Political Economy

How Have Austerity Measures Undermined Peruvian Women’s Reproductive Rights?

Sophia Gore • Nov 10 2014 • Essays

Under the guise of women’s ‘empowerment’ and and ‘rights to ones own body,’ Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori disguised the economic ideology of the regime.

The Asian Tigers from Independence to Industrialisation

Bruno Marshall Shirley • Oct 16 2014 • Essays

Do the lessons learned from the rapid economic growth of the Tigers from the 1960s through the 1990s have a practical application in contemporary development?

Does the Latin American Left Offer a Post-Neoliberal Alternative?

Ruby Utting • Oct 10 2014 • Essays

The role of the state as the facilitator of capitalist interests has limited the Bolivian government in its ability to initiate a break from neoliberal economics.

Are High Levels of Violent Crime Inevitable After a Civil War?

Clara Voyvodic Casabo • Oct 10 2014 • Essays

The emergence of violent crime after war should be considered as the product of a multiplicity of sources associated with conflict and with larger structural dynamics.

The Effects of the Mexican Drug Trade over the Past Sixty Years

Michael E K Jones • Oct 5 2014 • Essays

Drug trade has manufactured a deterioration of the federal state, but alarmist discourse conflates heterogeneous local effects with political issues at the national level

Does Free Trade Undermine International Rules Protecting the Environment?

Monica Mylordou • Sep 24 2014 • Essays

The WTO undermines international environmental rules. Yet, the WTO’s decisions comply with the mandates for which it operates which do not cover environmental protection.

Neoliberal Globalisation and the “Arab Spring”; One Facet of a Global Movement?

Jethro Norman • Sep 11 2014 • Essays

The movements of 2011 were motivated by multiple grievances, but the common underlying factors were socioeconomic grievances and a rejection of the neoliberal program.

Food Insecurity and Unrest in the Arab Spring

Thomas Tree • Sep 7 2014 • Essays

Rapidly rising international food prices caused the urban middle class to experience acute food insecurity, which is linked to the unrest resulting in the Arab Spring.

In What Ways Can Neo-liberalism Be Classified as Utopian Politics?

Min Goo Lee • Aug 25 2014 • Essays

Neo-liberalism in the self-proclaimed guise of an eutopia allows violence against other utopias, thus validating the very concerns espoused by classical liberal scholars.

‘Alternative Development’ as a Policy to Combat Illegal Drug Production

Adam Barr • Aug 6 2014 • Essays

Alternative development programmes, and supply-side policies in general, have been ineffective in combating illegal drug production at the national and regional level.

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