New Directions in Comparative Capitalisms Research

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xvi

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2. Introduction

   1. Introduction: Comparative Capitalisms Research and the Emergence of Critical, Global Perspectives

      • Matthias Ebenau, Ian Bruff, Christian May

      Pages 1-8

3. Comparing Capitalisms in the Global Political Economy

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 9-9

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   2. Varieties of Capitalism and ‘the Great Moderation’

      • David Coates

      Pages 11-27

   3. Fault and Fracture? The Impact of New Directions in Comparative Capitalisms Research on the Wider Field

      • Ian Bruff, Matthias Ebenau, Christian May

      Pages 28-44

   4. Directions and Debates in the Globalization of Comparative Capitalisms Research

      • Matthias Ebenau

      Pages 45-61

4. Critical Perspectives and Debates

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 63-63

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   2. Comparative Capitalisms and/or Variegated Capitalism

      • Bob Jessop

      Pages 65-82

   3. Critical Institutionalism in Studies of Comparative Capitalisms: Conceptual Considerations and Research Programme

      • Christian May, Andreas Nölke

      Pages 83-100

   4. Gender Inequalities in the Crisis of Capitalism: Spain and France Compared

      • Julia Lux, Stefanie Wöhl

      Pages 101-117

   5. Social Structures of Accumulation: A Marxist Comparison of Capitalisms?

      • Terrence McDonough

      Pages 118-133

   6. Entangled Modernity and the Study of Variegated Capitalism: Some Suggestions for a Postcolonial Research Agenda

      • Ingrid Wehr

      Pages 134-151

5. Global Perspectives and Debates

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 153-153

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   2. Putting Comparative Capitalisms Research in Its Place: Varieties of Capitalism in Transition Economies

      • Jan Drahokoupil, Martin Myant

      Pages 155-171

   3. State-Business-Labour Relations and Patterns of Development in Latin America

      • Flavio Gaitán, Renato Boschi

      Pages 172-188

   4. All Varieties Are Equal… Contributions from Dependency Approaches to Critical Comparative Capitalisms Research

      • Lucía Suau Arinci, Nadia Pessina, Matthias Ebenau

      Pages 189-206

   5. Decolonizing the Study of Capitalist Diversity: Epistemic Disruption and the Varied Geographies of Coloniality

      • Lisa Tilley

      Pages 207-223

   6. Conclusion: Towards a Critical, Global Comparative Political Economy

      • Christian May, Matthias Ebenau, Ian Bruff

      Pages 224-232

6. Back Matter

   Pages 233-236

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Now that the 'Varieties of Capitalism' hype has passed, students of capitalist diversity are searching for new directions. This book presents the first sustained dialogue between institutionalist 'post-VoC' and more critical, global approaches, thus contributing to the development of a new generation of Comparative Capitalisms scholarship.

• Varieties of Capitalism
• capitalist diversity
• Comparative Political Economy
• International Political Economy
• Critical Political Economy
• institutionalism
• Marxism
• globalization
• global economic crisis
• political geography
• economic geography
• transition economies
• critical development studies
• feminist political economy
• postcolonial theory
• development
• political economy
• transition

'Charting new directions, developing new perspectives, and bringing new energy to the field of comparative capitalisms research, this innovative collection presents a radical challenge to intellectual path dependency. In the best traditions of critical and heterodox scholarship, it opens up and illuminates the horizon not only with new analytical formulations but with new political-economic imaginaries as well.' Jamie Peck, University of British Columbia, Canada

'With its invaluable and up-to-date effort to change the way we do research on capitalism, this edited collection is a breath of fresh air and a much needed contribution to a long-standing debate a highly stimulating and timely book which opens up a research agenda that is both pertinent and necessary.' Ramiro Fernández, Universidad Nacional del Litoral, Argentina

'New Directions in Comparative Capitalisms Research sets a refreshing, bold agenda for critical research into capitalist diversity. By turns confrontational, reflective, and forward-thinking, it should be read by everyone now grappling with understanding the evolving nature of capitalism in the contemporary world.' Juliet Johnson, McGill University, Canada

'New Directions in Comparative Capitalisms Research deserves praise by bringing the dynamic reality of a conflictual, national borders transcending capitalism back into the research on the Varieties of Capitalism. This splendid co-edited volume with its critical and globalperspective is destined to become a point of reference in the search for new directions in comparative capitalisms research.' - Christoph Scherrer, Universität Kassel, Germany

• IG Metall, Germany

  Matthias Ebenau

• University of Manchester, UK

  Ian Bruff

• Goethe University Frankfurt am Main, Germany

  Christian May

Renato Boschi, Rio de Janeiro State University (IESP-UERJ), Brazil David Coates, Wake Forest University in North Carolina, USA Jan Drahokoupil, University of Mannheim, Germany, and a Senior Researcher at the European Trade Union Institute (ETUI) in Brussels, Belgium Flavio Gaitán, Federal University of Latin American Integration (UNILA), Brazil Bob Jessop, Lancaster University, UK Julia Lux, University of Tübingen, Germany Terrence McDonough, National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland Martin Myant, European Trade Union Institute in Brussels, Belgium Andreas Nölke, Goethe University Frankfurt am Main, Germany Nadia Pessina, Catholic University of Córdoba, Argentina Lucía Suau Arinci, University of Kassel, Germany Lisa Tilley, University of Warwick, UK, and Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium Ingrid Wehr, Heinrich Boell Foundation Cono Sur, Chile Stefanie Wöhl, University of Vienna, Austria

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