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Nitzan, Jonathan; Bichler, Shimshon - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2005

others, the ‘era of free flow,’ the ‘era of limited flow,’ ‘energy conflicts,’ the ‘commercialization of arms exports,’ the …

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Dominant Capital and the New Wars

Bichler, Shimshon; Nitzan, Jonathan - In: Journal of World-Systems Research 10 (2004) 2, pp. 254-327

The recent shift from ‘global villageism’ to the ‘new wars’ revealed a deep crisis in heterodox political economy. The popular belief in neoliberal globalization, peace dividends, fiscal conservatism and sound finance that dominated the 1980s and 1990s suddenly collapsed. The early 2000s...

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Going Global: Differential Accumulation and the Great U-turn in South Africa and Israel

Nitzan, Jonathan; Bichler, Shimshon - In: Review of Radical Political Economics 33 (2001) 1, pp. 21-55

This paper offers a new theoretical approach for comparing the current political-economic U-turns in South Africa and Israel. Our principal focus is on a revised notion of capital, emphasizing the central role of differential accumulation by dominant capital groups. We further distinguish...

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From War Profits to Peace Dividends: The New Political Economy of Israel

Nitzan, Jonathan; Bichler, Shimshon - In: Capital & Class (1996) 60, pp. 61-94

Since the late 1980s, Israel has been undergoing a profound transformation, characterized by reconciliation with its Arab neighbours and attempts to reintegrate into the regional economy, a transition from a militarized economy to open markets, and a decline of the collectivist ethos in favour...

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Putting the State In Its Place: US Foreign Policy and Differential Accumulation in Middle-East “Energy Conflicts”

Bichler, Shimshon; Nitzan, Jonathan - In: Review of International Political Economy 3 (1996) 4, pp. 608-661

and Middle East “energy conflicts.” Examining the historical record since the late 1960s, we find US policies to have been … significantly, every “energy conflict” since the late 1960s was preceded by adverse drops in the differential rate of the large oil … for the arms contractors. Left unresolved, these predicaments could eventually culminate in a new “energy conflict.” …

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Bringing Capital Accumulation Back In: The Weapondollar-Petrodollar Coalition – Military Contractors, Oil Companies and Middle-East "Energy Conflicts"

Nitzan, Jonathan; Bichler, Shimshon - In: Review of International Political Economy 2 (1995) 3, pp. 446-515

This paper offers an alternative approach to the repeated occurrence of Middle East “energy conflicts.” Our analysis … East “energy conflicts.” At the same time, these companies were not passive bystanders. This is suggested firstly by the …, secondly, by the fact that every single “energy conflict” since the 1967 Arab Israeli War could have been predicted solely by …

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New Imperialism or New Capitalism?

Nitzan, Jonathan; Bichler, Shimshon - In: Review: A Journal of the Fernand Braudel Center for the … XXIX (2006) 1, pp. 1-86

Over the past century, the institution of capital and the process of its accumulation have been fundamentally transformed. By contrast, the theories that explain this institution and process have remained largely unchanged. The purpose of this paper is to address this mismatch. Using a broad...

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Israel's Global Capitalism

Bichler, Shimshon; Nitzan, Jonathan - 2004

The flaring up of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in the early 2000s caught most experts by surprise. The 1990s euphoria of the Oslo ‘peace process’ suddenly dissipated, replaced by a second intifada; the newspeak of ‘peace dividends’ gave way to debates about ‘imperialism’; and instead...

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Global Accumulation and the New Middle East Wars

Bichler, Shimshon; Nitzan, Jonathan - 2002

The unravelling of the Middle-East peace process continues to baffle the pundits. The early optimism of the Oslo peace accord has now turned into despair. Prime minister Rabin was assassinated by a Jewish extremist. The Palestinians have embarked on a new Intifada. And Israel has re-occupied...

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The End of Neoliberalism?

Bichler, Shimshon; Nitzan, Jonathan - 2003

This article was commissioned by the French newspaper Le Monde. The newspaper was one of several sponsors of an International Conference on Global Regulation, held at the University of Sussex on May 29-31, 2003, where we presented a plenary paper. As part of its sponsorship, Le Monde agreed to...

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