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This course is intended to introduce students to the research frontier in the study of global political economy and contemporary issues that defines the future trends of global political economy in 21st century. It may also cover relevant and important topics not covered by other courses in this stream. In addition, it provides an opportunity for teachers to introduce their own expertise and more recent research areas and findings to students thus broadening their academic and intellectual horizon.
This book provides a comprehensive approach to the study of international political economy. Part 1 gives an introduction and the institutional framework of this field of study. Part 2 discusses the theoretical perspectives, including neomercantilism, liberalism, and critical perspectives. Part 3 examines substantive issues such as monetary relations, financial crises, global and regional trade, multinational corporations, and international development. This seventh edition emphasizes the challenge China is posing to the West in most areas of global political economy, and examines how the focal point of the 2008 global financial crisis has shifted from the US to the EU.
This book surveys major interests and institutions and examines how state and non-state actors pursue wealth and power. After introducing the concept of international political economy, the book elaborates on WTO and the World Trade System, as well as the political economy of international trade cooperation. Both the society-centered approach and the state-centered approach to both trade politics, and monetary and exchange-rate policies are examined. Trade and development, multinational corporations, the international monetary system, developing countries and international finance, and the achievements of and challenge to the global capitalist economy, are also discussed.
This book focuses on the powerful economic, political, and technological forces that have shaped the world economy and political system. The developments of new emergence such as the end of the Cold War, the rise of new regionalisms, and technological developments including computing power, are all considered. Particular attention is given to economic globalization, its real and alleged implications for economic affairs, and the degree to which its nature, extent, and significance have been exaggerated and misunderstood. Moreover, it demonstrates that national policies and domestic economies remain the most critical determinants of economic affairs. The book also stresses the importance of economic regionalism, multinational corporations, and financial upheavals.
This book synthesizes themes in the field of international political economy. Defining the nature of international political economy as the interaction of state and market, the book sets forth the three ideologies of political economy and discusses their strengths and limitations, and analyzes the dynamics of the international political economy. The middle chapters turn to substantive issues of the contemporary international political economy such as international money matters, the politics of international trade, multinational corporations and international production, the issue of dependency and economic development, and the political economy of international finance. The concluding chapters assess the issues and problems of the international political economy in the late 1980s.
本书在回溯国际政治经济学形成和发展的基础上，系统介绍和评价了各种国际体系的政治经济学理论和国际-国内互动的政治经济学理论，具体分析了国际贸易、国际货币金融和对外直接投资等国际经济关係中的主要议题，以及对外援助与制裁、区域经济一体化、经济全球化与全球经济治理等国际经济关係中的主要层次。第三版更充分地反映了国际政治经济学理论的演化轨迹和前沿动态，对近年来国际经济关系的重大变化也进行了深度的政治学分析。
