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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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New Imperialism or New Capitalism?

Nitzan, Jonathan; Bichler, Shimshon - 2004

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 mimeograph is to address this mismatch. Using a...

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The Scientist and the Church

Nitzan, Jonathan; Bichler, Shimshon - 2005

The April 21, 2005 issue of the LONDON REVIEW OF BOOKS carried a lead article titled ‘Blood for Oil?’ The paper is attributed to a group of writers and activists – Iain Boal, T.J. Clark, Joseph Matthews and Michael Watts – who identify themselves by the collective name ‘Retort.’ In...

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The Global Political Economy of Israel

Nitzan, Jonathan; Bichler, Shimshon - 2002

Over the past century, Israel has been transformed from an agricultural colony, to a welfare-warfare state, to a globally integrated “market economy” characterised by great income disparities. What lies behind this transformation? Why the shift in emphasis from “war profits” to “peace...

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Capital as Power. A Study of Order and Creorder

Nitzan, Jonathan; Bichler, Shimshon - 2009

Conventional theories of capitalism are mired in a deep crisis: after centuries of debate, they are still unable to …

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Differential Accumulation and Middle East Wars: Beyond Neo-Liberalism

Bichler, Shimshon; Nitzan, Jonathan - In: Global Regulation. Managing Crises After the Imperial Turn, (pp. 43-60). 2004

It is popular these days to talk about the "discontent" of neoliberal globalization. This "discontent" is no longer the … world’s dominant capital groups have become discontented with neoliberal globalization; (2) to speculate on what may replace … neoliberal globalization; and (3) to link this transition in the nature of accumulation to the new wars. …

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Capital Accumulation: Breaking the Dualism of "Economics" and "Politics"

Nitzan, Jonathan; Bichler, Shimshon - In: Global Political Economy: Contemporary Theories, (pp. 67-88). 2000

This chapter outlines the main problems of capital theory, key issues which need to be resolved, and the way in which an alternative concept of capital may affect the future evolution of IPE. Briefly, existing theories of capital can be classified into three groups, based on their relationship...

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The Impermanent War Economy? Peace Dividends and Capital Accumulation in Israel

Nitzan, Jonathan; Bichler, Shimshon - In: The Political Economy of Middle East Peace. The Impact …, (pp. 73-108). 1999

The purpose of this article is to offer an alternative analytical framework for understanding the long term transformation in Israel. First, we argue against the conventional separation between the “political system” and the “economic system.” This separationist approach has been popular...

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The Weapondollar-Petrodollar Coalition

Nitzan, Jonathan; Bichler, Shimshon - In: The Global Political Economy of Israel, (pp. 198-273). 2002

A theoretical and historical account of the global political economy of oil, armament and capital accumulation in the Middel East.

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