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OverviewThis edited book deepens our understanding of the complex processes and mechanisms of financial expansion and the effects of this expansion in the global political economy. It brings together perspectives from political economy, finance, accountancy, law and sociology to consider the central question of how financial power works. Full Product DetailsAuthor: K. van der Pijl , D. Wigan , Anastasia Nesvetailova , Kenneth A. LoparoPublisher: Palgrave Macmillan Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan Dimensions: Width: 14.00cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 21.60cm Weight: 0.465kg ISBN: 9780230006874ISBN 10: 0230006876 Pages: 255 Publication Date: 14 December 2006 Audience: Professional and scholarly , College/higher education , Professional & Vocational , Undergraduate Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsGlobal Finance in the New Century: Deregulation and Beyond; L.Assassi, A.Nesvetailova & D.Wigan PART 1 Globalization, Efficient Markets and Arbitrage; D.Mackenzie Financial Derivatives: Bubble or Anchor?; D.Bryan & M.Rafferty Offshore Financial Centres, Hot Money and Hedge Funds: A Network Analysis of International Capital Flows; N.Coates & M.Rafferty Who Derivatives Markets Serve? Rhetoric Vs Reality; S.C.Breger PART 2 The Quiet Panic about Financial Illiteracy; J.Froud, A.Leaver, K.Williams & W.Zhang The Feminization of Pensions? Gender, Political Economy and Defined Contribution Pensions; M.Condon The Alchemy of Banks: The Consumer Credit Industry after Deregulation Central Europe in the EU Embrace; O.Raviv Finance and Management in the Dynamics of Social Change: Contrasting Two Trajectories: United States and France; G.Duménil & D.Lévy PART 3 Monetarism in the US: The Development of New Forms of Federal Reserve Control over Banks and Financial Markets; M.Konings The Political Economy of Post-Soviet Offshorisation; K.Haiduk Tax, Subsidies and Profit: Business and the Modern State; R.Palan & R.Murphy Financial Regulation and the War on Terror; M.de Goede Redesigning Financial Regulation; J.Nugee & A.Persaud BibliographyReviewsAuthor InformationLIBBY ASSASSI is a Researcher at the Centre for Global Political Economy, University of Sussex, UK. She teaches International Political Economy and related subjects at Sussex University and is an Associate Lecturer at the Open University. DUNCAN WIGAN is an ESRC sponsored Researcher at the Centre for Global Political Economy, University of Sussex, UK, and teaches in the Department of International Relations. ANASTASIA NESVETAILOVA is a Lecturer at the Centre for Global Political Economy, University of Sussex, UK. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |