British Capitalism After the Crisis

Scott Lavery is a lecturer in the Department of Politics and Research Fellow at the Sheffield Political Economy Research Institute (SPERI) at the University of Sheffield, UK. His research sits at the intersection of International Political Economy, British Politics and EU studies and examines the political economy of post-crisis capitalism.

• 1. Introduction.- 2. British Capitalism Before the Crisis.- 3. Theorising Capitalist Stability.- 4. New Labour’s ‘hybrid’ political economy.- 5. The Coalition’s accumulation strategy.- 6. The Coalition’s ‘two nations’ hegemonic project .- 7. After the Coalition: Towards a transformation or consolidation of British capitalism?.- 8. Conclusion.