POLS 2940 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: State Capitalism, World-Systems Theory, Deeper Understanding

• School: York University
• Department: Political Science
• Course: POLS 2940
• Professor: Monika Thakur

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Marxist approaches and critical international theory: marx and ir, relevance of marxism(?, world systems theory, gramscianism, hegemony, emancipation, critical international theory (cit) Critical international theory: critical theory emerged in western europe in the 1920s and 1930s. Emancipation" difficult to define; habermas claims that emancipation lies in radical democracy: linklater: expansion of the moral boundaries of a political community; move away from the. Westphalian state towards cosmopolitan democracy: cox: theories are subjective see next slide. Essential elements in marxist approaches: social world should be analyzed as a totality looking at different aspects, economic forces can be a catalyst for the broader transformation of society as a whole (base- Am i a marxist: critical perspective on capitalism; stability of capitalist questioned crisis, challenge conventional understandings: understand the world through alternative" lens, concerned with the issues of inequality (hickel), stagnant wages, and power of. Importance of history, social processes, context- deeper understanding firms/corporations: understanding global economic relations-makes you feel uneasy.