Introduction to International Relations: Marxism and World Systems Theory
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- Опубліковано 15 чер 2024
- Lecture 07: Contemporary International Studies
Part III: Marxism and World Systems Theory
Dr. Michael Rossi
Department of Political Science
Rutgers University
October 7, 2015
Chapter Markers:
00:00 - Marxism in IR Theory
04:24 - World Systems Theory
10:28 - World Systems Theory, Marxism, and Globalization
I am so happy I have come across this, I am amazed at how clear this was, I wish you were my lecturer!
Thank you! So happy I could help! :)
Coming across this channel was one of the best things to have happened to me in 2020. Thank you immensely.
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Lovely, got hooked from the minute uno itself!
I like your lectures! It helps me review the international theory before the exams and really make me happy!
Glad to hear it! That's what these videos are for! Just make sure you're not listening to them *WHILE* you're taking an exam :P
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Useful summary! Thanks from Amsterdam!
Nice description.
I really enjoyed the lecture it really helped me with my IR assignment. Thanks
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What a lecture!
thank you!!!!
I honestly believe that China is now (2019) a core country.
We cannot fully explain Marxism without some reference to the idea of labour exploitation and the concept of imperialism as the territorial expansion of exploitation across borders, an extension spearheaded by powerful states representing big business. Imperialism takes the form of wars, invasions and sponsored coup d' etats. The stories of Latin America, the Middle East and Iraq are examples which Marxist IR theorists would use to highlight this.
Where is the other 2 parts of marxism??? Asap
Is world systems theory and dependency theory the same one?
They are related, but World Systems Theory helps explain dependency theory. IF WST catagorizes the world between Core and Periphery, it helps us understand which peripheral states will remain economically dependent on which core powers.
"Brazil is one of Latin America's fastest growing economy" Well, I miss that.
Yeah, this was recorded in 2015... :(
Thanks for this enthusiast lecture! from London.
I disagree that Spain and Portugal are semi-peripheries. They are both highly industrialised countries which have excellent welfare systems and democracy. They may still have important agricultural exports but most of their crops are worked on by foreign migrants who receive small wages (a semi-periphery within a core? ie illegal migrants).
Hmm, an interesting observation! Yes indeed countries like Spain and Portugal benefit from cheap labor from migrants. But I think this can work in semi-core/semi-peripheral states. Russia is a semi-core/semi-periphery state and has benefited for decades on "migrant" labor from the Caucasus and Central Asia.
You do raise a good question about the degree of exploitation of lesser developed states and societies relative to the "core". Wallerstein's work is primary designed around this core/periphery dichotomy, and leaves the "semi" up for the most interpretation.
But, should we divide further into "semi-core" AND "semi-periphery"? I would certainly argue Spain and Portugal are more core than periphery.
Thanks for the comment!
Yes good point! I could go on about social classes and division of labour within societies (can we define if core/peri/semi by observing the lowest-classes and, especially with globalisation, are the 'worst' jobs done by locals?) but then there would be too many complexities and it'd take me an essay... But if you have classified Israel as a core country, I think Spain and Portugal can only be cores too (especially Spain). Israel, yes has a high economy based on mostly manufactured goods but they lack a great deal of democracy and have not secured typical characteristics of core countries (such as the USA, FR, Spain etc.) of peace and stable democracy, and Israel also relies importantly on agricultural production (2.5% of for Israel; 4.5% for Spain (though Spain has more land and broader possibilities of crops). Spain is one of the first EU countries and is ranked 6th best £$ + social in Europe (after Russia) (IMF).
So I would disagree to say Israel is more a core than Spain and think Spain is a core and Israel a near-core/perhaps a regional core (exploitation of Palestinian and other poorer countries raw resources, cheaper labour etc.).
An interesting point could be to argue that the view of who is core/semi/peri changed depending on geographical position: a Russian is likely to see Russia as 'core'; a Mexican Cuba as semi-periphery but an American Cuba as a periphery etc. Perhaps it is because it is relative to where we are from? Or maybe because popular culture and knowledge that we gained from our culture differs...
I would have loved to expand myself in more details/use better expressions/proof read my comment but I am currently procrastinating on my Tuesday IR exam and should get back to it :) Interesting talks though, I'll watch more of your videos for fun very soon !!
(just thought about this while doing something else, even though Israel has democracy flaws, an argument for it being a core is that it can continuously violate 'international law' without being sanctioned, something most semi-periphery countries cannot do without being sanctioned (Russia, N. Korea, Iran, Cuba,...).
That is certainly another plausible hypothesis. I don't remember if Wallerstein included that in his work, but I've no doubt IR Marxists would confirm certain states have the leverage and power to do things in the international world other states would not be able to get away with. Israel is far from alone in this category!
@Mohamed EL KASSMI
Mmmm, as half Spanish and lived in Spain(I’m now living in London), I disagree that Spain is democracy. Of course, we gained some freedom after Generalismo’s death; such as freedom of press/ media but those freedom are pretty much selective. For instance, you can not criticise our corrupted King publicly, if you do your carrier will be over or in extreme case you might find yourself in jail sentenced by crime you did not commit. In terms of Democracy; Spain is NOT democracy because we(citizens) do not elect our PM. We have the main two parties, left wing and right wing that run the country. In the election campaign, they (Oligarchs) make a list of possible candidates (that would protect their interest) and the former PM assigns (by finger) who is going to run for PM. Then, they tells you this is the person you going to vote. How is that Democracy when DEMO, ie people are not involved in the process of matters of our country? Spain is a very well disguised Oligarchy in Democracy. To give you a personal example, my ex boyfriend who is public servant working in a Ministry, always wanted to be a Minister. One day we were talking about his carrier and he told me that unless he have a Godfather within the Ministry or in party he belongs he would never become a Minister. That reflects clearly how our society and system works! My ex is competitive, ambitious and hard-worker, yet can’t become a Minister just because he doesn’t have someone to put him in that position. Our system is SUCH corrupted from the top to the bottom!
Another point; we are not independent, Ms Merkel from Germany make decision for us as we are economically dependent to them. Germany decide and make most of our policies.
Mohamed, if I were you I wouldn’t believe what our government publishes or says about the country through main stream media which is controlled by them. There are independent media and serious academics in the country who are protesting but they have no power.
Although, I love Spain I should be honest and unbiased describing it. To conclude, I agree with Dr Rossi.
Spain is not what appears to be. We benefit from decision making of Europe’s major power, Germany while they exploit us economically as Spain is an attractive market for them! Guess where all our domestic electronics and cars comes from? Guess who owns our major car company? The winner is GERMANY!
So now at this point, Is South Korea a core country??
Semi-periphery
Is Pakistan a periphery country?
Yes it is a Periphery
South Korea is definitely a core country
15 min lecture and you spend 5 min talking about cars, meanwhile you have 1 hour two hours on other theories, hmmm I thiink some sort of bias might be going here..
There's no bias. I've broken this larger lecture up into a series of smaller videos. This one specifically addresses World Systems Theory, which is the only thing I addressed within the IR School of Marxism to an audience of undergrad students. This is part of a number of topics I addressed on the same day including institutionalism, andat Constructivism. Put together the entire lecture is over an hour.
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