ABSTRACT
In Chapter 13, we saw that a comprehensive account of the processes of structural (structuring, structured) change conditioning specific cases of techno-scientific developments, as in an economics of scientific knowledge, would need to incorporate at least three sets of issues, namely: (i) the dynamics and processes of technological change; (ii) the rhythms or cycles of the rise and fall of geopolitical hegemons; and (iii) the phases of expansion of the capitalist mode of production, especially regarding the pivotal role of finance. We also considered one theory that does attend to all three issues and fits with the critical realist and relational Marxism for which we have argued above, namely the neo-Gramscian school of international political economy (IPE).
