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

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...

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Superior document:Historical Materialism Book Series, Volume 63
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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.
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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.