Global Political Economy in the Information Age: Power and Inequality (RIPE Series in Global Political Economy)

Introduction: 20th-21st century imaginings and realities  Section 1: Time/Space Frameworks  1. States and Markets: understanding geospatial time 2. Virtual Realities: exploring sociospatiality  3. The Political Economy of Time: historical time, speed and mobility Section 2: Borders and Inequality  4. Transcendence and Communication  5. Inequality as Driver  6. Embedding Patriarchy: feminism and inequality in the Internet era  Section 3: Technofutures and Power  7. Complex Hegemony in the 21st Century: power and inequality  Conclusion