This text presents an analysis of class formation in the global political economy. It deals with the growth of an integrated, transnational capitalist class, from freemasonry in the aftermath of the Glorious Revolution to contemporary planning groups with a class orientation such as the World Economic Forum. The study provides the student and academic reader with a systematic overview of the theory and concepts developed in the Research Centre for International Political Economy at the University of Amsterdam. Among its areas of focus are: the processes of commodification and socialization;...

An exciting and original analysis of the development of capitalist classes, such as the Freemasons, that cross national boundaries in the global political economy. This innovative book focuses on:
* an historical perspective on class formation under capitalism and its transnational integration
* international relations between the English-speaking centre of capital and successive contender states.
The author develops a broad-ranging and thorough understanding of class in the process of globalization. He does so within several theoretical frameworks shedding much light on this...

This is a groundbreaking new work from a leading scholar in the field of international relations. Offering a highly original analysis of world events, especially in the light of the Iraq War, Kees van der Pijl explores the history and development of relations between major countries in the international community, and the impact that successive wars and changes in the global political economy have had on the way states relate to each other today.
Tracing the liberal state structure back to the closing stages of the English Civil War and settlement in North America, he argues that the rise...

This book breaks new ground in the way we think about international relations theory. Kees van der Pijl argues that by making the "nation-state" the focus of international relations, the discipline has become Euro-centric and a-historical. Theories of imperialism and historic civilizations, and their relation to world order, have been discarded. With more than half the world's population living in cities, with unprecedented levels of migration, global politics is present on every street corner. The "international" is no longer only a balance of power among states, but includes tribal...

In einer Zeit beschleunigten politischen Wandels der Weltpolitik kann eine Einfuh rung in die Geschichte des Nachdenkens uber die zentralen Probleme und Grund muster internationaler Politik zur Orientierung der Studierenden - aber nicht nur dieser - beitragen. Wie Kees van der Pijl zeigt, ist das innovative Reflektieren uber internationale Politik immer auch ein praxisorientiertes Vorausdenken gewesen. Die Vordenker der Weltpolitik haben gerade in Umbruchphasen das Neue erahnt; es auf den Begriff gebracht und die Konzepte geliefert, die einerseits Orientierung vermit teln und andererseits...