Matthew Watson draws a distinction between the spatial and the functional mobility of capital, allowing fresh insights into existing work on the subject whilst repoliticizing the very idea of capital being 'in motion'. The dynamics of capital mobility and the patterns of risk exposure are illustrated through four detailed global case studies.

Introduction Controlling, Creating and Cashing-In on Risk: The Essence of International Financial Markets Spatial Versus Functional Mobility of Capital: A Framework for Analysis The Intellectual Conditions for Recent Increases in Capital Mobility The Historical Conditions for Recent Increases in Capital Mobility Capital Mobility, Exchange Rate Instability and Contagious Credit Crunches: The Causes and The Spread of The Asian Financial Crisis Currency Market Transactions and The Desire for Progressive Regulation: Capital Mobility and Tobin Tax Avoidance Stock Price Psychosis and The Pathology of a Corporate Meltdown: The Collapse of Enron Capital Mobility in an Age of Shareholder Value: The Battle for Control of the London Stock Exchange Conclusion

MATTHEW WATSON is Associate Professor (Reader) in Political Economy at the University of Warwick, UK. He has previously published Foundations of International Political Economy with Palgrave Macmillan (2005).