Robert Gilpin: Politics

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“A precondition for political change lies in the disjuncture between the existing social system and the redistribution of power toward those actors who would benefit most from a change in the system.”

Robert Gilpin

p, 125
War and Change in World Politics (1981)

Change

“A market is not politically neutral; its existence creates economic power which one actor can use against another.”

Robert Gilpin

Source: The Political Economy of International Relations (1987), Chapter One, Nature of Political Economy, p. 23

“The opposing tendencies of concentration and spread are of little consequence in the liberal model of political economy.”

Robert Gilpin

Source: The Political Economy of International Relations (1987), Chapter Three, Dynamics Of Political Economy, p. 94

“Among the many factors that make a return to halcyon days of the first decades of the postwar era virtually impossible is the decline of clearly defined political leadership.”

Robert Gilpin

Source: The Political Economy of International Relations (1987), Chapter Ten, Emergent International Economic Order, p. 406

“Specialization makes the welfare of the society vulnerable to the market and to political forces beyond national control.”

Robert Gilpin

Source: The Political Economy of International Relations (1987), Chapter Five, The Politics Of International Trade, p. 189

“[In] the definition of international system… There is some "form of control" that regulates behavior and may range from informal rules of the system to formal institutions. …A view prevalent among many scholars of political science is that the essence of international relations is precisely the absence of control… a condition of anarchy…”

Robert Gilpin

War and Change in World Politics (1981)

Behavior , Science

“The dreams of "leaving it up to the market" or of returning to a politically neutral gold standard cannot succeed because the nature of the monetary system has a profound impact on the interests of powerful groups and states. Affected groups and states will always try to intervene in the operation of the system to make it serve their interests.”

Robert Gilpin

Source: The Political Economy of International Relations (1987), Chapter Four, International Money matters, p. 170

Dreams , Nature

“The parallel existence and mutual interaction of "state" and "market" in the modern world create "political economy"; without both state and market there could be no political economy.”

Robert Gilpin

Source: The Political Economy of International Relations (1987), Chapter One, Nature of Political Economy, p. 8

World

“I was certain that I was not a Marxist, but I did believe firmly that a connection between economics and politics existed.”

Robert Gilpin

Preface, p. xii
The Political Economy of International Relations (1987)

“Both the control of territory and the political domination of one state over another have profound consequences for international economic relations. However… market power or economic power has itself become a principal means by which states seek to organize and manipulate the international division of labor to their own advantage.”

Robert Gilpin

p, 125
War and Change in World Politics (1981)

“The relative stability of the system is… largely determined by its capacity to adjust to the demands of the actors affected by changing political and environmental conditions.”

Robert Gilpin

p, 125
War and Change in World Politics (1981)

Change

“Through exploitation of its influence over global financial affairs, the United States has been able to cover the costs of its hegemonic position, preserve a false domestic prosperity, and mask the consequences of its relative political and economic decline.”

Robert Gilpin

Source: The Political Economy of International Relations (1987), Chapter Eight, International Finance, p. 308

Falseness

“There is a pressing need to integrate the study of international economics with the study of international politics to deepen our comprehension of the forces at work in the world.”

Robert Gilpin

Introduction, p. 3
The Political Economy of International Relations (1987)

World , Study