Bridging the critical divide: Global finance, financialisation and contemporary capitalism

Contemporary Politics

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 233-252

  Montgomerie, Johnna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

contemporary capitalism; cultural economy; financialisation; global finance; political economy

Indexed keywords

EID: 85050168833     PISSN: 13569775     EISSN: 14693631     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13569770802396303     Document Type: Article

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