Handbook on international political economy

International political economy (IPE) is a highly complex discipline, drawing not only from the fields of politics and economics, but also those as varied as philosophy, history and anthropology. Now widely accepted as a key dimension to contemporary world affairs, it is no longer possible to talk a...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: World Scientific (Firm)
Other Authors: Pettman, Ralph.
Format: Electronic
Language:English
Published: Singapore ; Hackensack, N.J. : World Scientific Pub. Co., c2012.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction. ch. 1. International political economy: competing analyses / Ralph Pettman. ch. 2. From political economy to international political economics / Hana Sabanovic and Sally Trethewie. ch. 3. The industrial "revolution" and its aftermath: the British, US and Japanese Empires / Geoffrey Blainey. ch. 4. Global economic governance / John Langmore and Shaun Fitzgerald
  • pt. 1. Global production. ch. 5. Global production: an overview / Kate Macdonald. ch. 6. The rise of China and India / Pradeep Taneja. ch. 7. Europe's political economy: the search for stability / Philomena Murray
  • pt. 2. Global trade. ch. 8. Global trade: an overview / Ralph Pettman. ch. 9. A multilateral system / Stephen Woolcock. ch. 10. GATT and the WTO / Susan K. Sell. ch. 11. Containerisation / Lance Hoovestal
  • pt. 3. Global finance. ch. 12. Global finance: an overview / Mark Triffitt. ch. 13. The International Monetary Fund / Nidhi Dutt. ch. 14. Corruption and financial crises / Leslie Holmes
  • pt. 4. Globalisation and the north/south divide. ch. 15. Globalisation and the North/South divide: an overview / Thomas W. D. Davis. ch. 16. Corporations / John Mikler. ch. 17. The world's workers / Verity Burgmann
  • pt. 5. Globalisation and the male/female divide. ch. 18. Globalisation and the male/female divide: an overview / Sheila Jeffreys. ch. 19. Production/reproduction / Meagan Tyler
  • pt. 6. The global environment. ch. 20. The global environment: an overview / Loren R. Cass. ch. 21. Resources / Gerry Nagtzaam. ch. 22. Pollution / Jose Pablo Zambrano Ramirez. ch. 23. Global capitalism and climate change / Hans A. Baer
  • Conclusion. The cycle-of-knowing / Ralph Pettman.