RIPE Series in Global Political Economy
About the Book Series
For almost two decades now, the RIPE Series in Global Political Economy published by Routledge has been an essential forum for cutting-edge scholarship in International Political Economy, which we understand to be a broadly defined area of research that may cut across other disciplines. The series brings together new and established scholars working in critical, cultural and constructivist political economy. Books in the RIPE Series typically combine an innovative contribution to theoretical debates with rigorous empirical analysis.
The RIPE Series seeks to cultivate:
- Field-defining theoretical advances in International Political Economy.
- Novel treatments of key issue areas, such as global finance, trade, and production, both historical and contemporary.
- Analyses that explore the political economic dimensions of relatively neglected topics, such as the environment, gender, race, and colonialism from both Western and non-Western perspectives.
- Accessible work that will inspire advanced undergraduates and graduate students in International Political Economy.
Susanne Soederberg – Queen’s University, Canada
Adrienne Roberts – The University of Manchester, UK
Samuel Knafo – University of Sussex, UK
Naná de Graaff – Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Please copy in Lydia de Cruz, the Editor at Routledge, on any proposal submissions ([email protected]).
Corporate Power and Ownership in Contemporary Capitalism: The Politics of Resistance and Domination
1st Edition
By Susanne Soederberg
October 20, 2009
Despite the influence corporations wield over all aspects of everyday life, there has been a remarkable absence of critical inquiry into the social constitution of this power. In analysing the complex relationship between corporate power and the widespread phenomenon of share ownership, this book ...
Capital as Power: A Study of Order and Creorder
1st Edition
By Jonathan Nitzan, Shimshon Bichler
June 15, 2009
Conventional theories of capitalism are mired in a deep crisis: after centuries of debate, they are still unable to tell us what capital is. Liberals and Marxists both think of capital as an ‘economic’ entity that they count in universal units of ‘utils’ or ‘abstract labour’, respectively. But ...
The Industrial Vagina: The Political Economy of the Global Sex Trade
1st Edition
By Sheila Jeffreys
December 23, 2008
The industrialization of prostitution and the sex trade has created a multibillion-dollar global market, involving millions of women, that makes a substantial contribution to national and global economies. The Industrial Vagina examines how prostitution and other aspects of the sex industry have ...
Beyond States and Markets: The Challenges of Social Reproduction
1st Edition
Edited
By Isabella Bakker, Rachel Silvey
July 30, 2008
Seeking to extend our understanding of the contemporary global political economy, this book provides an important and original introduction to the current theoretical debates about social reproduction and argues for the necessity of linking social reproduction to specific contexts of power and ...
Governing Financial Globalization: International Political Economy and Multi-Level Governance
1st Edition
Edited
By Andrew Baker, David Hudson, Richard Woodward
June 10, 2008
Money, finance and credit are literally the lifeblood of the modern economy. The distribution of money and credit are essential to productive investment in trade and industry, to the maintenance of consumer purchasing power and demand, to individuals' social status and standard of living, and ...
Images of Gramsci: Connections and Contentions in Political Theory and International Relations
1st Edition
Edited
By Andreas Bieler, Adam Morton
January 15, 2008
A comprehensive reassessment of the relevance of Gramsci’s theory and practice at the beginning of the twenty-first century. Whilst commentaries on Antonio Gramsci and arguments surrounding his political and intellectual legacy have proliferated, little attention has been hitherto directed to ...
Critical Perspectives on Global Governance: Rights and Regulation in Governing Regimes
1st Edition
By Jean Grugel, Nicola Piper
December 25, 2007
The first in-depth analysis of how global governance impacts on the lives of ordinary people. This new volume includes four detailed case studies on labour, migration, children and development that explore the actual nature of governance policies in the GPE. Jean Grugel and Nicola Piper&...
Neoliberal Hegemony: A Global Critique
1st Edition
Edited
By Dieter Plehwe, Bernhard J. A. Walpen, Gisela Neunhöffer
December 04, 2007
Neoliberalism is fast becoming the dominant ideology of our age, yet politicians, businessmen and academics rarely identify themselves with it and even political forces critical of it continue to carry out neoliberal policies around the globe. How can we make sense of this paradox? Who actually are...
Beyond Globalization: Capitalism, Territoriality and the International Relations of Modernity
1st Edition
By Hannes Lacher
October 22, 2007
Hannes Lacher presents a new critical social theory of international relations that integrates sociology, history and political geography to understand the formation and development of modern international relations. Far from implying a return to state-centrist Realism, this essential new volume ...
Global Standards of Market Civilization
1st Edition
Edited
By Brett Bowden, Leonard Seabrooke
October 22, 2007
Global Standards of Market Civilization brings together leading scholars, representing a range of political views, to investigate how global 'standards of market civilization' have emerged, their justification, and their political, economic and social impact. Key chapters show how as&...
The Political Economy of European Employment: European Integration and the Transnationalization of the (Un)Employment Question
1st Edition
Edited
By Henk W Overbeek
October 22, 2007
This edited collection examines unemployment in Europe in the context of globalisation, the implementation of European Monetary Union and the Eastern enlargement of the EU. It combines theoretical chapters with detailed case-studies of Britain, The Netherlands, Italy, Spain and Central Europe....
Resisting Intellectual Property
1st Edition
By Debora J. Halbert
December 05, 2006
Over the past decade, the scope of copyright and patent law has grown significantly, strengthening property rights, even when such rights seem to infringe upon other, more basic, priorities. This book investigates the ways in which activists, scholars, and communities are resisting the expansion of...