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Revisiting the Classical Theories of Imperialism:From “Underconsumption” in...

John Milios and Dimitris P. Sotiropoulos ABSTRACT In the contemporary literature and discussions on imperialism one will have difficulty finding theoretical propositions that do not have their roots in...

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Jonathan Joseph, The Social in the Global: Social Theory, Governmentality and...

Ulrich Hamenstädt Global change appears to us as a multifactorial and complex phenomenon. In his new book, Jonathan Joseph combines the concept of Hegemony from Gramsci with the Foucaultian...

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Editor’s Note For 2014 Spring, Volume 6, Issue 1

Faruk Yalvaç This issue brings together some of the key papers presented in the first Spectrum Conference on Historical Materialism, Historical Sociology and International Relations held at the Middle...

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Hegemony in the Making: TÜSİAD’s Hegemonic Role in the Context of Turkey’s EU...

Özge Yaka ABSTRACT This article aims at a critical contribution to neo-Gramscian political economy literature on agency of transnational capitalist class in shaping the global socio-economic order...

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Neoliberal Nightmares Japhy Wilson

Japhy Wilson ABSTRACT Neoliberalism died in the financial crisis of 2008. But it has risen from the grave. This uncanny persistence has coincided with an increased interest in gothic themes in the...

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What International Organizations Do, and Why They Do It Paul Cammack

Paul Cammack ABSTRACT International organizations work to develop production and exchange (and productivity and competitiveness) on a global scale, in ways that vary from time to time in accordance...

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A Cultural Political Economy of Financial Imaginaries: the (Re-)Making of...

Ngai-Ling Sum ABSTRACT This article explores the role of economic/financial imaginaries (e.g., BRIC) from a cultural political economy (CPE) perspective. It is divided into four parts. Part one...

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After the Crisis: Global Capitalism and the Critique of Political Economy...

Hugo Radice ABSTRACT Since the global financial crisis of 2008-9, neoliberalism has proved to be remarkably resilient. Alternatives in economic policy and political philosophy alike have found little...

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Class struggle in times of crisis: conceptualising agency of...

Andreas Bieler ABSTRACT Class struggle in times of crisis: conceptualizing agency of resistance. While movements of resistance against neo-liberal globalization have increasingly become subject of...

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Political Capitalism, Economic and Political Crises, and Authoritarian...

  Bob Jessop Political Capitalism, Economic and Political Crises, and Authoritarian Statism Full Text            

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Social Standards of Self-Restraint in World PoliticsAndrew Linklater

Andrew Linklater Social Standards of Self-Restraint in World Politics Full Text

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Contrived Civilizations The Western Eurasian Mode of Hierarchies Production...

Gennro Ascione ABSTRACT   In this article I expose the idea that modernity is not only a distinctive era as historical sociology uses to think, neither only a discursive formation, as anti-foundational...

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The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development and the lessons from...

Stuart Shields ABSTRACT This paper seeks to understand the role played by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) in helping to consolidate the gains from the Arab Spring. There is...

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Saving ‘World Market Society’ from itself? Risk, the New Politics of...

Alex Nunn ABSTRACT Socio-economic inequality is now firmly on the international political agenda. In recent years the World Economic Forum, Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, World...

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Documenting Karl Marx: Rethinking Marx Ideas on the Commodity within a...

Ulrich Hamenstädt ABSTRACT Imagine a market where you have a high misallocation of commodities; this market could be the global food market. More than 150 years ago Karl Marx asked the question, why...

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Neoliberal Nightmares or Fear of Terrorism? A response to Japhy Wilson´s...

Abstract Political scientists are increasingly interested in popular culture. Notably, films appear as reflections of social and political developments as well as mirrors of common ideologies and...

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Why Europe? Anti-Eurocentric Theory, History, and the Rise of...

Alexander Anievas and Kerem Nişancıoğlu Why Europe? Anti-Eurocentric Theory, History, and the Rise of Capitalism Full Text

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The Costs of Weaponizing Emancipatory Politics: Constituting what is...

Naeem Inayatullah and David L. Blaney The Costs of Weaponizing Emancipatory Politics: Constituting what is Constitutive of Capitalism Full Text

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Uneven and Combined Development in the Longue Durée: Beyond World-System...

Eric Mielants Uneven and Combined Development in the Longue Durée: Beyond World-System Analysis? Full Text

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Thoughts on How the West Came to RuleAyse Zarakol

Ayse Zarakol Thoughts on How the West Came to Rule Full Text

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