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Ten years after the financial crisis of 2008 there is widespread scepticism about the ability to curb volatile financial markets and achieve international cooperation. Rather than simply a result of the clash of national egoisms, this book explores the structural origins of this failure in the competing models of capitalism across the globe.
List of contents
- 1: Introduction
- 2: The Problem in Detail: The Clash of Capitalisms and the Rules of International Finance
- 3: Finance-Led Capitalism in the US, the Globalization of Finance and the Quest for Global Neoliberal Hegemony
- 4: Integration-Led Capitalism in the EU, the Rise of Euro Corporatism and the Quest for Regional Stability
- 5: State-Led Capitalism in East Asia, Export Orientation and the Quest for National Sovereignty
- 6: Conclusions: Second Image IPE and the International Regulation of Finance
About the author
Thomas Kalinowski is a Professor at the Graduate School of International Studies, Ewha Womans University in Seoul, Korea. He holds a PhD in Political Science from Free University Berlin. He teaches International Political Economy, Comparative Political Economy, International Organizations, and Sustainable Development. His recent research has focused on bringing the Comparative Capitalist perspective into the investigation of international cooperation and conflict. His key contribution to the study of Comparative Capitalism has been to help overcome the euro-centric perspective within Comparative Political Economy by systematically including East Asia in the field.
Summary
Ten years after the financial crisis of 2008 there is widespread scepticism about the ability to curb volatile financial markets and achieve international cooperation. Rather than simply a result of the clash of national egoisms, this book explores the structural origins of this failure in the competing models of capitalism across the globe.
