Theoretical approach: the cross-strait rapprochement as a contested hegemonic project -- The historical and structural origins of the hegemonic project -- Reformist resistance against the black box: technocratic management and the structured spontaneity of the wild strawberry movement -- The...

Introduction 1. Post-Marxism and the Materiality of Labour 2. Labour and Political Society: On the Contingency of Capitalism 3. Money and the Limits of Labour 4. Domination and the Antagonisms of Value 5. Subjectivity and the Logics of Value Conclusion: Labour, Class, and the Political

The Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine marked a turning point in American foreign policy. In 1904, President Roosevelt announced that, not only were European powers not welcome in the Americas, but that the U.S. had the right to intervene in the affairs of Central American and Caribbean...

This volume offers two important contributions to the literature on sovereign debt. First, it provides a unique genealogy of debt collection practices in terms of their availability, acceptability and efficacy. We argue that creditors’ tactics and methods to enforce debt repayment emerged and...

This paper develops an economic theory of empire building. This theory addresses the choice among three strategies that empire builders historically have used. We call these strategies Uncoerced Annexation, Coerced Annexation, and Attempted Conquest. The theory shows how the choice among these...

Klappentext: Die Bewunderung für den schnellen Aufstieg Chinas innerhalb der globalen Wirtschaftsordnung weicht in westlichen Ländern zunehmend der Sorge vor einer autoritären Weltmacht. Heribert Dieter zeigt, wie China die Rolle der "Werkbank" überwunden hat und zunehmend...

Modern globalization's public goods (provided for the world economy as a whole and which include free flows of trade and factors of production across frontiers, stable rates of exchange, the containment of warfare and mercantilism, the preservation of the environment and latterly the protection...