Grahame Thompson is Professor of Political Economy in the Department of Politics and International Studies (POLIS) at the

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, and a visiting professor at

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Training and career

Thompson was educated at the

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where he obtained his MA in economics. He also has a

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from the

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. Thompson trained as an economist and was originally employed by the Economics Department of the

. In 2000, he transferred to the Government and Politics department, which later became POLIS. He was head of department from 2001 to 2003 and for 2007. His most notable work has been on globalization. In his book, '' Globalization in Question'', written first with

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and, in the 2009 new edition with Simon Bromley, he takes a basically sceptical position on globalization as being something which is substantially new.

Articles

* "The fate of territorial engineering: mechanisms of territorial power and post-liberal forms of international governance", ''International Politics'', vol.44, 2007. * "Exploring sameness and difference: fundamentalisms and the future of globalization", ''

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'', vol.3, no.4, (2006) * "Religious fundamentalisms, territories and 'globalization'", ''

Economy and Society ''Economy and Society: An Outline of Interpretive Sociology'' (1921; ; or simply ''Economy and Society'') is a book by political economist and sociologist Max Weber, published posthumously in Germany by his wife Marianne. Alongside ''The Prot ...

'', vol.36, no.1, (2007)

References

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