The notion that our world is becoming increasingly interconnected carries across multiple disciplines and theories. The strength of this interconnectivity is the subject of considerable debate. Has capital rendered the nation-state obsolete? Or do international politics still largely manifest themselves as tensions between distinct sovereign bodies? If there is a transnational capital, what does it look like? Does the presence of a transnational capital engender a transnational capitalist class? These questions are crucial if we are to lay out a model for how capitalism works on the world stage. (Sources are below)
00:00 Introduction
02:57 Non-Marxian Schools of IR
05:41 The State in Global Political Economy
11:20 Power Dynamics
16:11 Financialization
19:23 Capitalism's Frontiers
21:38 Conclusion/Summary
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