Global Political Economy
Classic and Contemporary Readings
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Global Political Economy provides a collection of important and timely essays, and subjects that are often underrepresented in the global political economy based on both their substantive importance and readability for students in international political economy readers.
The authors present readings from the three primary schools of thought: economic nationalism, economic liberalism, and historical-structuralism. Incorporating a balance of both classic and contemporary essays that demonstrate the theoretical evolution within the field of GPE, the select articles, excerpts, and primary documents focus on economics and security, the environment, and gender and provide flexibility for the instructor and guidance for the student.
The authors present readings from the three primary schools of thought: economic nationalism, economic liberalism, and historical-structuralism. Incorporating a balance of both classic and contemporary essays that demonstrate the theoretical evolution within the field of GPE, the select articles, excerpts, and primary documents focus on economics and security, the environment, and gender and provide flexibility for the instructor and guidance for the student.
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English
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United States
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Pearson Education (US)
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Professional and scholarly
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Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
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1000 gr
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978-0-321-11741-0 (9780321117410)
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Content
Introduction.
I. THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVES ON POLITICAL ECONOMY.
Neomercantilism & Realism.
Introduction by the editors.
Frederick List, Excerpts from The National System of Political Economy, New York, Longmans, Green, 1904.
Alexander Hamilton, Excerpts from "Report on Manufactures."
Robert Gilpin, Excerpts from The Political Economy of International Relations, Princeton, Princeton University Press, 1987.
*Charles Kindleberger, Excerpts from The World in Depression, Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 1986 (revised & expanded edition).
Economic Liberalism.
Introduction by the editors.
Adam Smith, Excerpts from An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations, New York, The Modern library, 1937.
David Ricardo, Excerpts from The Principles of Political Economy & Taxation, New York, E. P. Dutton & Co., 1911.
Robert O. Keohane & Joseph Nye, Excerpts from Power and Interdependence: World Politics in Transition, Glenview, IL, HarperCollins, 1989.
Paul Krugman, Excerpts from "What Should Trade Negotiators Negotiate About? A Review Essay"Journal of Economic Literature, March 1997.
Historical-Structuralism.
Introduction by the editors.
Karl Marx, Excerpts from Capital Volume One, London: Penguin, 1990.
Karl Marx, Excerpts from "On the Question of Free Trade," Speech to the Democratic Association of Brussels, January 9, 1848.
Vladimir Ilich Lenin, Excerpts from Imperialism: The Highest Stage of Capitalism, New York: International Publishers, 1939.
Immanuel Wallerstein, Excerpts from The Modern World-System I, New York: Academic Press, 1974.
Fernando Henrique Cardoso, Excerpts from Dependency and Development in Latin America, (translated by Marjory Mattingly Urquidi) Berkeley: University of California Press, 1979.
*Giovanni Arrighi, Excerpts from "The African Crisis: World Systemic and Regional Aspects,"New Left Review 15: 5-36, 2002.
State- and Society-Centered Theories.
Introduction by the editors.
Ron Rogowski, Excerpts from "Political Cleavages and Changing Exposure to Trade," American Political Science Review, 1989.
Jeffry A. Frieden, Excerpts from Debt, Development and Democracy, Princeton, Princeton University Press, 1991.
Peter B. Evans, Excerpts from Embedded Autonomy: States and Industrial Transformation. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1995.
*Stephen Haggard, Excerpts from Pathways from the Periphery: The Politics of Growth in the Newly Industrializing Countries, Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 1990.
Beth A. Simmons, Excerpts from Who Adjusts? Domestic Sources of Foreign Economic Policy During the Interwar Years, Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press.
II. SUBSTANTIVE ISSUES.
International Monetary Relations.
Introduction by the editors.
Harold James, Excerpts from International Monetary Cooperation since Bretton Woods, New York: Oxford University Press, 1996.
C. Fred Bergsten and C. Randall Henning, Excerpts from Global Economic Leadership and the Group of Seven, Washington, D.C.: Institute for International Economics, 1996.
Tony Porter, Excerpts from "Capital Mobility and Currency Markets: Can They Be Tamed?"International Journal51, 4: 669-689, 1996.
*Paul Blustein, Excerpts from The Chastening: Inside the Crisis that Rocked the Global Financial System and Humbled the IMF, Public Affairs: New York, 2001.
Global Trade and Integration
Introduction by the editors.
Stephen Krasner, Excerpts from "State Power and the Structure of International Trade,"World Politics, 1976.
Jeffrey J. Schott, Excerpts from "Trading Blocs and the World Trading System,"The World Economy, 1991.
John Ravenhill Excerpts from "Competing Logics of Regionalism in the Asia-Pacific,"Journal of European Integration, 1995.
Dani Rodrik "How Far Will International Economic Integration Go?"Journal of Economic Perspectives, 2000.
Multinational Corporations and Foreign Direct Investment.
Introduction by the editors.
Raymond Vernon, Excerpts from "International Investment and International Trade in the Product Cycle,"The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 1966.
John H. Dunning, Excerpts from "Towards an Eclectic Theory of International Production: Some Empirical Tests,"Journal of International Business Studies, 1980.
Debora Spar, Excerpts from "International Lessons - Foreign Investment and Human Rights," Challenge, 1999.
David C. Korten, Excerpts from When Corporations Rule the World, West Hartford, CT: Kumarian Press. [note that Haggard also addresses FDI]
International Development.
Introduction by the editors.
W.W. Rostow, Excerpts from The Stages of Economic Growth: A Non-Communist Manifesto, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1960.
Moses Abramovitz, Excerpts from "Catching Up, Forging Ahead, and Falling Behind,"Journal of Economic History, 1986.
Amartya Sen, Excerpts from Development as Freedom, New York: Knopf, 1999.
*William Easterly, Excerpts from The Elusive Quest for Growth: Economics Adventures and Misadventures in the Tropics Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.
Political Economy of the Global Environment.
Introduction by the editors.
J. Bhagwati, Excerpts from "Does Free Trade Harm the Environment: The Case for Free Trade,"Scientific American, 1993.
Herman Daly, Excerpts from "The Perils of Free Trade," in Ken Conca, Michael Alberty and Geoff Dabelko, eds, Green Planet Blues, Boulder: Westview, 1995.
Magda Shahin, Excerpts from "Trade and the Environment: How Real is the Debate?" in Gary P. Sampson and W. Bradnee Chambers, eds, Trade, the Environment, and the Millennium, Tokyo: United Nations University Press, 1999.
Elizabeth R. DeSombre and J. Samuel Barkin, "Turtles and Trade: The WTOs Acceptance of Environmental Trade Restrictions,"Global Environmental Politics 2002.
Economic Dimensions of Security.
Introduction by the editors.
Audrey Kurth Cronin, Excerpts from "Behind the Curve: Globalization and International Terrorism,"International Security 27, 3: 30-58, 2003.
Arne Tostensen and Beate Bull, Excerpts from "Are Smart Sanctions Feasible?"World Politics 54: April: 373-403, 2002.
*David N. Gibbs, Excerpts from "Washingtons New Interventionism: U.S. Hegemony and Inter-Imperialist Rivalries,"Monthly Review 53, 4, 2001.
I. THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVES ON POLITICAL ECONOMY.
Neomercantilism & Realism.
Introduction by the editors.
Frederick List, Excerpts from The National System of Political Economy, New York, Longmans, Green, 1904.
Alexander Hamilton, Excerpts from "Report on Manufactures."
Robert Gilpin, Excerpts from The Political Economy of International Relations, Princeton, Princeton University Press, 1987.
*Charles Kindleberger, Excerpts from The World in Depression, Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 1986 (revised & expanded edition).
Economic Liberalism.
Introduction by the editors.
Adam Smith, Excerpts from An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations, New York, The Modern library, 1937.
David Ricardo, Excerpts from The Principles of Political Economy & Taxation, New York, E. P. Dutton & Co., 1911.
Robert O. Keohane & Joseph Nye, Excerpts from Power and Interdependence: World Politics in Transition, Glenview, IL, HarperCollins, 1989.
Paul Krugman, Excerpts from "What Should Trade Negotiators Negotiate About? A Review Essay"Journal of Economic Literature, March 1997.
Historical-Structuralism.
Introduction by the editors.
Karl Marx, Excerpts from Capital Volume One, London: Penguin, 1990.
Karl Marx, Excerpts from "On the Question of Free Trade," Speech to the Democratic Association of Brussels, January 9, 1848.
Vladimir Ilich Lenin, Excerpts from Imperialism: The Highest Stage of Capitalism, New York: International Publishers, 1939.
Immanuel Wallerstein, Excerpts from The Modern World-System I, New York: Academic Press, 1974.
Fernando Henrique Cardoso, Excerpts from Dependency and Development in Latin America, (translated by Marjory Mattingly Urquidi) Berkeley: University of California Press, 1979.
*Giovanni Arrighi, Excerpts from "The African Crisis: World Systemic and Regional Aspects,"New Left Review 15: 5-36, 2002.
State- and Society-Centered Theories.
Introduction by the editors.
Ron Rogowski, Excerpts from "Political Cleavages and Changing Exposure to Trade," American Political Science Review, 1989.
Jeffry A. Frieden, Excerpts from Debt, Development and Democracy, Princeton, Princeton University Press, 1991.
Peter B. Evans, Excerpts from Embedded Autonomy: States and Industrial Transformation. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1995.
*Stephen Haggard, Excerpts from Pathways from the Periphery: The Politics of Growth in the Newly Industrializing Countries, Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 1990.
Beth A. Simmons, Excerpts from Who Adjusts? Domestic Sources of Foreign Economic Policy During the Interwar Years, Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press.
II. SUBSTANTIVE ISSUES.
International Monetary Relations.
Introduction by the editors.
Harold James, Excerpts from International Monetary Cooperation since Bretton Woods, New York: Oxford University Press, 1996.
C. Fred Bergsten and C. Randall Henning, Excerpts from Global Economic Leadership and the Group of Seven, Washington, D.C.: Institute for International Economics, 1996.
Tony Porter, Excerpts from "Capital Mobility and Currency Markets: Can They Be Tamed?"International Journal51, 4: 669-689, 1996.
*Paul Blustein, Excerpts from The Chastening: Inside the Crisis that Rocked the Global Financial System and Humbled the IMF, Public Affairs: New York, 2001.
Global Trade and Integration
Introduction by the editors.
Stephen Krasner, Excerpts from "State Power and the Structure of International Trade,"World Politics, 1976.
Jeffrey J. Schott, Excerpts from "Trading Blocs and the World Trading System,"The World Economy, 1991.
John Ravenhill Excerpts from "Competing Logics of Regionalism in the Asia-Pacific,"Journal of European Integration, 1995.
Dani Rodrik "How Far Will International Economic Integration Go?"Journal of Economic Perspectives, 2000.
Multinational Corporations and Foreign Direct Investment.
Introduction by the editors.
Raymond Vernon, Excerpts from "International Investment and International Trade in the Product Cycle,"The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 1966.
John H. Dunning, Excerpts from "Towards an Eclectic Theory of International Production: Some Empirical Tests,"Journal of International Business Studies, 1980.
Debora Spar, Excerpts from "International Lessons - Foreign Investment and Human Rights," Challenge, 1999.
David C. Korten, Excerpts from When Corporations Rule the World, West Hartford, CT: Kumarian Press. [note that Haggard also addresses FDI]
International Development.
Introduction by the editors.
W.W. Rostow, Excerpts from The Stages of Economic Growth: A Non-Communist Manifesto, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1960.
Moses Abramovitz, Excerpts from "Catching Up, Forging Ahead, and Falling Behind,"Journal of Economic History, 1986.
Amartya Sen, Excerpts from Development as Freedom, New York: Knopf, 1999.
*William Easterly, Excerpts from The Elusive Quest for Growth: Economics Adventures and Misadventures in the Tropics Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.
Political Economy of the Global Environment.
Introduction by the editors.
J. Bhagwati, Excerpts from "Does Free Trade Harm the Environment: The Case for Free Trade,"Scientific American, 1993.
Herman Daly, Excerpts from "The Perils of Free Trade," in Ken Conca, Michael Alberty and Geoff Dabelko, eds, Green Planet Blues, Boulder: Westview, 1995.
Magda Shahin, Excerpts from "Trade and the Environment: How Real is the Debate?" in Gary P. Sampson and W. Bradnee Chambers, eds, Trade, the Environment, and the Millennium, Tokyo: United Nations University Press, 1999.
Elizabeth R. DeSombre and J. Samuel Barkin, "Turtles and Trade: The WTOs Acceptance of Environmental Trade Restrictions,"Global Environmental Politics 2002.
Economic Dimensions of Security.
Introduction by the editors.
Audrey Kurth Cronin, Excerpts from "Behind the Curve: Globalization and International Terrorism,"International Security 27, 3: 30-58, 2003.
Arne Tostensen and Beate Bull, Excerpts from "Are Smart Sanctions Feasible?"World Politics 54: April: 373-403, 2002.
*David N. Gibbs, Excerpts from "Washingtons New Interventionism: U.S. Hegemony and Inter-Imperialist Rivalries,"Monthly Review 53, 4, 2001.