Marxism and world politics : contesting global capitalism / edited by Alexander Anievas.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The renaissance of historical materialism in international relations theory: an introduction -- Does capitalism need the state system? / Alex Callinicos -- The changing 'logics' of capitalist competition / Benno Teschke and Hannes Lacher -- Western hegemony and transnational capital: a dialectical perspective / Kees Van Der Pijl -- Beyond the theory of imperialism: global capitalism and the transnational state / William I. Robinson -- Many capitals, many states: contingency, logic or mediation? / Neil Davidson -- Post-Fordist capitalism and imperial power: toward a neo-Gramscian view / Mark Rupert -- To be or not to be a non-reductionist Marxist: is that the question? / John M. Hobson -- Industrial development and international political conflict in contemporary capitalism / Peter Gowan -- Uneven and combined development: the social-relational substratum of 'the international'? An exchange of letters / Alex Callinicos and Justin Rosenberg -- Capitalism, uneven and combined development, and the transhistoric / Sam Ashman -- Approaching 'the international': beyond political Marxism / Jamie C. Allison and Alexander Anievas -- The geopolitics of passive revolution / Adam David Morton -- Politics and the international / Simon Bromley.

This book brings together internationally-distinguished scholars from History, Philosophy, Development Studies, Geography, and International Relations (IR) to examine recent developments in Marxist approaches to world politics. Offering original and stimulating analyses of subjects traditionally at the forefront of Marxist studies of world politics, the collection also considers issues which have yet to be fully explored within a number of disciplines. Examining a wide array of topics ranging from the imperialism-globalization debate, the connections between social structures and foreign relations, the role of identity and imperialist norms in world politics, to the relationship between Marxist and Realist IR Theory, the contributors seek to further theoretical discussions and their implications for emancipatory radical politics. These contributions are structured around two major themes.

The relationship between capitalist modernity and the states-system in explaining the changing patterns of inter-state conflict and cooperation; The debates within Marxist and IR discourses on the theoretical significance of {u2018}the international{u2019}, covering topics including uneven and combined development and passive revolution. An impressive collection that seeks to advance dialogue and research, Marxism and World Politics will be of interest to students and scholars of IR, International Political Economy, Political Science, and Historical Sociology.