Political Economy

The Contemporary Neoliberal State and Economic Violence

Katharina Kesztyus • May 31 2018 • Essays

Neoliberal states such as the United States and Great Britain seek to promote and enhance structural inequality within their borders by exerting economic violence.

Assessing the Merits of Post-Fordism from a Gendered IPE Approach

Lucas Arndell • Apr 2 2018 • Essays

The introduction of women into the labour force tackled society’s subservient ideologies seen in the Fordist placement of women solely within domestic and reproductive spheres.

Hegemonic Challenge: Chinese State Capitalism and its Growing Global Presence

Samuel Davis • Mar 14 2018 • Essays

Chinese state capitalism represents an alternative approach to the Washington Consensus dominated by the U.S. and other developed countries.

Is China Using the AIIB to Reinvent Asian Regionalism?

Amreeta Das • Mar 12 2018 • Essays

China’s Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank will not reinvent Asian regionalism as we know it today and will instead strengthen existing regional ties.

Security State Logic and Neoliberal Splendor: The Treasure Trove Border

Gabrielle Wolf • Feb 22 2018 • Essays

The United States has created a paradoxical border with Mexico by restricting the flow of people while at the same time encouraging the free-flow of goods and capital.

IPE and Transnational Criminal Law: An Imperfect Yet Fruitful Relationship

Alen Hristov • Jan 15 2018 • Essays

Transnational criminal law can contribute to the field of International Political Economy through the integration of ideas related to international financial crime.

The Case of the International Monetary Fund and the 2008 Global Financial Crisis

Carlos Rodriguez • Nov 29 2017 • Essays

The IMF presents a conflict between narrative and policy advice strategy. Has this international financial institution learned lessons from the 2008 Global Crisis?

Grievances, Strategies, and Demands of the Contemporary Chinese Labour Movement

Andrea Brügger Aakre • Oct 9 2017 • Essays

The Chinese state’s capitalist transformation in the 1970’s primed the current exploitation of rural workers, which has resulted in sizable labor movement protests.

Building New Understandings? Development and the World ‘Knowledge’ Bank

Ruby Utting • Sep 26 2017 • Essays

The World Bank uses its knowledge production to forward an understanding of development that is conducive to the extension of capital.

Transatlantic Sovereignty Games: What Makes the US and the EU ‘Hang Together’?

Katarina Rebello • Jun 15 2017 • Essays

Drawing on an analytical framework based on ‘sovereignty games’ this essay explores the roles of money in (re)constructing relations between the USA and the EU.

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