Dr Alexis Moraitis
Lecturer in International Political EconomyResearch Overview
The main focus of my research is the global political economy of capitalism and its governance. It examines the limits and challenges that capitalist development poses for states' governign stategies and their social implications. In particular, I am interested in how post-industrial transformations, economic stagnation and automation alter the social landscape states arte called to manage. On a theoretical level, my rsearch explores the relationship between state, economy and power by engaging with liberal, neoliberal and Marxist conceptions of capitalism. Finally, I am also researching the political economy of French capitalism and the transformations of state policy since the 1980s.
Career Details
Prior to joining PPR in 2020 I taught political economy at the Universities of Warwick, Oxford Brookes, Birmingham and York. In 2019 I obtained my PhD from the University of Warwick where I had previously also done a BA and MA in Politics and International Political Economy respectively.
Current Teaching
I am the convenor of PPR.238: State & Economy which looks at the ways that states, market and the demos relate to each other in the context of the capitalist political economy throug the eyes of key 19th and early 20th century political economists.
I also am the convenor of PPR.348: The Governance of Global Capitalism which examines the tensions and crises that underpin the governance of the global economy today.
Research Interests
My research interests include:
- The political economy of capitalism and its governance- The crisis of work and post-capitalist futures- State theory and the relationship between politics, economy and democracy in liberal and critical thought- Marx, Marxism and value theory- French politics and transformations of French capitalism
PhD Supervision Interests
My research interests include: International Political Economy, state theory, liberalism and neoliberalism, future of work and automation, post-industrial transformations of capitalism, French politics, Marxism and value theory
Work and Freedom After Capitalism
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Capital in the 21st century
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Work and Freedom After Capitalism
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Are Robots Taking our Jobs
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France: A Year from the Most Crucial Election in a Generation
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