Global political economy and the modern state system / / by Tobias ten Brink ; translated by Jeff Bale.

• Superior document: Historical Materialism Book Series, Volume 63
• VerfasserIn: Ten Brink, Tobias,
• TeilnehmendeR: Bale, Jeff,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden, The Netherlands : : Brill,, 2014.; ©2014
• Year of Publication: 2014
• Language: English
• Series: Historical materialism book series ; Volume 63.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (290 p.)
• Notes: Revised and shortened version of the author's dissertation which was completed in March 2007 at the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University, Frankfurt, Germany.

In Global Political Economy and the Modern State System Tobias ten Brink contributes to an understanding of the modern state system, its conflicts, and its transformation. In contrast to the political attractiveness of optimistic theoretical approaches to globalisation, this book demonstrates how an analytical approach rooted in Global Political Economy (GPE) helps to explain both the tendencies towards integration and towards rivalry in international relations. By way of a historical reconstruction of different ‘world order’ phases in the twentieth century, ten Brink analyses multiple, phase-specific variations of socioeconomic and geopolitical conflicts that are significant for the modern capitalist world system. Revised edition of Geopolitik. Geschichte und Gegenwart kapitalistischer Staatenkonkurrenz , Verlag Westfälisches Dampfboot, Münster, 2008.

Table of Contents

Preliminary Material -- Introduction -- Organisation of the book -- I. Critical-Liberal, Marxist and Neo-Weberian Approaches -- II. Power Politics and (Neo-)Realism within the Field of International Relations -- III. Deficits and Desiderata for Future Research -- IV. Foundations for Analysing Capitalism -- V. Capitalism as a Globally Fragmented System Across Space and Time -- VI. Historical Phases of the World Order and the Periodisation of Socio-Economic and Geopolitical Power Relations -- VII. The Balance between Soft and Hard Geopolitics -- VIII. Geopolitical and Economic Competitive Relations -- Summary -- References -- Index.