Table of Contents

Introduction (Gary Teeple and Stephen McBride)

1. Financialization and Neo-Liberalism (David M. Kotz)

2. The New Constitutionalism: International and Private Rule in the New Global Order (Stephen McBride)

3. The Privatization of Authority in the Global Political Economy (Claire Cutler)

4. Corporate Governance: Does State Regulation Matter? (Kavaljit Singh)

5. Globalizing the Labour Process (Bob Russell)

6. Regulating Labour Standards in the Global Economy (Mark Thomas)

7. Global Health: A Political Economy of Historical Trends and Contemporary Inequalities (David Coburn)

8. Castles in the Air: "Universal" Human Rights in the Global Political Economy (Tony Evans)

9. Military Power, Hegemonic Power: A Neglected Issue of International Political Economy (James Cypher)

10. Resisting Neo-Liberal Capitalism: Insights From Political Economy (Elaine Coburn)

Afterword: Global Crisis and Political Economy (Gary Teeple)

Promotional Information

With contributions from social scientists of international stature, this volume provides a comprehensive analysis of contemporary neoliberalism-its institutional arrangements, socio-political contradictions, and economic crisis. An important contribution to global political economy. -- William Carroll, University of Victoria

About the Author

Gary Teeple is a professor in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at Simon Fraser University. Stephen McBride is a professor and Canada Research Chair in Public Policy and Globalization in the Department of Political Science at McMaster University.

Reviews

With contributions from social scientists of international stature, this volume provides a comprehensive analysis of contemporary neoliberalism--its institutional arrangements, socio-political contradictions, and economic crisis. An important contribution to global political economy.--William Carroll, University of Victoria