The Changing Position of the State and State Power in Global Affairs - Views from two scholars in International Political Economy

dc.creator	Marthinus J. Du Plessis
dc.date	2012-02-01T00:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned	2015-07-20T20:08:50Z
dc.date.available	2015-07-20T20:08:50Z
dc.identifier	10.5787/28-1-204
dc.identifier	2224-0020
dc.identifier	https://doaj.org/article/92f11f01f54448c2a0a19dbcb6ca0a2c
dc.identifier.uri	http://evidence.thinkportal.org/handle/123456789/8504
dc.identifier.uri	https://doaj.org/article/92f11f01f54448c2a0a19dbcb6ca0a2c
dc.description	<p><em>A great deal of enlightening work has been done since studies in international political economy have become a recognised academic discipline. This has changed our conception of the domain of international politics and economics. Still, there are some scholars who prefer to use old spectacles to view new problems. This review article concentrates on two books, one from each of these camps. Stephen Krasner's Structural Conflict - The World Against Global Liberalism, belongs to the realist camp which still embraces state-power ideas about international relations (IR), while Susan Strange's The Retreat of the State - The Diffusion of Power in the World Economy, belongs to the international political economy (IPE) camp, where emphasis is placed on multiple actors in the international arena. To determine the content of</em> each book and to get clarity on the perceptions and approaches of each author the two books are discussed separately starting, first, with Krasner.<em> </em>This is followed by an examination of the central theme of each book -<em> </em>the role and nature of authority in international/global politics/economics.<em> </em>Here, some of the ideas of other scholars are highlighted, and certain<em> </em>theoretical issues are addressed. The paper concludes with a few ideas<em> </em>regarding change in the global environment in which we find ourselves,<em> </em>and the manner in which these have been addressed by the authors under<em> </em>review.</p>
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	University of Stellenbosch. Faculty of Military Science (Military Academy)
dc.relation	http://scientiamilitaria.journals.ac.za/pub/article/view/204
dc.relation	https://doaj.org/toc/2224-0020
dc.source	Scientia Militaria : South African Journal of Military Studies, Vol 28, Iss 1 (2012)
dc.subject	international political economy
dc.subject	Stephen Krasner's Structural Conflict - The World Against Global Liberalism
dc.subject	Susan Strange's The Retreat of the State - The Diffusion of Power in the World Economy
dc.subject	ISBN 0 521 56440 9
dc.subject	ISBN 0 520 05478 4
dc.subject	Military Science
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dc.subject	DOAJ:Military Science
dc.subject	DOAJ:Technology and Engineering
dc.subject	Military Science
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dc.subject	DOAJ:Military Science
dc.subject	DOAJ:Technology and Engineering
dc.subject	Military Science
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dc.subject	Military Science
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dc.subject	Military Science
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dc.title	The Changing Position of the State and State Power in Global Affairs - Views from two scholars in International Political Economy
dc.type	Article