Michael Talalay was Senior Research Fellow in International Political Economy at Nottingham Trent University and is now Principal Consultant in information technology with the Butler Group

• List of illustrations, Notes on contributors, Preface, Acknowledgements, 1 Technology, culture and competitiveness: change and the world political economy, Part I Thinking about technology and international relations, Part II Technology as the foundation of international competitive advantage, Part III Technology and change in the world political economy, Bibliography, Index

'[Articulates] the need for IR/IPE scholarship to conceptualise technology in the context of historical structures and to acknowledge its inter-subjective nature and implications.' - Edward A. Connor, American University, Washington, DC

Michael Talalay was Senior Research Fellow in International Political Economy at Nottingham Trent University and is now Principal Consultant in information technology with the Butler Group

• List of illustrations, Notes on contributors, Preface, Acknowledgements, 1 Technology, culture and competitiveness: change and the world political economy, Part I Thinking about technology and international relations, Part II Technology as the foundation of international competitive advantage, Part III Technology and change in the world political economy, Bibliography, Index

'[Articulates] the need for IR/IPE scholarship to conceptualise technology in the context of historical structures and to acknowledge its inter-subjective nature and implications.' - Edward A. Connor, American University, Washington, DC

Michael Talalay was Senior Research Fellow in International Political Economy at Nottingham Trent University and is now Principal Consultant in information technology with the Butler Group

• List of illustrations, Notes on contributors, Preface, Acknowledgements, 1 Technology, culture and competitiveness: change and the world political economy, Part I Thinking about technology and international relations, Part II Technology as the foundation of international competitive advantage, Part III Technology and change in the world political economy, Bibliography, Index

'[Articulates] the need for IR/IPE scholarship to conceptualise technology in the context of historical structures and to acknowledge its inter-subjective nature and implications.' - Edward A. Connor, American University, Washington, DC