Transnational classes and international relations - Kees van der Pijl

This book focuses on an historical perspective on class formation under capitalism and its transnational integration ('globalisation'), and international relations between the English-speaking centre of capital and successive contender states.

This study seeks to present, in a concise format, an outline of critical international relations (IR) theory that builds on insights developed in the International Relations Department of the University of Amsterdam, currently the Research Centre for International Political Economy.

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