Internet Gambling Offshore Caribbean Struggles over Casino Capitalism [Hardcover]

In the aftermath of the financial crisis, Cooper locates the WTO-focused struggle between the US and the very small island state of Antigua on Internet gambling in the wider International Political Economy. He draws connections between gambling and offshore and/or enclave cultures and points out the stigmatization of 'Casino Capitalism'.IntroductionReconfiguring Casino Capitalism Virtual Vice or Innovative Virtue? The US Takes a Hard Line: Stigmatizing the Internet Gambling Industry Antigua Responds: The Commercialization of Diplomacy Taking the Struggle (through the WTO) to the US The Global Reach of the 'Big Chill' on Internet Gambling The Big Implications of a Small but Straddling Case

'Cooper's study of the global Internet gambling industry captures like in a holographic image the complexities and nuance of contemporary international politics where morality, regulatory and material interests clash and intersect. It is a superb study that questions our conventional notions of power, interest or outcomes in a globalized political economy.' Ronen Palan, Professor of International Political Economy, University of Birmingham, UK

'As Andrew Cooper shows in this absolutely fascinating book, casino capitalism is not just a metaphor for a wheeling-and-dealing global financial system but a massive commercial sector - partly operating in cyberspace - that has been entirely glossed over by International Political Economy scholars. Internet gambling, as Cooper persuasively demonstrates, is not just an extremely interesting case study in its own right but a cutting edge illustration of the international politics of regulating the offshore world .' Peter Andreas, Professor of Political Science and International Studies, Brown University, USA

'Cooper's analysis provides a gripping story with many lessons for students of International Political Economy, lessons that Susan Strange herself would have appreciated.' from the Foreword bl(