Global Capitalism
Below are my writings on Global Capitalism. Much of it can be downloaded directly from this page in PDF or or Microsoft Word formats. Much of the earlier writing is now accessible through the WakeSpace Digital Archive of the Z. Smith Reynolds Library at Wake Forest University. Some of that material is still restricted, at the request of the publishers, but much is not.
If access proves difficult, please contact me directly.
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| “A Tale of Two Cities: Financial Meltdown and the Atlantic Divide”
(written with Kara Dickstein and presented to the British Politics Group pre-APSA conference, “The UK and the US in 2010”, Washington DC, September 1, 2010) |
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| “Seen from Below: Labor in the Story of Capitalism” (forthcoming in a volume edited by Ian Taplin for the Wake Forest University Capitalism Center) | |
| “Social Justice in a Shrinking World; Beyond Protectionism and Neo-Liberalism,” in Patrick Diamond and Olaf Cramme (editors), Social Justice in a Global Age: Cambridge, Polity Press, 2009, pp. 136-153. | |
| “The rise and fall of Japan as a model of ‘progressive capitalism,” in David Bailey, Dan Coffey and Phil Tomlinson (editors), Crisis in Japan: State and Industrial Economy; Cheltenham, Edward Elgar, 2007 pp. 179-196. | |
| “Capitalist flattening or flattening capitalism? Class forces and political choices in the Global Knowledge Economy,” in Work Organization, Labour and Globalization, volume 1, Number 2, Summer 2007, pp. 15-19. | |
| “Continuity and Discontinuity in the Building of Industrial Relations Systems,” Labor History, vol. 47, no. 2, May 2006, pp. 235-240. | |
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Varieties of Capitalism, Varieties of Approaches: London, Palgrave, 2005. |
| “Paradigms of explanation,” in David Coates (editor), Varieties of Capitalism, Varieties of Approaches: London, Palgrave, 2005, pp. 1-25 . | |
| “Conclusion: choosing between paradigms – a personal view,” in David Coates (editor), Varieties of Capitalism, Varieties of Approaches: London, Palgrave, 2005, pp. 265-271. | |
| “The New Political Economy of Post-War Britain,” in Colin Hays (editor), British Politics Today: Cambridge, Cambridge, Polity Press, 2002, pp. 157-184. | |
| “Capitalist Models and Social Democracy: the case of New Labour,” British Journal of Politics and International Relations Vol. 3, no. 3, October 2001, pp. 284-307. | |
| “In praise of accurate reviewing,” New Political Economy, vol 6(1), March 2001 Available here » |
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Models of Capitalism: growth and Stagnation in the Modern Era: Cambridge, Polity Press, 2000. |
| “New Class Forces, Old Class Realities,” unpublished paper (2000) . | |
| “Models of capitalism in the new world order: the UK case” Political Studies, vol. 47(1),Sept 1999, pp. 77-96 | |
| “Why growth rates differ”, New Political Economy, (1999) vol. 4, no. 1, pp. 77-96. | |
| “Labour power and international competitiveness: a critique of dominant orthodoxies”, in Leo Panitch (editor) The Socialist Register 1999; london, Merlin Press, 1999, pp. 108-141. | |
| “Industrial policy: conclusion’ (with Paul Reynolds), in David Coates (editor), Industrial Policy in Britain: Basingstoke, Macmillan, 1996, pp. 241-68. | |
| “Industrial policy: introduction”, in David Coates (editor), Industrial Policy in Britain; Basingstoke, Macmillan, 1996, pp. 3-30. | |
| “The view at half-time: politics and UK economic under-performance”, University of Leeds Review Volume 38, 1995-6, pp. 37-55. | |
| “State expenditure and economic performance'”(with Mette Wiggen) in David Coates (editor), Economic and Industrial Performance in Europe; Cheltenham, Edward Elgar, 1995, pp. 185-201. | |
| “UK underperformance: claim and reality'” in David Coates and John Hillard (editors) UK Economic Under-performance: the key texts; London, Harvester, 1995. | |
| “UK economic under-performance: causes and cures”, Developments in Economics: An Annual Review, volume 11, 1995, pp. 47-63. | |
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The Question of UK Decline: the Economy, State and Society: London, Harvester 1994. |
| “The challenge to industrial democracy in Britain” (with John Hillard) in M. Donald Hancock Hancock, John Logue and Bernt Schiller (editors), Managing Modern Capitalism: industrial renewal and workplace democracy in the United States and Western Europe: Westport CT, Greenwood Press, 1991, pp. 121-144. | |
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Running the Country: London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1991/95. |
| “The nature of the choice before us”, in David Coates and John Hillard (editors) The Economic Revival of Modern Britain: Cheltenham, Edward Elgar, 1987, pp.327-340. | |
| “Corporatism and the State in theory and practice” in Malcolm Harrison (editor) Corporatism and the Welfare State: Aldershot, Gower, 1984, pp.122-135. | |
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The Context of British Politics: London, Hutchinson, 1984. |
| “The character and origin of Britain’s economic decline” in David Coates and Gordon Johnston (editors) Socialist Strategies: Oxford, Martin Robertson, 1983, pp.32-63. | |
| “The political power of trade unions”, in David Coates and Gordon Johnston, (editors) Socialist Arguments: Oxford, Martin Robertson, 1983, pp.55-82. | |
| “Britain in the 1970s: economic crisis and the resurgence of radicalism” in Andrew Cox (editor), Politics, Policy and the European Recession: Basingstoke, Macmillan, 1982, pp.141-166. | |
| “Politicians and the Sorcerer” in Anthony King (editor), Why is Britain Becoming Harder to Govern? London, BBC publications, 1976, pp.31-57. | |