Political Economy, Financialisation and Discourse Theory Conference

Conference at Cardiff Business School, 28-29 May 2009. From the call for papers: “How, then, is the contemporary phase of capitalist development and associated crisis of financialization to be conceptualized? What relevance might various forms of discourse theory have for analysing aspects of this crisis? This workshop is intended to address the following questions: What is the contribution of discursive/poststructuralist analysis to the interrogation of central elements of the financial crisis? How do other traditions and forms of analysis serve to highlight the shortcomings and/or correct the limitations of discursive/ poststructuralist analysis?”