The authors examine the impact of globalization on state structures in the specific instance
of the central bank. Following the world-system, world-society, and neoinstitutional …

Using a model distinguishing local, national, inter-national, transnational and global
interaction networks, I analyse four supposed'threats' to nation-states-global capitalism …

Central banks can shape economic growth, affect income distribution, influence a country's
foreign relations, and determine the extent of its democracy. While there is considerable …

Institutionalist models of macroeconomic performance in advanced industrial countries focus
on central bank independence. In newly industrializing countries, however, the behavioral …

Globalization is widely perceived as the master concept of our time. Yet a consistent
definition remains elusive. Ironically, while participants in the globalization debate disagree …

Who or what shapes and drives the policy and operational behavior of the World Bank? The
objective of this essay is to lay the conceptual and empirical framework for this special issue …

Contemporary debate over globalization casts its political effects as both revolutionary and
contradictory. Globalization, it is claimed, drains political authority from nation-states, long …

Central banks have become key institutions in the process of economic policymaking.
Typically, their responsibilities include serving as lender of last resort, as financial agent for …

Does globalization erode the nation state's capacity to act? Are nation states forced to
change their policies even if this goes against the democratic will of their electorates? How …

Geographical space as a source of explanation affects all historical realities, all spatially
defined phenomena; states, societies, cultures and economies.(Braudel 1986: 20) In 1904 …