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John Hobson claims that throughout its history most international theory has been embedded within various forms of Eurocentrism. Rather than producing value-free and universalist theories of inter-state relations, international theory instead provides provincial analyses that celebrate and defend Western civilization as the subject of, and ideal normative referent in, world politics. Hobson also provides a sympathetic critique of Edward Said's conceptions of Eurocentrism and Orientalism, revealing how Eurocentrism takes different forms, which can be imperialist or anti-imperialist, and showing how these have played out in international theory since 1760. The book thus speaks to scholars of international relations and also to all those interested in understanding Eurocentrism in the disciplines of political science/political theory, political economy/international political economy, geography, cultural and literary studies, sociology and, not least, anthropology.

International relations. Foreign policy --- anno 1700-1799 --- anno 1800-1999 --- anno 2000-2009 --- International relations --- POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General --- Philosophy --- History. --- POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General. --- Coexistence --- Foreign affairs --- Foreign policy --- Foreign relations --- Global governance --- Interdependence of nations --- International affairs --- Peaceful coexistence --- World order --- National security --- Sovereignty --- World politics --- Eurocentrism. --- Eurocentricity --- Ethnocentrism --- Social Sciences --- Political Science --- Relations internationales --- Eurocentrisme --- Philosophie --- Histoire --- Europe

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John Hobson challenges the ethnocentric bias of mainstream accounts of the Rise of the West. It is often assumed that since Ancient Greek times Europeans have pioneered their own development, and that the East has been a passive by-stander in the story of progressive world history. Hobson argues that there were two processes that enabled the Rise of the 'Oriental West'. First, each major developmental turning point in Europe was informed in large part by the assimilation of Eastern inventions (e.g. ideas, technologies and institutions) which diffused from the more advanced East across the Eastern-led global economy between 500-1800. Second, the construction of European identity after 1453 led to imperialism, through which Europeans appropriated many Eastern resources (land, labour and markets). Hobson's book thus propels the hitherto marginalised Eastern peoples to the forefront of the story of progress in world history.

East and West. --- Civilization, Western --- History. --- History of civilization --- East and West --- Civilization, Oriental --- Occident and Orient --- Orient and Occident --- West and East --- Eastern question --- History --- Asian influences --- Oriental influences --- Western influences --- Civilisation occidentale --- Orient et Occident --- Histoire --- Civilization [Western ] --- Civilization, Oriental. --- Civilization, Western -- History. --- Civilization, Western. --- History & Archaeology --- History - General --- Civilization, Occidental --- Occidental civilization --- Western civilization --- Social Sciences --- Sociology --- Eurocentrisme --- Influence orientale

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In recent years a number of scholars of international relations have developed an interest in neo-Weberian historical sociology, but The Wealth of States is the first sustained analysis of the overlap between historical sociology and international relations. John Hobson develops a new theory of international change using a sociological approach, through a detailed examination of nineteenth-century trade regimes, and the efforts of the Great Powers to increase their military capabilities before the First World War through tariff protectionism. His analysis reveals the importance of the state as an autonomous, 'adaptive' actor in domestic and international politics and economics, which is not dependent upon dominant classes, economic interest groups, the world economy or the geopolitical system of states. The book thus represents a distinctive approach which goes beyond the existing paradigms of Marxism, liberalism and realism.

International economic relations. --- International trade --- Protectionism --- Economics --- International economic relations --- International Commerce --- Commerce --- Business & Economics --- Economic theory --- Political economy --- Social sciences --- Economic man --- Free trade and protection --- Commercial policy --- External trade --- Foreign commerce --- Foreign trade --- Global commerce --- Global trade --- Trade, International --- World trade --- Non-traded goods --- Economic policy, Foreign --- Economic relations, Foreign --- Economics, International --- Foreign economic policy --- Foreign economic relations --- Interdependence of nations --- International economic policy --- International economics --- New international economic order --- Economic policy --- International relations --- Economic sanctions --- Economic sociology --- Socio-economics --- Socioeconomics --- Sociology of economics --- Sociology --- History --- Sociological aspects. --- Sociological aspects --- Social aspects --- Economics.

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International relations --- Historical sociology. --- Relations internationales --- Sociologie historique --- Social aspects --- History --- Aspect social --- Histoire --- Sociological aspects --- History.

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How do our everyday actions shape and transform the world economy? This volume of original essays argues that current scholarship in international political economy (IPE) is too highly focused on powerful states and large international institutions. The contributors examine specific forms of 'everyday' actions to demonstrate how small-scale actors and their decisions can shape the global economy. They analyse a range of seemingly ordinary or subordinate actors, including peasants, working classes and trade unions, lower-middle and middle classes, female migrant labourers and Eastern diasporas, and examine how they have agency in transforming their political and economic environments. This book offers a novel way of thinking about everyday forms of change across a range of topical issues including globalisation, international finance, trade, taxation, consumerism, labour rights and regimes. It will appeal to students and scholars of politics, international relations, political economy and sociology,

International economic relations --- World history --- International economic relations. --- Economic policy, Foreign --- Economic relations, Foreign --- Economics, International --- Foreign economic policy --- Foreign economic relations --- Interdependence of nations --- International economic policy --- International economics --- New international economic order --- Economic policy --- International relations --- Economic sanctions --- Sociological aspects. --- Social Sciences --- Political Science