From International Relations to World Civilizations

This book explores the work of Robert W. Cox across IR, IPE, and International Historical Sociology. Cox has been a key figure in so-called critical approaches to world politics, contributing to the inter-paradigm debate in IR, pioneering the Gramscian approach to IPE, developing key insights into international institutions, and the changing nature of capitalism and the state. This volume provides an entry-point into Cox’s work across history, theory, political economy, and civilizations, offering a way for readers to engage with Cox’s rich legacy and deploy the many insights of his thought into contemporary scholarship. This book was first published as a special issue of Globalizations.