Gramsci, Political Economy, and International Relations Theory

Professor, Global Political Economy, Simon Fraser University, Canada

• Introduction; A.J.Ayers PART I: PHILOSOPHICAL AND THEORETICAL REFLECTIONS Marx's Politics, Gramsci's Methods: A Recipe for Neo-Gramscian Confusion; J.Saurin History, Structure and World Orders: The (Cross-) Purposes of Neo-Gramscian Theory; H.Lacher On the Limits of Neo-Gramscian International Relations: A Scientific Realist Critique of Hegemony; J.Joseph The State in Neoliberal Globalization: Reconsidering the Debate between Neo-Gramscian and Open Marxist Approaches; P.Bedirhanoglu Production, Class and Power in the Neoliberal Transition: A Critique of Coxian Eclecticism; A.Saad Filho  & A.J.Ayers PART II: TOWARDS A COUNTER-HEGEMONIC RESEARCH AGENDA Uncivil Society: Interrogations at the Margins of Neo-Gramscian Theory; S.N.Grovogui  & L.Leonard Return to the Source: Gramsci, Culture and International Relations; M.Kamal Pasha Gender in the Theory and Practice of International Political Economy: The Promise and Problems of Neo-Gramscian Approaches; J.Steans  & D.Tepe Jacobinism: The Ghost in the Gramscian Machine of Counter-Hegemony; R.Shilliam Beyond les bourgeois conquérants ? Counter-Hegemony in Neo-Gramscian Analysis; A.J.Ayers  & J.Saurin 'Tell No Lies, Claim No Easy Victories': Possibilities and Contradictions of Emancipatory Struggles in the Current Neo-Colonial Condition; B.Gruffydd Jones

"Alison Ayers has brought together a group of serious scholars to probe some of the most intriguing themes raised by the use of Antonio Gramsci's ideas within IPE and IR theory today. It will need to become required reading for everyone who believes that Gramsci remains relevant today, but that his work also demands a critical engagement if we are to benefit from its use." - Randall Germain, Professor of Political Science, Carleton University"Gramsci, Political Economy and International Relations Theory is a lively, engaging and thought-provoking set of essays. Ayers and her collaborators take forward the debates raised by the application of Gramsci to International Relations and thus make a valuable contribution to contemporary critical International Relations/International Political Economy scholarship. This is an indispensable text for students of critical IR and critical IPE." - Marc Williams, Professor of International Relations, University of New South Wales.