The authors explore the frontiers of the interaction between politics and markets towards the understanding of the 2008 crisis and responses to it. Questioning exogenous interpretations of the crisis from both Com¬parative (CPE) and International Political Economy (IPE) perspectives, the book assesses different models of interaction between domestic and systemic variables in the genesis of complex outcomes. A reference for scholars in CPE, IPE, International relations, and Political science, the book will be of value to both academic and non-academic readers that have an interest in the political economy of crisis and change in the USA, the European Union, and the MENA region.