UK Politics and Global Capitalism

Interview with Bob Jessop, Conducted by Jerko Bakotin, for Jacobin. Recorded in Potsdam, Germany, 5 June 2015. This version may not be identical (for editing reasons) to the version on Jacobin. How do you explain the Conservative’s triumph in British elections? What were the preconditions that set the stage for such a development? We should not…

Rethinking the Diversity and Varieties of Capitalism: on Variegated Capitalism in the World Market

This on-line version is the pre-copyedited, preprint version. The published version can be found here: ’Rethinking the diversity of capitalism: varieties of capitalism, variegated capitalism, and the world market’, in G. Wood and C. Lane, eds, Capitalist Diversity and Diversity within Capitalism, London: Routledge, 209-237, 2011. What’s in a name? There are many approaches, some…

Changes in Welfare Regimes and the Search for Flexibility and Employability

This on-line version is the pre-copyedited, preprint version. The published version can be found here:  ‘Changes in welfare regimes and the search for flexibility and employability’, in H. Overbeek, ed., The Political Economy of European Unemployment: European Integration and the Transnationalization of the Employment Question, London: Routledge, 29-50, 2003. ***   This chapter argues that…

Fordism and Post-Fordism: a Critical Reformulation

By: Bob Jessop This on-line version is the pre-copyedited, preprint version. The published version can be found here: ‘Fordism and post-Fordism: a critical reformulation’, in A.J. Scott and M.J. Storper, eds, Pathways to Regionalism and Industrial Development, London: Routledge, 43-65, 1992.  *** The language of Fordism and post-Fordism has entered lay discussion about the social…