Financialization refers to the increasing importance of finance, financial markets, and
financial institutions to the workings of the economy. This article reviews evidence on the …

For three decades, neoliberalism dominated the global political economy. Defined as an
explicit preference for private over public control, neoliberalism represented a dramatic …

Left-leaning political parties play an important role as representatives of the poor and
disempowered. They once did so by promising protections from the forces of capital and the …

This article introduces the most comprehensive dataset on de jure central bank
independence (CBI), including yearly data from 182 countries between 1970 and 2012. The …

Central bank independence (CBI) is vital for maintaining stable economic expectations. Our
work employs a panel of 161 economies during the period 1970–2019 to investigate the …

Southern Theory presents the case for a radical re-thinking of social science and its
relationships to knowledge, power and democracy on a world scale. Mainstream social …

prescriptions becomes weaker. Last but not least, the more distant countries and regions are
from Europe, the less significant efforts by the EU become to directly influence institutional …

We document cycles in corporate investment corresponding with the timing of national
elections around the world. During election years, firms reduce investment expenditures by …

The postcommunist countries were amongst the most fervent and committed adopters of
neoliberal economic reforms. Not only did they manage to overcome the anticipated …

Table of Contents Preface 1 Introduction 1 2 The Westminster Model of Democracy 9 3 The
Consensus Model of Democracy 31 4 Thirty-Six Democracies 48 5 Party Systems: Two …