| Description |
xx, 523 pages ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Contents note continued: Along Africa: the slave and triangular trade -- On the peripheries of Asia -- Conclusion -- 4.The Industrial Revolution, Pax Britannica and Imperialism -- The Industrial revolution -- What was the industrial revolution? -- Why Britain? Why then? -- What did the others do? -- Pax Britannica -- The gold standard and capital flows -- Free trade -- Balance of power -- Renewed imperialism -- Conclusion -- 5.The 20th Century: World Wars and the Post-1945 Order -- War and economic disorder -- The world wars -- Inter-war economic failure -- The post-1945 order -- The United States and the Western economic system -- The struggle for development -- State transformation -- International organizations and governance -- The information revolution -- Conclusion -- pt. III DYNAMICS -- 6.International Trade -- Definitions -- Theoretical perspectives: free trade and protectionism -- Major developments -- Growth and protectionism -- Changing institutional arrangements -- |
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Contents note continued: Definitions and background -- Theoretical perspectives: IPE and environmental studies -- IPE debates -- Environmental studies debates -- Major developments -- Bringing the environment in -- Mainstreaming environmentalism -- Key issues -- Sustainable development -- Trade and environmental degradation -- Climate change negotiations -- Conclusion -- 13.Ideas -- Definitions -- Theoretical perspectives: ideas about ideas -- Major developments -- The information revolution and the information society -- The rise and stall of the Washington Consensus -- Key issues -- Technological diffusion -- Property rights and life (HIV/AIDS) -- Ideas, interests and the global financial crisis -- Conclusion -- 14.Security -- Definitions: three views of security -- Theoretical perspectives: integrating security and political economy -- Major developments -- The Cold War security structure -- The post-Cold War security structure -- Key issues -- |
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Contents note continued: Economic statecraft and security -- Transnational crime -- Disease, pandemics and security -- Conclusion -- 15.Governing the Global Political Economy -- Definitions -- Theoretical perspectives: whither the state? -- Major developments -- Proliferation of governance levels -- Proliferation of actors -- The Global Compact -- 21st-century challenges -- Development and growth -- Equality and justice -- Democracy and regulation -- Conclusion -- 16.Conclusion: Issues in Contemporary GPE Theory -- Understanding GPE: the eclectic framework revisited -- Trends in contemporary GPE theory -- Consolidation -- Integration -- Expansion -- Conclusion |
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Contents note continued: From the new international to the global division of labour -- Key issues -- Global restructuring: the rise of China and India -- The struggle for workers' rights in a global economy -- The division of labour and global stability -- Conclusion -- 10.Gender -- Definitions and background -- Theoretical perspectives: GPE as if gender mattered -- Major developments -- Women in the world economy: employment trends and prospects -- Gender and global public policy -- Key issues -- The feminization of poverty -- Globalization of reproductive work -- Gender and global restructuring -- Conclusion -- 11.Economic Development -- Definitions -- Theoretical perspectives on growth and development -- Major developments -- Development and national capitalism, 1947-81 -- Development, neoliberalism and beyond, 1982-2009 -- Key issues -- The organization of development -- Debt and debt relief -- North-South conflict -- Conclusion -- 12.Global Environmental Change -- |
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Contents note continued: Key issues -- Developing country interests -- Regional trade agreements -- Legitimacy -- Conclusion -- 7.Transnational Production -- Definitions -- Theoretical perspectives: explaining the growth of TNCs -- Major developments -- The globalization of production -- Changing organizational principles -- Key issues -- Re-evaluating the benefits of FDI -- State-firm interactions -- Regulating capital -- Conclusion -- 8.The Global Financial System -- Definitions and background -- Theoretical perspectives: the Mundell-Fleming model -- Major developments -- The move to floating exchange rates -- Financial innovation -- The 1980s debt crisis -- Key issues -- Changes in regional and reserve currencies -- Financial crises and international regulatory mechanisms -- Global financial crisis -- Conclusion -- 9.Global Division of Labour -- Definitions -- Theoretical perspectives: Adam Smith and his critics -- Major developments -- Changes in the production process -- |
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Machine generated contents note: pt. I THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVES -- 1.Approaches to Global Political Economy -- Locating the field -- Economics -- Political Science -- Political Economy -- International Relations -- Understanding the global political economy -- The economic nationalist perspective -- The liberal perspective -- The critical perspective -- 2.Methods and Theorists -- Methodological issues -- Case studies and large n studies -- Rational choice -- Institutionalism -- Constructivism -- Four theorists and today's debates -- unorthodox realist / Susan Strange -- liberal institutionalist / Robert Keohane -- historical materialist / Robert Cox -- constructivist practioner / John Ruggie -- Where are we now? Globalization and IPE -- Approach of the book -- pt. II EVOLUTION -- 3.Forging a World Economy 1400-1800 -- Regions of the world economy -- The Middle East -- China -- India -- Africa -- Americas -- Europe -- European expansion -- Into the Americas -- |
| Summary |
New edition of this introductory text in global political economy that provides essential historical context and a wide range of theoretical approaches to the subject. Author from University of NSW, Australia |
| Notes |
Previous ed.: 2007 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
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Corporate governance -- History.
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Economic development -- History.
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Economic history.
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Globalization -- Economic aspects -- History.
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Globalization -- Environmental aspects -- History.
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International business enterprises -- History.
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International division of labor -- History.
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International economic relations -- History.
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International economic relations.
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International finance -- History.
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International trade -- History.
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| Author |
Williams, Marc.
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| LC no. |
2010483030 |
| ISBN |
0230241204 (hbk.) |
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0230241212 (paperback) |
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9780230241206 (hbk.) |
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9780230241213 (paperback) |
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