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Argues that the current theorization of orthodox international political economy (IPE) obstructs the goal of achieving security which requires the integration of security & community with a critical IPE that is democratic, historical, & reflexive. The dominance of a neoliberal discourse is challenged. It is contended that it is essential for security to be closely related to some notion of community; therefore, the political economy must be embedded in social practice & institutions. The link between community, emancipation, & political economy is explored in depth, along with the critical importance of the IPE for the life chances of the majority of the world's population. Attention is also given to the various ways contemporary US-structured economic & technological globalization has helped to dislocate & destabilize the experience & idea of community. Emphasis is placed on the need for a differently constructed notion of economics that has the potential to achieve real security by uniting politics & economics through a critical articulation of the field of IPE. J. Lindroth

A review essay on books edited by: Stephen Gill, Gramsci, Historical Materialism and International Relations (Cambridge: Cambridge U Press, 1993); & Ronen P. Palan & Barry Gills, Transcending the State-Global Divide: A Neostructuralist Agenda in International Relations (London & Boulder: Lynne Rienner Publishers, 1994 [see listings in IRPS No. 87]). With the view that neither neorealism nor neoliberal institutionalism is able to provide adequate explanations of intersubjective understanding of IR/IPE (international relations/international political economy), the twenty authors represented in these volumes argue for a change in ontology & analysis & seek to engage in a theoretic discourse of postpositivism. Gill's book offers 4 chapters on key aspects of Gramscian thought & on US policy toward the Third World, global hegemonies, Soviet socialism & passive revolution, global governance, & the future of Europe. The argument is clear: a reconstructed historical materialist analysis of IR/IPE developed from Gramscian concepts provides one way forward from the contemporary crisis of neorealism/neoliberalism. Each chapter in Palan & Gills's book is broadly neostructuralist & looks at different issues & problems from different disciplinary bases. The separation of economics, politics, international relations, geography, & sociology is challenged. The message could be stronger with a discussion of the theoretical implications for neorealism/neoliberalism of the neostructural agenda & a chapter on neostructuralist views on gender & political economy. 7 References. V. Wagener

IN THE CONTEXT OF A DISCUSSION OF THE PRACTICES OF INTERNATIONAL POLITICAL ECONOMY, THE AUTHOR CONSIDERS BOOKS BY ENRICO AUGELLI, CRAIG MURPHY, AND STEPHEN GILL THAT PROVIDE A GRAMSCIAN CHALLENGE TO THE THEORY AND PRACTICE OF THE ORTHODOX STUDY OF INTERNATIONAL POLITICAL ECONOMY. HE CONCLUDES THAT SUCH A CHALLENGE IS NECESSARY FOR THE PROGRESS OF THE DISCIPLINE.