Uneven and combined development and unequal exchange: the second wind of neoliberal ‘free trade’?

Bieler, Andreas; Morton, Adam David

Abstract

With capitalist social relations emerging in a prior system of absolutist states in Europe, the outward expansion of capitalism through conditions of uneven and combined development became dependent on the existence of multiple political entities. States in turn are brought into relations of unequal exchange within the global economy. This article analyses the way in which current neoliberal ‘free trade’ policies are related to these fundamental capitalist dynamics, deepening further processes of uneven and combined development as well as unequal exchange.

Citation

Bieler, A., & Morton, A. D. (2014). Uneven and combined development and unequal exchange: the second wind of neoliberal ‘free trade’?. Globalizations, 11(1), https://doi.org/10.1080/14747731.2014.860334

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Oct 25, 2013
• Publication Date: Feb 6, 2014
• Deposit Date: Jul 20, 2016
• Publicly Available Date: Jul 20, 2016
• Journal: Globalizations
• Print ISSN: 1474-7731
• Electronic ISSN: 1474-774X
• Publisher: Routledge
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 11
• Issue: 1
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/14747731.2014.860334
• Keywords: capitalist expansion, free trade, unequal exchange, uneven and combined development
• Public URL: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/723439
• Publisher URL: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14747731.2014.860334
• Additional Information: This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Globalizations on 6 Feb 2014, available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/14747731.2014.860334.
• Contract Date: Jul 20, 2016