International Marxism

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This paper contends that Marxist ideology provides a suitable/relevant frame of reference for the comprehension of the international political system, complete with explanations for power struggles and the outbreak of conflicts.

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International Theory
The Relevance of Marxism as a Frame of Reference in IR
Conclusion: Competing Thoughts

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"Halliday contends that Marxism presents a fragmented approach to international relations and does not provide a systematic approach to the field as do realism, liberalism, state-centrism or world-system theory (50-52). Even if this is the case and one has great difficulty in locating a textbook that precisely describes the Marxist approach to IR in a systematic manner, and as directly derived from the writings of Marx and/or Engel, the fact remains and, as this essay shall argue, Marxism (includes writings of Marx, Engel, Gramsci and Lukacs) presents a coherent and valuable approach to International Relations, allowing the student to place many current events into a comprehensible framework that interprets means and ends of those events and, the possible shape of the coming world order."

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