Approaches to World Order [Paperback]

A collection of Robert Cox's most important essays on politics and world order.The author's writings have had a profound influence on recent developments in thinking in world politics. This volume brings together his most important essays, applying his approach to recent changes in world political economy, multilateralism and the problem of global governance.The author's writings have had a profound influence on recent developments in thinking in world politics. This volume brings together his most important essays, applying his approach to recent changes in world political economy, multilateralism and the problem of global governance.Robert Cox's writings have had a profound influence on recent developments in thinking in world politics. This book brings together for the first time his most important essays, grouped around the theme of world order. The volume is divided into sections dealing respectively with theory; with the application of Cox's approach to recent changes in world political economy; and with multilateralism and the problem of global governance. This volume will be an essential guide to Robert Cox's critical approach for students and teachers of international relations and international political economy.Part I. Overviews: 1. Beyond international relations theory: Robert W. Cox and approaches to world order Timothy J. Sinclair; 2. Influences and commitments; Part II. Theory: 3. The idea of international labour regulation; 4. Realism, positivism; 5. On thinking about future world order; 6. Social forces, states and world orders; 7. Gramsci, hegemony and international relations: an essay in method; 8. Towards a post-hegemonic conceptualisation of world-order: reflections on the relevancy of Ibn Khaldun; 9. 'Take six eggs': theory, finance, and the real economy in the work of Susan Strange; Part III. Interpretations: 10. The global political economy and social choice; 11. 'Real socialism' in historical perspective; 12. Structural issues of global l£,