Theoretical Conversations in IPE Liberal Perspectives
{"Image DocumentName": "Theoretical Conversations in IPE Liberal Perspectives", "Image ImageDescription": "Liberalism and the State. The liberal view of the state, therefore, is complicated: the state is both necessary and despised. This applies both to the political realm and the economic realm. In the political realm, the state provides order and security, which are needed for individual rights to thrive. In the economic realm, the state provides order and security, which are needed for markets to thrive. For students of IPE/GPE, we must always remember the paradoxical nature of the state in a liberal society and market economy; we must always consider the question: what would our world be like without the modern state? This is a question that Thomas Hobbes\u2019 famously addressed in his book, The Leviathan (1851)", "Image XResolution": "37", "Image YResolution": "37", "Image ResolutionUnit": "Pixels/Centimeter", "Image Software": "SlidePlayer", "Image YCbCrPositioning": "Centered"}