Unravelling Gramsci : Hegemony and Passive Revolution in the Global Pol

List of Figures vii Reading Gramsci viii Joseph A. Buttigieg Acknowledgements xi Abbreviations xiii 1. Introduction: the North/South Question of Uneven Development 1 The 'North/South' Question of Uneven Development 2 Organisation of the Book 7 PART I ENGAGING GRAMSCI 2. Historicising Gramsci: Situating Ideas in and Beyond their Context 15 Interpretative Controversies 18 Historicising Gramsci 24 Conclusion: Past and Present 36 3. State Formation, Passive Revolution and the International System 39 State Formation, Sovereign Territoriality and Capitalism 42 Machiavelli in Perspective: Renaissance Italy 51 Gramsci in Perspective: Towards the Italian Risorgimento 56 Conclusion: 'the Riddle of History' 73 4. A Return to Gramsci: 'The Moment of Hegemony' 76 From L'Ordine Nuovo and the Biennio Rosso to the Quaderni del Carcere 79 The 'Moment of Hegemony' and Ethico-political History 87 Historical Bloc and 'Counter'hegemony: Theoretical and Practical Aspects 95 Juxtaposing the 'National' Point of Departure and 'the International' 99 'Americanism and Fordism' 102 Conclusion: 'Resisting "Encrocement"' 105 PART II GRAMSCI, WORLD ORDER, AND RESISTANCE 5. Hegemony and World Order: Neo-Gramscian Perspectives and the Global Political Economy 111 A Critical Theory Route to Hegemony, World Order, and Historical Change 113 The Constitution of Hegemony 116 Pax Americana and Globalisation 123 From the Internationalisation of the State to Globalisation 126 Welcome Debate: Controversies Surrounding Neo-Gramscian Perspectives 129 Conclusion: the Future of Hegemony? 134 6. The Global Political Economy of Uneven Development 137 Contesting the Transnational State 140 The Passive Revolution of Capital 150 The History of Mexico Seen as a Struggle of Passive Revolution'? 153 Conclusion: the Shifting Sands of Hegemony 168 7. Globalisation and Resistance: the Power of the Powerless 171 A Methodological Approach to Analysing Subaltern Classes 173 Subaltern Class Agency and Changes to the Social Relations of Production 176 The Accumulation Strategy of Neoliberalism and Agrarian Reform 184 Aspects of 'Counter'hegemonic Struggle and the Power of the Powerless 190 Conclusion: Subaltern Class Struggle and the Power of the Powerless 197 8. Conclusions against the Prison Notebooks 201 Summary of the Book 202 Conclusions against the Prison Notebooks 204 Conclusion: 'the Revolutionary Tide' 212 Notes 215 Bibliography 222 Index 247