This intervention develops arguments in our book Capitalism and the Sea on complex temporalities attached to capitalism's intense peculiar relationship global ocean. Technological innovations like steamship or containerisation plainly transformed pace intensity of maritime commerce, aspects economy. We take this further argue that very origins periodisation capitalism are connected ocean; as wi...

Following the collapse of socialism in the late 1980s, Central and Eastern European countries initiated attempts to adopt capitalist economic frameworks and promote entrepreneurship. However, persistent economic difficulties and high levels of unemployment have led to dissatisfaction with political parties favoring capitalism. We integrate identity, institutional, and social movement theories t...