Unravelling power and hegemony: Towards a differentiated approach
Both power and hegemony are often defined one-sidedly in terms of a particular theoretical approach. Rather than revisiting these inter-theoretical debates, this paper approaches power and hegemony through two...
Terrorism and counterterrorism in the EU
This report provides an overview of the European Union’s (EU’s) counterterrorism strategy before and after the 9/11 attacks, which marked a major shift in prioritising counterterrorism in the EU’s...
The EU and hegemony: The new medievalism revisited
The European Union represents one of the most articulated and ambitious attempts to construct an international order that explicitly rejects power politics and hegemony as organising principles. Its unique...
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Research projects on Policies&Institutions
Chinese investment in Africa: New model for economic development or business as usual?
As China’s trade relations with other world powers continue to attract attention, African leaders have...
Macroeconomic policies for inclusive growth in Southern countries
The idea of this project is to analyse what kind of macroeconomic policy is most...
On the power of improvisation
Hegemony is a form of domination, whether by consent or by force and whether by...
Unravelling power and hegemony: Towards a differentiated approach
Both power and hegemony are often defined one-sidedly in terms of a particular theoretical approach....
Social movements and organised labour: Passions and interests
We are living in times of crisis. Contrary to past events of that type which...
Research projects on New Economic Models
Beyond GDP: Alternative measures of economic and social progress
Dr Vladimir Yakunin opened the roundtable by explaining that in 2009 the World Public Forum...
Communicating ‘cyber capitalism with Chinese characteristics’
As with many characteristics of China, whether political or economic, the Chinese internet has distinctive...
Failure of economics? Or the failure of (some) economists?
It is widely known that economists failed to predict the Great Recession of 2008-09. It...
Why do some countries have more billionaires than others?
This paper will also appear as an Investment Migration Council (IMC) Working Paper
The Forbes magazine...
Measuring the progress of societies: Alternatives to GDP
During the 1990s under the Washington Consensus, ways of measuring different dimensions of society began...
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