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Record Nr.

UNINA9910823472803321

Autore

Ten Brink Tobias

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden, The Netherlands : , : Brill, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

90-04-26222-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (290 p.)

Collana

Historical Materialism Book Series, , 1570-1522 ; ; Volume 63

Disciplina

320.1/2

Soggetti

Geopolitics

Geopolitics - Philosophy

Capitalism

State, The

Globalization

International relations

Competition - Political aspects

Militarism

World politics - 1945-1989

World politics - 1989-

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Revised and shortened version of the author's dissertation which was completed in March 2007 at the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University, Frankfurt, Germany.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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.



Sommario/riassunto

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.