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Geography of Power; the Making of Global Economic Policy

Geography of Power; the Making of Global Economic Policy © Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, 2009 DOI: 10.1163/156913209X12506861083879 Comparative Sociology 8 (2009) 626–639 brill.nl/coso C O M P A R A T I V E S O C I O L O G Y Book Reviews Peet, Richard, 2007 , Geography of Power; the Making of Global Economic Policy , London / New York: Zed Books, 216 pp., ISBN: 978-1842777114, £18.99 (pb). In this broad-ranging book Peet aims to show the origins and social geog- raphy of the global hegemony of neoliberal economic policy-making, shaping national policies around the world. He claims this power over economic policy-making has accumulated into a limited number of West- ern cities over the past decades, and is exerted by a relatively small group of expert policymakers. He distinguishes three forms of power (economic, ideological, and political) and traces their concentration into global gover- nance institutions like the G7, European Union, and IMF. Th e author has a distinctly critical perspective, drawing on the work of for example Gramsci as well as Foucault. One of the main strengths of the book is Peet’s attempt to operationalise this abstract theoretical framework (based on concepts such as ideology, hegemony and discourse) into what he calls http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Comparative Sociology Brill

Geography of Power; the Making of Global Economic Policy

Blom, Jasper
Comparative Sociology , Volume 8 (4): 626 – Jan 1, 2009
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© Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, 2009 DOI: 10.1163/156913209X12506861083879 Comparative Sociology 8 (2009) 626–639 brill.nl/coso C O M P A R A T I V E S O C I O L O G Y Book Reviews Peet, Richard, 2007 , Geography of Power; the Making of Global Economic Policy , London / New York: Zed Books, 216 pp., ISBN: 978-1842777114, £18.99 (pb). In this broad-ranging book Peet aims to show the origins and social geog- raphy of the global hegemony of neoliberal economic policy-making, shaping national policies around the world. He claims this power over economic policy-making has accumulated into a limited number of West- ern cities over the past decades, and is exerted by a relatively small group of expert policymakers. He distinguishes three forms of power (economic, ideological, and political) and traces their concentration into global gover- nance institutions like the G7, European Union, and IMF. Th e author has a distinctly critical perspective, drawing on the work of for example Gramsci as well as Foucault. One of the main strengths of the book is Peet’s attempt to operationalise this abstract theoretical framework (based on concepts such as ideology, hegemony and discourse) into what he calls

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