Legitimacy is central for the capacity of global governance institutions to address problems
such as climate change, trade protectionism, and human rights abuses. However, despite …

In appraising critical IR theory after twenty-five years, this article begins by asking whether
critical theory implicitly reinforces the 'superiority'of Western civilisation and naturalises …

Back in 2006, Zapatero's pride in his country's development might have been forgivable. At
this time, Spain was the eighth largest economy in the world. In the preceding decade, the …

As Nicola Smith (2006: 519) argues,'[t] he trajectory of contemporary European political
economies remains the subject of enormous academic and political controversy.' …

Shortlisted for the 2013 BISA IPEG Book Prize, this book explores how Eastern Europe's
post-communist transition can only be understood as part of a broader interrogation of …

In the context of the contemporary crisis of neoliberal political economy, the politics of
austerity has reasserted the liberal utility of the state as the political authority of market …

Gramscian theory has had a profound influence on critical and Marxist thought within
International Relations (IR), particularly in bringing an alternative understanding to the …

In the course of the neoliberal globalization offensive capital has become more international.
This development has placed the question of the state on the agenda once again. The …

This book seeks to provide the most comprehensive and sustained engagement and critique
of neo-Gramscian analyses available in the literature. In examining neo-Gramscian …

Uncovering the class conflicts, geopolitical dynamics, and aggressive capitalism propelling
the militarization of the internet Global surveillance, computational propaganda, online …