Bob Jessop, Emeritus Professor of Sociology, Lancaster University, UK and Ngai-Ling Sum, Senior Lecturer, Department of Politics, Philosophy and Religion, Lancaster University, UK

'With this high theoretical work, Jessop and Sum offer a broad overview and critique of the regulation approach.'

• Contents: Preface Introduction Part I: On the Regulation Approach 1. Early Regulation Approaches in Retrospect and Prospect 2. Fordism and Post-Fordism 3. Fordism, Post-Fordism and the Capitalist State Part II: Applications and Critical Appreciations of the RA 4. Neo-Conservative Regimes and the Transition to Post-Fordism 5. A Regulationist Re-reading of East Asian Newly Industrializing Economies: From Peripheral Fordism to Exportism 6. A Regulationist Perspective on the Asian ‘Crisis’ and After Part III: Developing the Regulation Approach 7. Regenerating the Regulation Approach 8. Bringing Governance into Capitalist Regulation 9. Rescaling Regulation and Governance in a Global Age Part IV: Moving Beyond the Regulation Approach 10. Critical Realism and the Regulation Approach: A Dialogue 11. Rethinking Periodization After Fordism 12. Gramsci as a Proto- and Post-Regulation Theorist Conclusion: Putting Capitalist Economies in their Place Bibliography Index

Bob Jessop, Emeritus Professor of Sociology, Lancaster University, UK and Ngai-Ling Sum, Senior Lecturer, Department of Politics, Philosophy and Religion, Lancaster University, UK

'With this high theoretical work, Jessop and Sum offer a broad overview and critique of the regulation approach.'

• Contents: Preface Introduction Part I: On the Regulation Approach 1. Early Regulation Approaches in Retrospect and Prospect 2. Fordism and Post-Fordism 3. Fordism, Post-Fordism and the Capitalist State Part II: Applications and Critical Appreciations of the RA 4. Neo-Conservative Regimes and the Transition to Post-Fordism 5. A Regulationist Re-reading of East Asian Newly Industrializing Economies: From Peripheral Fordism to Exportism 6. A Regulationist Perspective on the Asian ‘Crisis’ and After Part III: Developing the Regulation Approach 7. Regenerating the Regulation Approach 8. Bringing Governance into Capitalist Regulation 9. Rescaling Regulation and Governance in a Global Age Part IV: Moving Beyond the Regulation Approach 10. Critical Realism and the Regulation Approach: A Dialogue 11. Rethinking Periodization After Fordism 12. Gramsci as a Proto- and Post-Regulation Theorist Conclusion: Putting Capitalist Economies in their Place Bibliography Index

Bob Jessop, Emeritus Professor of Sociology, Lancaster University, UK and Ngai-Ling Sum, Senior Lecturer, Department of Politics, Philosophy and Religion, Lancaster University, UK

'With this high theoretical work, Jessop and Sum offer a broad overview and critique of the regulation approach.'

• Contents: Preface Introduction Part I: On the Regulation Approach 1. Early Regulation Approaches in Retrospect and Prospect 2. Fordism and Post-Fordism 3. Fordism, Post-Fordism and the Capitalist State Part II: Applications and Critical Appreciations of the RA 4. Neo-Conservative Regimes and the Transition to Post-Fordism 5. A Regulationist Re-reading of East Asian Newly Industrializing Economies: From Peripheral Fordism to Exportism 6. A Regulationist Perspective on the Asian ‘Crisis’ and After Part III: Developing the Regulation Approach 7. Regenerating the Regulation Approach 8. Bringing Governance into Capitalist Regulation 9. Rescaling Regulation and Governance in a Global Age Part IV: Moving Beyond the Regulation Approach 10. Critical Realism and the Regulation Approach: A Dialogue 11. Rethinking Periodization After Fordism 12. Gramsci as a Proto- and Post-Regulation Theorist Conclusion: Putting Capitalist Economies in their Place Bibliography Index