Introduction: Key Theoretical Divides and Directions; J.Robertson PART I: INTERNATIONAL ACTORS AND ISSUE AREAS Financial Crises and US Treasury Policy: The Institutional and Ideational Basis of American Capability; A.Baker Crises as Catalysts for Foreign Bank Activity in Emerging Markets; R.Cull & M.Soledad Martínez Pería Adaptable Agendas: Private Creditors and the Politics of Debt in Emerging Markets; G.Datz The Political Economy of International Financial Reform Since the Asian Crisis: The Case of Corporate Governance; A.Rosser PART II: COUNTRY STUDIES Argentina: State Capacity and Leverage in External Negotiations; M.P.Riggirozzi Brazil: Mixed Impact of Financial Crises on Manufacturing and Financial Sector; M.Doctor & L.Fernando de Paula Central Europe: Predatory Finance and the Financialization of the New European Periphery; O.Raviv Indonesia and Malaysia: The Persistence of a Domestic Politico-Business Class; B.Thirkell-White Russia: Limiting the Impact of Crisis in a Post-Communist Transitional Economy; N.Robinson Turkey: Risk-Conscious Foreign Firms and a Maturing Domestic Banking Sector; K.Cevdet Conclusion: Contesting the Return to State-Led Economies; J.Robertson