tni_state-of-power-2015_how_economics_bolstered_power_by_obscuring_it-1.pdf" target="_blank"><strong>How Economics bolstered Power by
obscuring it</strong></a> (pdf, 177KB)<br>
<em> Michael Perelman</em></p>
<p>Economists consistently have upheld the power of elites,
at times by taking their side overtly, but most often by
ignoring or obscuring power, giving economics a veneer of
science, in which the impact on people and the environment
is hidden from public view.</p>
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<p><strong>In addition to these featured essays in the book,
a number of other excellent submissions were received,
which can be seen in our<a href="http://www.tni.org/category/series/recommended-reading-state-power" target="_blank">
'recommended reading'</a></strong> section.</p>
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<div>On 10/08/2014 03:03 PM, Nick Buxton
wrote:<br>
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<blockquote type="cite"> Dear
friends and allies of TNI,<br>
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I am writing to ask for your help in distributing this call for
essays for Transnational Institute (TNI)'s flagship annual 'State
of Power' report. <br>
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TNI in the last four years has been producing an annual 'State of
Power' report that examines corporate and elite power and also
counter-power from different angles and is released at the time of
the World Economic Forum in Davos. The report has taken the form
of essays and infographics: you can see previous editions here <a href="http://www.tni.org/category/series/state-power" target="_blank">http://www.tni.org/category/series/state-power</a>.
It has been our most popular report by far and is now eagerly
anticipated by many activists, movements and scholars worldwide.<br>
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This year we decided to open up the call for essays to everyone (<b>see
draft call below)</b>. We are particularly open to essays by
young activist scholars and those based in the Global South. The
timing is tight this year (abstracts by the end of this month) but
we are open to reworked versions of existing essays as well as new
analysis - and hope the popular profile of our report will get the
best analysis out to an audience beyond academic circles. <br>
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<b>Perhaps you might have a paper you would like to distribute, or
perhaps you are on an email list which you could send this to,
or know people with whom you collaborate who should participate?</b>
Any help in spreading the call is appreciated. If you are able to
copy <a href="mailto:stateofpower@tni.org" target="_blank">stateofpower@tni.org</a> that
helps me keep track of where the call has gone.<br>
<br>
Thanks in advance.<br>
<br>
Best wishes, Nick<br>
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<h1>Call for papers for TNI's State of Power
report</h1>
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<div>Transnational Institute (TNI) is
issuing an open call for essays/short papers for its
forthcoming<em> State of Power</em> report launched in late
January 2015 to coincide with the World Economic Forum in
Davos.
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<p>TNI’s annual <em>State of Power</em> reports have,
since their launch in <a href="http://www.tni.org/report/state-corporate-power-2012" target="_blank">2012</a>,
become a must-see reference point for citizens,
activists and academics concerned with understanding the
nature of power in our globalised world. With a mixture
of compelling infographics and insightful essays, <em>State
of Power</em> has examined dimensions of power
(economic, political, cultural, social), exposed the key
players who control power, and highlighted movements of
counter-power seeking to transform our world.</p>
<p><strong>Understanding power</strong></p>
<p>In 2014/2015, TNI is opening up the call to the public,
particularly the progressive academic community, in
order to pull in the best analysis on power. TNI is keen
to interrogate how power is defined, distributed and
functions in our globalised world; to expose the often
invisible bodies, corporations and others who exercise
influence and control over public policy; to understand
the mechanisms by which power is both acquired acquired,
used, manipulated and maintained; to understand shifts
in power, even amongst elites, that provide openings for
social movements; and to highlight the growing sources
of counter-power, their potential and contradictions,
and how they might be supported in advancing social and
environmental justice.</p>
<p><strong>Themes</strong><br>
TNI is particularly interested in essays that relate to
areas we most closely work on such as corporate
impunity, trade and investment policies, land and
agrarian issues, resource grabbing, public services,
security and civil liberties, social movements and
counter-power (see <a href="http://www.tni.org/listing/work-areas" target="_blank">http://www.tni.org/listing/work-areas</a>)
However we are ultimately interested in the best
analysis (whatever the topic) if it approaches power
from the critical perspective held by movements engaged
in the struggle for social and environmental justice and
political transformation. </p>
<p>For an idea of the kind of essays we are interested in,
please read the essays featured in State of Power 2014:
<a href="http://www.tni.org/briefing/state-power-2014%20" target="_blank">http://www.tni.org/briefing/state-power-2014
</a></p>
<p>As timing is tight, TNI is happy to publish reworked
versions of previously published material as well as new
unpublished essays.</p>
<p><strong>Process</strong><br>
The call is an open one, but TNI has designed a process
to feature what we consider the top eight best essays in
the main report. The decision on which papers are
featured will be decided by an Editorial Panel made up
of the current TNI Fellows, the Director and the
Communications Manager. The selection process will
follow three stages: </p>
<p>1. In the first stage, researchers will be asked to
provide abstracts and a short bio. These can be
abstracts based on existing papers.<br>
2. Those whose abstracts are chosen will be asked to
submit an essay. The top eight essays will be selected
for the book by the Editorial Panel<br>
3. The top eight essays will go through a final round of
revisions based on feedback by the Editorial Panel, and
subject to final copyedit. We hope to feature one essay
as an infographic. Essays that do not make the top eight
– and are considered good essays by the Editorial Panel
- will be available as downloadable PDFs linked from the
main report.</p>
<p><strong>Instructions for submission</strong></p>
<p>Abstracts must be emailed to<a href="mailto:stateofpower@tni.org" target="_blank">
stateofpower@tni.org</a> by <strong>31 October 2014</strong>.
Final essays will be due on <strong>1 December 2014.</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Abstracts/essays must address the issue of power
from a critical perspective, seeking to provide useful
knowledge and analysis for movements engaged in the
struggle for</li>
<li>Abstracts/essays can be based on reworked versions
of existing or previously published essays/papers</li>
<li>TNI particularly welcomes submissions by young
scholars and people based in the Global South. Due to
resource constraints though, at this point, we can
only accept essays in English and can not pay for
submissions.</li>
<li>Abstracts must be a maximum of 1000 words. They do
not need to be of continuous prose but must capture
the main arguments of the essay and can be expanded
outlines. Bios should be 200 words.</li>
<li>Essay length: 5000 words. Shorter essays are
acceptable, but not longer than 5000 words.</li>
<li>Style: TNI has five basic criteria for its research
and publications that will also be used to assess the
abstracts and essays:<br>
- Credible: Well researched and evidence-based<br>
- Accessible: Readable by a broad non-specialist
audience (in other words please avoid too much
academic jargon)<br>
- Additional: Adds depth, new insights or detail to
existing knowledge/research<br>
- Radical: Tackles the structural roots of critical
issues<br>
- Propositional: Does not just critique, but also
where relevant puts forward just alternatives</li>
<li>Please include an abstract at the top of the paper
(maximum 500 words) and add a short bio (150 words)</li>
<li>Provide bibliography at end of essay and/or provide
endnotes for references, preferably in APA style.
Please do not overdo it on the endnotes – use it
mainly for referring to facts/evidence that may be
surprising, questioned or challenged.</li>
<li>Please send as .doc file (not .docx)</li>
<li>The decision of the Editorial Panel is final. If
your abstract or essay is chosen for the book, please
be ready to respond to peer reviews and copyediting
comments based on the timeline below.</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Timeline</strong></p>
<p>September Call for abstracts/papers<br>
31 October Deadline for submission of essays<br>
5 November Notification of chosen abstracts for
final essays<br>
1 December Submission of essays<br>
5 December Notification of chosen essays<br>
10 December Comments sent to authors<br>
2 January Final version submitted by author<br>
9 January Copyedits sent to author for final
check/revision<br>
19 January Launch</p>
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