Alan Cafruny – författare

This timely book evaluates the causes and consequences of globalization and deglobalization in today’s world. Written by leading international political economy scholars, Globalization in a Turbulent Era examines key phases of globalization alongside topical phenomena, including migration, radicalization, and US–China relations.Contributors contextualize the history of globalization by exploring both conceptual and theoretical questions, as well as ongoing debates between skeptics and hyperglobalists. Chapter authors analyse the most important trends and events of the present historical conjuncture, including the origins and residual effects of the global financial crisis, the Eurozone crisis, the rise of populism and its impact on national economic policies, the transformation of US foreign economic policies under Trump and Biden, the changing nature of US power in the context of rising multipolarity, and the war in Ukraine. Focusing on global and regional scales, the book outlines the centrality of political–economic dynamics to resurgent geopolitical tensions.This book is a crucial reference for scholars and students in the field of international political economy. Scholars and students in the fields of international relations, European public policy, and migration studies will also greatly benefit from the book’s necessary insights.

Challenging the assumptions of ‘mainstream’ International Political Economy (IPE), this Handbook demonstrates the considerable value of critical theory to the discipline through a series of cutting-edge studies.

This book draws on critical theory to introduce readers to ways of exploring questions about the EU from a political economy perspective, questions like: -Does the EU help or hinder Europe's 'social models' to face the challenges of globalization? - Does the EU represent a break from Europe's imperial past? - What were the causes of the Eurozone crisis?