Category: Nation State
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Africa: Meet the New Gatekeepers, Same as the Old Gatekeeper
Examining the historical and contemporary political economy of extraction in sub-Saharan Africa through the lens of “gatekeeper states”.
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Holland: The Overreaching Empire
In which we examine the Golden Age founding myth of success: a toll booth built on moral ambiguity.
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Africa Architecture Brazil Cathedrals Colonialism Commodity Credit Culture Democracy Early Modern Economics Empire Exploration History Immigration India Institution Literature Migration Monasteries Nation State Painting Political Economy Portugal Post-Colonialism Resistance Revolution Spain State Trade
Portugal: The Empire Without a Bank
In which we examine why Portugal has always been under-capitalised.
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Authority Bureaucracy Capitalism Church Class Colonialism Commodity Culture Debt Drama Early Modern Economics Empire Exploration Fascism History Immigration Literature Mexico Monarchy Money Naples Nation State Nationhood Novel Painting Peru Plays Political Economy Post-Colonialism Power Renaissance Republic Resistance Spain State
Spain: The Self Examined Empire
In which we explore the relationship between centres and peripheries in Spain through Empire and beyond.
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Ancient History Anthropology Authority Borders Bureaucracy Colonialism Community Democracy Egypt Elections Executive Florence Geo-Politics History Hungary Institution Judiciary Law Legislature Legitimation Medieval Migration Nation State Nationhood Opposition Political Economy Political Philosophy Power Press Renaissance Resistance Roman Empire State Surveillance Violence
The Machinery of Legitimation II
How States lose legitimacy.
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PIG IRON: The Great Transformation
In which we explain how Polanyi shows that the regulating mechanisms of capitalism are constructed not inevitable.
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PIG IRON: The Big Bets
Essays in Dignity and Political Economy. In which we show that International co-operation can happen when Capital wants it to
At Home He Feels Like A Tourist 