historical development comparative civilisation

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Everyday Politics of the World Economy

Cambridge University Press, 2007

How do our everyday actions shape and transform the world economy? This volume of original essays argues that current scholarship in international political economy (IPE) is too highly focused on powerful states and large international institutions. The contributors examine specific forms of 'everyday' actions to demonstrate how small-scale actors and their decisions can shape the global economy. They analyse a range of seemingly ordinary or ...

Historical Sociology of International Relations

Cambridge University Press, 2002

Sociology is having an increasing impact on the study of international politics. Covering the range of different approaches and methodologies, leading international scholars examine the extent of this influence. They aim to promote a study of world politics which is sensitive to the impact of social structure and historical context, and will be of interest to scholars and students of sociology and political science as well as International ...

States and Economic Development: A Comparative Historical Analysis.
Linda, and HOBSON, John M. WEISS

Polity Press, 1995., 1995

The Papers of John Marshall: Vol. V: Selected Law Cases, 1784-1800 (Papers of John Marshall)
John Marshall, Ingrid M. Hillinger

The University of North Carolina Press, 1987

Collected here are correspondence, papers, and legal documents?including selected judicial opinions?of American jurist John Marshall. Revolutionary officer, congressman, and secretary of state before his appointment to the Supreme Court, Marshall served as the Court's fourth Chief Justice. In this capacity, he helped define the role of the Court and elevate its status, as he interpreted the Constitution from the bench. The documents presented ...

The Wealth of States: A Comparative Sociology of International Economic and Political Change (Cambridge ...

1 review
John M. Hobson

Cambridge University Press, 1997

Outstanding case studies, tied together in a not-entirely-convincing grand synthesis
Most studies of trade policy, and other economic policy for that matter, emphasize the interplay of contending economic interests such as labor, capital, or particular industries. This book rightly argues that these accounts have overlooked the fiscal problems of the state. While others have discussed state fiscal interests and their implications for internal extraction or external power, ...

The State and International Relations (Themes in International Relations)

3 reviews
John M. Hobson

Cambridge University Press, 2000

Percy Ellis
I've been studying political science for a couple of years now and I have to admit that some of it has not excited me at all, especially electoral studies. What has excited me is state theory. I decided to do a second year topic in international relations and John Hobson's textbook The State and International Relations was set as the required reading. The course was interesting and I really ...

The Eastern Origins of Western Civilisation

10 reviews
John M. Hobson

Cambridge University Press, 2004

Excellent polemic
Looking through the reviews above I can imagine the bewilderment of the potential reader. Some of the reviewers hated it, some loved it. So is this book any good? I would answer 'yes': but the book has to be seen for what it is. It is NOT a 'fair' and 'balanced' academic treatise. It is, as someone pointed out, a polemic. What they failed to point out is that it is an excellent polemic, that has ...