The debate about so-called economic globalization has reached a new phase. The
hegemony of neo-liberal thinking has ended, in the face of both the increased and …

Conceived as considerably broader than simply the Varieties of Capitalism framework, I
argue that the varieties of capitalism literature is premised upon an institutional reductionism …

This paper outlines an institutionalist political economy approach to capitalism as a specific
type of social order. Social science institutionalism considers social systems to be structured …

In the West, critiques of state intervention, market volatility and global economic crisis since
the early 1970s contributed to the undermining of traditional state-led approaches to …

European capitalism, according to the conventional wisdom, is very different from the wilder
forms of capitalism found across the Atlantic. It incorporates a strong sense of social justice …

Political economy has become a very broad church indeed, so broad that it can seemingly
offer an explanation of almost any element of human life. Yet, at the same time, political …

This book deals with the economics of capitalism, that is, the economic system, the salient
feature of which is 'generalized'commodity production. The characterization …

Globalisation and European integration are having a profound impact on Europe's socio-
economic order. Other chapters in this volume discuss the implications of these …

When the theoretical positions defended in A Theory of Capitalist Regulation were
elaborated, ambitious synoptic studies were ideologically appealing as interpretations of the …

The decades following the Second World War have been called a 'golden age'of capitalism.
In Western societies unprecedented economic growth and a balancing of the competing …