Much of the critical discussion of the European political economy and the Eurozone crisis
has focused upon a sense that solidaristic achievements built up during the post-war period …

This article explores the terrain of social conflict as it developed across advanced capitalist
democracies throughout the 'age of austerity'that followed the global economic crisis. It …

The decline of the power of organised labour, which is a central feature of neoliberalism,
was compounded during the 'age of austerity'. Yet, the potentially disruptive agency of …

This article maps important trends that mark a new stage in neoliberal capitalism since 2008,
with a focus on class struggle and resistance in the advanced industrial democracies. New …

Why study Japan? Research on contemporary Japanese politics and foreign policy faces
headwinds from the relative geopolitical decline of Japan and scholars skeptical about …

Across Europe, resistance to austerity takes place in the household, the local community,
and the everyday. Disruptive practices of refusal and subversion leave elite domination …

Scholars have argued that the spread of the Covid-19 virus is undermining globalisation and
may ultimately prove a catalyst for de-globalisation. We debate this issue. Covid-19 is …

Welfare state retrenchment has been an object of research in political science for over 25
years now. The defining text remains Paul Pierson's book Dismantling the Welfare State …

As bearers of their own emancipation, the political agency of the subaltern classes is a
vexed question, a time-honoured one at that. Why do the subalterns endure injustices …

This article assesses the emergence of the new groups, organizations and protests that
have emerged since the financial crisis and asks whether we can understand these as a …