Inequality and instability -- The material formation of regimes -- Regime and culture -- Neoliberal globalization and the crisis of the state -- Manifestations of the crisis -- The crisis comes home -- Epilogue

As the conception of and debates on regional powers have been led by political science, this paper aims to contribute to the discussion from an economics perspective. Based on the discussion of different concepts of economic power - such as those of Schumpeter, Perroux, Predöhl, or Kindleberger...