This book review appeared in the Spring 2003 issue of The Independent Review. In his new book A Theory of the State, Yoram Barzel aims to “explain how ‘the state’ first emerged and to describe the ...

The ideas here have been expanded in The Problématique of State Capitalism as part of the book The Spectre of State Capitalism with Adam D Dixon (2023) available via Open Access here. At the risk of ...

International political economy (IPE) is a multidisciplinary field of study that seeks to understand the interplay between politics, economics, and global relations. IPE examines how states and ...

What is the state, from whence does it come, and who controls it? One might suppose these questions have obvious answers. In reality the answer is elusive, not easily identified even by those who are ...