Economic Nationalism and Globalization

In Economic Nationalism and Globalization: Lessons from Latin America and Central Europe Henryk Szlajfer offers, against the background of developments in Latin America (mainly Brazil) and Central Europe (mainly Poland) in times of first globalization from late 19th century until late 1930s, a reinterpretation of economic nationalism both as an analytical category and historical experience. Also, critically explored are attempts at proto-economic nationalism in early 19th century Poland and Latin America as well as links between economic nationalism and the emergence of integral political nationalism and authoritarianism.

Economic nationalism is interpreted as historically significant world-wide phenomenon intimately linked with the birth, development and crisis of capitalist modernity and as a response to underdevelopment under first globalization. Continuity of economic nationalism under present globalization is suggested.

Henryk Szlajfer, Ph.D. (1977) in Sociology and Habilitation (2006) in Political Sciences, is Professor at the Institute of Americas and Europe, Warsaw University, and the Institute of Political Studies, Polish Academy of Sciences. He has published on Latin American economic and political modern history and European international affairs. Co-editor of Western Europe, Eastern Europe and World Development 13th–18th Centuries. Collection of Essays of Marian Małowist (Brill 2010).