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Adam David Morton

Adam David Morton

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Political Science

D-Index
29
Citations
5365
World Ranking
1246
National Ranking
51

Overview

Adam David Morton is affiliated with the University of Sydney in Australia and specializes in the social sciences, particularly within the realms of sociology and political science. Their research intersects multiple subfields including political science and international relations, literature and literary theory, urban studies, and broader social science disciplines.

The scholar's publication record features work primarily focused on political economy, Marxism, and related theoretical frameworks. Their investigations also encompass political theory with attention to Gramsci, urban planning and governance, critical theory and philosophy, as well as studies related to agriculture, land use, and rural development. Interdisciplinary engagements connect these political and social themes with modern American literature and Latin American and Latino studies.

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Morton include:

  • "A Geography of Blood Meridian: Primitive accumulation on the frontier of space" (2021, Political Geography)
  • "Mainstreaming Marxism: on the anarchic structure of world economy" (2023, International Affairs)

While these are their own authored works, Morton's collaborative efforts include frequent coauthorship with several scholars, notably Andreas Bieler, Dallas Rogers, Sırma Altun, Christian Caiconte, and Madelaine Moore. These collaborations contribute to research published in a variety of academic venues.

Key publication venues where Morton has contributed include:

  • Environment and Planning A Economy and Space
  • Environment and Planning F
  • International Affairs
  • Revista Novos Rumos
  • Review of International Political Economy

Morton's research community and focus areas are reflected in the diversity of these venues, spanning fields of international political economy, urban and planning studies, and broader social and political science forums.

Best Publications

  • A critical theory route to hegemony, world order and historical change: neo-Gramscian perspectives in International Relations:

    Andreas Bieler;Adam David Morton

  • Historicising representations of 'failed states': beyond the cold-war annexation of the social sciences?

    Pinar Bilgin;Adam David Morton

  • The Gordian Knot of Agency—Structure in International Relations: A Neo-Gramscian Perspective

    Andreas Bieler;Adam David Morton

  • Unravelling Gramsci: Hegemony and Passive Revolution in the Global Political Economy

    Adam David Morton

  • Revolution and State in Modern Mexico: The Political Economy of Uneven Development

    Adam David Morton

  • The Deficits of Discourse in IPE: Turning Base Metal into Gold?

    Andreas Bieler;Adam David Morton

  • Globalisation, the state and class struggle : a 'critical economy' engagement with open Marxism.

    Andreas Bieler;Adam David Morton

  • Global Capitalism, Global War, Global Crisis

    Andreas Bieler;Adam David Morton

  • Historicizing Gramsci: situating ideas in and beyond their context

    Adam David Morton

  • The continuum of passive revolution

    Adam David Morton

  • Structural change and neoliberalism in Mexico: 'passive revolution' in the global political economy

    Adam David Morton

  • From ‘Rogue’ to ‘Failed’ States? The Fallacy of Short-termism†

    Pinar Bilgin;Adam David Morton

  • `La Resurrección del Maíz': Globalisation, Resistance and the Zapatistas:

    Adam David Morton

  • Social Forces in the Struggle over Hegemony: Neo-Gramscian Perspectives in International Political Economy

    Adam David Morton

  • Global Restructuring, State, Capital and Labour: Contesting Neo-Gramscian Perspectives

    Peter Burnham;Werner Bonefeld;Adam David Morton;Andreas Bieler

  • Spaces of Global Capitalism: Towards a Theory of Uneven Geographical Development

    Adam David Morton

  • "Another Europe is Possible"? Labour and social movements at the European Social Forum

    Andreas Bieler;Adam David Morton

  • Waiting for Gramsci: State Formation, Passive Revolution and the International:

    Adam David Morton

  • Social Forces in the Making of the New Europe

    Andreas Bieler;Adam David Morton

  • Social Forces in the Making of the New Europe : The Restructuring of European Social Relations in the Global Political Economy

    Andreas Bieler;Adam David Morton;Robert W. Cox

  • Reflections on Uneven Development Mexican Revolution, Primitive Accumulation, Passive Revolution

    Adam David Morton

  • The War on Drugs in Mexico: a failed state?

    Adam David Morton

Frequent Co-Authors

Andreas Bieler
Andreas Bieler University of Nottingham
Pinar Bilgin
Pinar Bilgin Bilkent University
Stuart Elden
Stuart Elden University of Warwick
Colin Hay
Colin Hay Sciences Po

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