The 1990s saw a systemic shift from the liberal post–World War II international order of
liberal multilateralism (LIO I) to a post–Cold War international order of postnational …

Debates about the role and nature of the state are at the heart of modern politics. However,
the state itself remains notoriously difficult to define, and the term is subject to a range of …

This paper is a critical exploration of the of the term neoliberalism. Drawing on a wide range
of literature across the critical social sciences and with particular emphasis on the political …

The 2008 financial crisis was the worst since the Great Depression and many voices argued
that it would transform global financial governance. Analysts anticipated a" Bretton Woods …

Following the financial crisis and its aftermath, it is clear that the inherent contradictions of
capitalist accumulation have become even more intense and plunged the global economy …

This article takes as its starting point the observation that neoliberalism is a concept that is
'oft-invoked but ill-defined'. It provides a taxonomy of uses of the term neoliberalism to …

Research Highlights and Abstract Uses 'discursive institutionalism'as its analytic framework,
by focusing on the wide range of EU leaders' ideas about the crisis and how they have …

The 21st century is the age of" neo-liberalism"–a time when the free market is spreading to
all areas of economic, political and social life. Yet how is this changing our individual and …

The European Union is facing multiple challenges. Departing from mainstream theory, this
article adopts a fresh approach to understanding integration. It does so by taking two …

Defines and elucidates the concept of 'background ideas'; Defines and elucidates neo-
liberalism and its relationship to background ideas; Uses discursive institutionalism as …