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Global Political Economy
ISBN: 9780321209498 | 0321209494
Edition: 4thFormat: Paperback
Publisher: Longman
Pub. Date: 1/1/2008
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This up-to-date book provides a balanced, in-depth background to main IPE theoretical approaches, examines IPE issues in historical perspective, and discusses domestic-international linkages.Managing the Global Economy Since World War II: The Institutional Framework; The Realist Perspective; The Liberal Perspective; The Historical Structuralist Perspective; International Monetary Relations; Foreign Debt; Global Trade Relations; Regionalism and Global Trade Regime; Multinational Corporations and Global Production; International Development; Curr... MORE
| Preface | |
| introduction and Overview | |
| Introduction | |
| What Is International Political Economy? | |
| Why Is International Political Economy a Relatively New Area of Study? | |
| The Purpose and Themes of This Book | |
| The IPE Theoretical Perspectives | |
| Focus of This Book | |
| Managing the Global Economy Since World War II: The Institutional Framework | ... MORE|
| Global Economic Relations Before World War II | |
| The Functions of the IMF, the World Bank, and GATT | |
| The International Economic Organizations and the United Nations | |
| Postwar Economic Institutions and the Advanced Industrial States | |
| Postwar Economic Institutions and the Third World | |
| Postwar Economic Institutions and the Centrally Planned Economies | |
| Postwar Economic Institutions and the Gender Issue | |
| Conclusion | |
| The Theoretical Perspectives | |
| The Realist Perspective | |
| Basic Tenets of the Realist Perspective | |
| The Mercantilists | |
| Realism and the Industrial Revolution | |
| Realism in the Interwar Period | |
| Realism in the Post-World War II Period | |
| The Revival of Realist International Political Economy | |
| Hegemonic Stability Theory | |
| Realism and North-South Relations | |
| Critique of the Realist Perspective | |
| The Liberal Perspective | |
| Basic Tenets of the Liberal Perspective | |
| Orthodox Liberalism | |
| The Influence of the John Maynard Keynes | |
| Liberalism in the Postwar Period | |
| A Return to Orthodox Liberalism | |
| Liberalism and Institutions | |
| Liberalism and Domestic-International Interactions | |
| Liberalism and North-South Relations | |
| Critique of the Liberal Perspective | |
| The Historical Structuralist Perspective | |
| Basic Tenets of the Historical Structuralist Perspective | |
| Karl Marx and International Political Economy | |
| Marist Studies of Imperialism | |
| Dependency Theory | |
| Whither the Historical Structuralist School of IPE? | |
| Conclusion | |
| The Issue Areas | |
| International Monetary Relations | |
| The Balance of Payments | |
| Government Response to a Balance-of-Payments Deficit | |
| International Monetary Relations Before Bretton Woods | |
| The Formation of the Bretton Woods Monetary Regime | |
| The International Monetary Fund | |
| The Functioning of the Bretton Woods Monetary Regime | |
| The Regime of Floating (or Flexible) Exchange Rates | |
| One Monetary Regime, Two, or Three? | |
| European Monetary Relations | |
| The Role of the Japanese Yen | |
| Conclusion | |
| Foreign Debt | |
| What Is a Debt Crisis? | |
| The Origins of the 1980s Debt Crisis | |
| The Foreign Debt Regime | |
| Strategies to Deal with the 1980s Debt Crisis | |
| The Emerging Economies and Foreign Debt | |
| The Debt Crisis and the Changing Roles of the IMF and the World Bank | |
| The IMF, the World Bank, and the Debtor Countries | |
| Conclusion | |
| Global Trade Relations | |
| Trade Theory | |
| Global Trade Relations Before World War II | |
| GATT and the Postwar Global Trade Regime | |
| Principles of the Global Trade Regime | |
| Formation of the World Trade Organization | |
| The Third World and Global Trade Issues | |
| The Emerging Economies and Global Trade Relations | |
| Conclusion | |
| Regionalism and Global Trade Regime | |
| Regionalism and Globalization | |
| A Historical Overview of Regional Integration Agreements | |
| What Are the Reasons for the Rise of Regionalism? | |
| GATT/WTO and Regional Integration Agreements | |
| Europe | |
| North America | |
| East Asia | |
| Conclusion | |
| Multinational Corporations and Global Production | |
| Definitions and Terminology | |
| Why Do Firms Become Multinationals? | |
| The Historical Development of Foreign Direct Investment | |
| MNCs and Host Country Relations: Theoretical Approaches | |
| Changes in Host Country Policies Toward MNCs | |
| The Relationship Between Home Countries and Their MNCs | |
| A Regime for Foreign Direct Investment: What Is to Be Regulated? | |
| Bilateral Investment Agreements | |
| The United Nations | |
| GATT/WTO | |
| The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) | |
| The OECD | |
| Conclusion | |
| International Development | |
| The IPE Perspectives and North-South Relations | |
| The World Bank Group | |
| Import-Substituting Industrialization | |
| Socialist Development Strategies | |
| Export-Led Growth | |
| The Revival of Orthodox Liberalism | |
| Another Shift in Development Strategy? | |
| Conclusion | |
| Concluding Comments | |
| Current Trends in the Global Political Economy | |
| Globalization | |
| North-North Relations | |
| North-South Relations | |
| A Final Word on Theory and Practice | |
| Acronyms and Abbreviations | |
| Glossary | |
| Selected Bibliography | |
| Index | |
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