Robert Gilpin
Robert Gilpin | |
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Born | Western Philosophy | July 2, 1930
School | Realism |
Main interests | International security, International political economy |
Notable ideas | Hegemonic stability theory |
Robert Gilpin (
Gilpin was an influential figure in the fields of international relations theory and international political economy.[3][4][5][6] A "soft" realist, Gilpin argued that international economic affairs reflected state power, and that states' security interests shaped international economic cooperation.[7][8] He was a proponent of what would become known as Hegemonic stability theory, the notion that the international system is most likely to be stable in the presence of a hegemon.[8][9]
Biography
Gilpin received his B.A. from the
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Gilpin described his view of international relations and international political economy from a "
An important figure in the field of International Political Economy, Gilpin's scholarship pushed back on claims made by liberal institutionalists such as Robert Keohane and Joseph Nye on the declining importance of state power in international economic affairs amid complex interdependence.[7] Gilpin argued that states were still the key actors in the realm of economic relations and that security interests remained a key determinant of state behavior in economic affairs.[7] Non-state actors were still fundamentally dependent on what states did.[7] Gilpin was a strong influence on Stephen D. Krasner.[12]
Within IPE, Gilpin proposed an influential framework for organizing schools of political thought on the relationship between politics and economics into three: Mercantilism, Liberalism, and Marxism.[7]
In his 1975 book US Power and the Multinational Corporation, Gilpin warned that multinational corporations could facilitate a rapid spread of advanced technologies away from the leading states to rising states, thus facilitating more rapid power transitions.[13] Gilpin has described War and Change In World Politics (1981) as the work of his that he is most pleased with.[3]
In the final years of his career, Gilpin focused his research interests in the application of realist thinking to contemporary American policies in the Middle East. Gilpin was openly critical of the politics surrounding the 2003 invasion of Iraq in his essay "War is Too Important to Be Left to Ideological Amateurs."[14]
Bibliography
- American Scientists and Nuclear Weapons Policy (1962)
- France in the Age of the Scientific State (1968)
- US Power and the Multinational Corporation (1975)
- War and Change In World Politics (1981)
- The Political Economy of International Relations (1987)
- The Challenge of Global Capitalism (2000)
- Global Political Economy: Understanding the International Economic Order (2001)
These books have been translated into a number of languages. The Political Economy of International Relations won the 1987 Award for the Best New Professional and Scholarly Book in Business, Management, and Economics, as well as the 1988 Woodrow Wilson Foundation Book Award for the best book in political science
See also
References
- ^ "Obituary for Robert (Bob) George Gilpin, Jr. at Perkins-Parker Funeral Home". www.perkinsparker.com. Retrieved 2 July 2018.
- ^ "Robert (Bob) George Gilpin Jr. Obituary". The Caledonian Record. Retrieved 2 July 2018.
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- ^ Gilpin, Robert (2001). Global Political Economy - Understanding the International Economic Order. Princeton: Princeton University Press. pp. 15–23.
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- ^ Gilpin, Robert (2005)."War is Too Important to Be Left to Ideological Amateurs".International Relations vol. 19, no. 1 5–18.
Further reading
- Guzzini, Stefano (1997). "Robert Gilpin: The Realist Quest for the Dynamics of Power". In Neumann, Iver B.; Waever, Ole (eds.). The Future of International Relations: Masters in the Making?. London: Routledge. pp. 121–144. ISBN 9780415144070.