In 1988, the American radical economist David Gordon published a paper in New Left
Review entitled 'The global economy: new edifice or crumbling foundations?'. 1 He argued …

The term'globalisation'has served as an arresting metaphor to provide explanation, meaning
and understanding of the nature of contemporary capitalism, though not all of the processes …

The purpose of this article is primarily to situate the rise of the idea of 'globalisation'in terms
of its broader intellectual context, with some emphasis on the relevance for 'development' …

Notoriously slippery and expansive, potentially encompassing almost everything under the
sun, interrelating apparently disparate elements into wholes so complex, multi-dimensional …

This chapter offers some intrinsic paradoxes of global capitalism, looks at its objectives,
describes some of its unique features, and examines some of its costs and benefits …

The 'globalization'of economic activity and the governance issues it raises are often thought
to have appeared only after the Second World War, and particularly during the 1960s. The …

This work addresses the politics of globalisation through an examination of neo-liberalism,
the third way, and anti-capitalist responses and alternatives. It utilises a Marxist approach …

This book is the eagerly awaited successor to Robert Gilpin's 1987 The Political Economy of
International Relations, the classic statement of the field of international political economy …

This book attempts to provide a Marxist critique of global political economy–that is to say, a
critical commentary both on the way the world works and on alternative interpretations of …

The period from the 1970s to the 1990s saw much discussion about the declining power of
national states in the face of internationalization and, later, globalization. This topic has been …