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.

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Publication Date: Feb 6, 2014
• Journal: Globalizations
• Print ISSN: 1474-7731
• Electronic ISSN: 1474-774X
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis (Routledge)
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 11
• Issue: 1
• APA6 Citation: Bieler, A., & Morton, A. D. (2014). Uneven and combined development and unequal exchange: the second wind of neoliberal ‘free trade’?. Globalizations, 11(1), doi:10.1080/14747731.2014.860334
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/14747731.2014.860334
• Keywords: capitalist expansion, free trade, unequal exchange, uneven and combined development
• Publisher URL: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14747731.2014.860334
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• 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....0/14747731.2014.860334.