Political Economy

Australia, China, and the Darwin Port Lease as a Public-Private Partnership

Robin Pelenyi • Feb 24 2024 • Essays

The Darwin Port lease was justified by privileging market values, but trouble emerged when it became necessary to incorporate non-market national security values.

Development and Authoritarianism: China’s Political Culture and Economic Reforms

Vivian Le • Nov 20 2023 • Essays

China’s economic reform avoided democratisation by balancing capitalism and socialism, highlighting industrial survival and nationalism, evading radical political change.

The UNSDGs and Transition to a Sustainable Economy through Post-growth Approach

Shrinwanti Mistri • Oct 14 2023 • Essays

For the UNSDGs to transcend their self-limiting internal contradictions, they need to be reconceptualized as visions in the making and not as goals or targets.

Institutionalised and Ideological Racism in the French Labour Market

Jodie Bradshaw • Sep 18 2023 • Essays

Until a critical re-evaluation of the egalitarian approach of French Republicanism is undertaken, the racial hierarchies in labor market will persist.

Beyond the Narrative of China’s Debt Trap Diplomacy

Alain Tao • Aug 2 2023 • Essays

Looking beyond the popular narrative of Chinese debt-trap diplomacy, it becomes clear that it does not hold up to scrutiny.

The BRI in Kazakhstan: The Chinese Dream with Kazakh Characteristics?

Antonios Vitalis • Feb 26 2023 • Essays

The Chinese Belt and Road Initiative’s ability to align with its principle of win-win in Kazakhstan has proved successful, particularly in the Nurly Zhol project.

Navigating the Complexities of Business and Human Rights

Jeanne Saint-Martin • Feb 23 2023 • Essays

Capitalism has implemented different mechanisms to legitimize itself, CSR is one of this tools that has been held for debate about whether is effective or not.

International Relations Is Not Post Postcolonialism in the Twenty-First Century

Maya Dotson • Jan 31 2023 • Essays

The Rana Plaza collapse was an event that made Postcolonialism and World Systems Theory come into consideration.

Transnational Corporations, State Capacity and Development in Nigeria

Olusola Samuel Oyetunde • Nov 11 2022 • Essays

While TNCs have sometimes acted as development agents in host countries, their developmental contribution is marginal.

Is Dependency Theory Relevant in the Twenty-First Century?

Olusola Samuel Oyetunde • Aug 17 2022 • Essays

Dependency theory explains the inability of Global South countries to take ownership of their national development, supported by a case study in IMF-Nigeria relations.

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