Does globalization mean the end of the nation state? Or are nation states able to respond to processes of global change? This impressively comprehensive book examines the connections and conflicts that exist between global and national processes, institutions and cultures. Debating and explaining c[...]
Written under the shadow of the global financial crisis, this book charts the current shape of global finance and tries to explain why the crisis arose -- and what can be done about it. Economics alone cannot fully explain how global finance operates, and why it is so crisis prone. Global Finance of[...]