In the mid-1800s, Karl Marx had the idea that much of economic history could be explained by the struggle between the bourgeoisie (owners of capital) and the proletariat (the working class). Under ...

Theories of crisis have always been intensely political. Different views of capitalist development and breakdown have always shaped, and been shaped by, political strategies. In the early and ...

One of the major debates in the study of international relations (IR) during the Cold War period was between Liberalism, Realism and Marxism as different theoretical approaches to world politics.

Conflict theory is an idea presented by Karl Marx that suggests competition for resources keeps people in conflict. Conflict theory offers one explanation for the struggle between socioeconomic groups ...