Approaches to world order

Cover -- Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Overviews -- Beyond international relations theory: Robert W. Cox and approaches to world order -- Influences and commitments -- Theory -- The idea of international labor regulation (1953) -- Realism, positivism, and historicism (1985) -- On thinking about future world order (1976) -- Social forces, states, and world orders: beyond international relations theory (1981) -- Gramsci, hegemony, and international relations: an essay in method (1983) -- Towards a posthegemonic conceptualization of world order: reflections on the relevancy of Ibn Khaldun (1992) -- "Take six eggs": theory, finance, and the real economy in the work of Susan Strange (1992) -- Interpretations -- The global political economy and social choice (1991) -- "Real socialism" in historical perspective (1991) -- Structural issues of global governance: implications for Europe (1991) -- Middlepowermanship, Japan, and future world order (1989) -- Production and security (1993) -- Global perestroika (1992) -- Multilateralism -- The executive head: an essay on leadership in international organization (1969) -- Decision making (with Harold K. Jacobson) (1977) -- Ideologies and the New International Economic Order: reflections on some recent literature (1979) -- Labor and hegemony (1977) -- Labor and hegemony: a reply (1980) -- Multilateralism and world order (1992) -- Globalization, multilateralism, and democracy (1992) -- Complete bibliography of works by Robert W. Cox to 1995 -- Index of names -- Index of subjects -- CAMBRIDGE STUDIES IN INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS.

Robert Cox's writings have had a profound influence on recent developments in thinking in world politics and political economy in many countries. This book brings together for the first time his most important essays, grouped around the theme of world order. The volume is divided into sections dealing respectively with theory; with the application of Cox's approach to recent changes in world political economy; and with multilateralism and the problem of global governance. The book also includes a critical review of Cox's work by Timothy Sinclair, and an essay by Cox tracing his own intellectual journey. This volume will be an essential guide to Robert Cox's critical approach to world politics for students and teachers of international relations, international political economy, and international organisation