Synopses & Reviews
When the United States and Britain invaded Iraq in 2003 it seemed as if they also tore up the fabric of global governance of the world economy. But this governance was already contested and the world economy, the contributors argue, is in crisis. The chapters in this collection address the question of whether and how the "imperial turn" taken by the US and Britain has affected the "governance" structures of the global political economy in the areas of world economy, property relations, corporate social responsibility, migration, and security.
About the Author
Kees van der Pijl is Chair of the International Relations and Politics Department and Head of the Centre for Global Political Economy.
Libby Assassi is a Researcher at the Centre for Global Political Economy, University of Sussex.
Duncan Wigan is an ESRC sponsored Researcher at the Centre for Global Political Economy, University of Sussex.
Table of Contents
Global Regualtion after 9/11: Imperial Control, Technocratic Governance and the Challenge of Democracy--L.Assassi, D.Wigan & K.van der Pijl * PART 1: THE IMPERIAL TURN IN THE GLOBAL POLITICAL ECONOMY * From Globalization to Militarism: The American Hegemonic Cycle and System-Wide Crisis--P.Golub * Neo-Liberal Dynamics: Towards a New Phase?--G.Dumenil & D.Levy * Differential Accumulation and Middle East Wars: Beyond Neo-Liberalism--S.Bichler & J.Nitzan * PART 2: PROPERTY RELATIONS AND MARKET STRUCTURES * (Re)producing Intellectual Property Norms: Capacity Building Programmes in Developing Countries--C.May * TRIPS, Pharmaceutical Patents and Public Health: The Case for Access to HIV Care--B.Coriat & F.Orsi * Fallacies of Global Unregulated Markets: The Case of Telecommunications--M.Rioux * PART 3: CODES OF CONDUCT AND ACCOUNTABILITY * The Peace of the Graveyard: The Voluntary Principles on Security and Human Rights in the Niger Delta--A.Zalik * Regulating the Global Athletic Footwear Industry: The Collective Worker in the Product Chain--J.Merk * PART 4: INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION * A New Spatial Fix for Capitalist Crisis? Immigrant Labour, State Borders and the New Ostracising Imperialism--J.Anderson & I.Shuttleworth * A Question of Skills: Migration Policy and the Global Political Economy--C.Gabriel * And Yet It Moves: Mapping the Global Mobility Regime--M.Salter * PART 5: THE PRIVATIZATION OF SECURITY * American Military Power: Global Public Good or Competitive Advantage?--C.Serfati * Regulating Private Military Companies: States and the Expanding Business of Commercial Security Provision--C.Ortiz