Global Political Economy:
Theory and Practice, 2/e
Theodore H. Cohn, Simon
Fraser University
Description
This popular, up-to-date text
provides a balanced, in-depth background to main IPE theoretical approaches, examines IPE
issues in historical perspective, and discusses domestic-international linkages.
Based on the assumption that
we can only understand the broader implications of current IPE issues by examining them in
a theoretical and historical context, this accessible introduction to IPE has been highly
lauded by users and reviewers. It focuses on three major themes or challenges in the
post-Cold War era globalization, North-North relations and North-South relations-to tie
concepts together for students. It has been completely updated to provide a contemporary
look at global political economy.
Features
- Gives
equal coverage to the three main theoretical perspectives in IPE. This balance is unique
in the market.
- Emphasizes
the role of international economic organizations such as the World Trade Organization
(WTO), the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank group in the management of
the global political economy.
- Emphasizes
regional as well as global relations. A full chapter (Ch. 9) is devoted to regionalism and
globalism in trade, and regionalism is also discussed in the chapters on monetary
relations and international development.
- Offers
detailed discussion of the challenges posed by multinational corporations and the freeing
of capital flows.
- Provides
a detailed historical examination of shifting strategies to promote economic development.
- Extensive
tables and figures throughout text illustrate data for students, helping them learn
concepts.
- In
addition to illustrative tables and examples, there is also a glossary, a bibliography,
and a list of acronyms and abbreviations.
New To This Edition
- New
discussions of the role of civil society groups in IPE throughout the book. Particular
emphasis is placed on non-governmental groups concerned with women's, environmental,
labor, and development issues.
- Expanded
discussion of global economic relations before World War II (Ch. 2).
- Expanded
and updated discussion of European monetary relations and also the role of the U.S. dollar
and "dollarization" (Ch. 6).
- Substantially
updated discussions of strategies to deal with the protracted problem of LDC
(less-developed country) foreign debt (Ch. 7).
- Substantially
revised discussion of the World Trade Organization, including China's admission, the
decision to hold a new round of mulitlateral trade negotiations, and the
protests/interactions of civil society groups and the WTO (Ch. 8).
- Discussion
of regional trade organizations now includes detailed analysis of Mercosur, efforts to
establish a Free Trade Area in the Americas, and efforts to develop regional trade
agreements in East and Southeast Asia (Ch. 9).
- Discussions
of multinational corporations in Chapter 10 and of LDC development strategies in Chapter
11 are substantially updated.
Table Of Contents
I. INTRODUCTION AND OVERVIEW.
1. Introduction.
2. Managing the Global
Economy Since World War II: The Institutional Framework.
II. THE THEORETICAL
PERSPECTIVES.
3. The Realist Perspective.
4. The Liberal Perspective.
5. The Historical
Structuralist Perspective.
III. THE ISSUE AREAS.
6. International Monetary
Relations.
7. Foreign Debt.
8. Global Trade Relations.
9. Regionalism and Global
Trade Regime.
10. Multinational
Corporations and Global Production.
11. International
Development.
IV. CONCLUDING COMMENTS.
12. Current Trends in the
Global Political Economy.
Acronyms and Abbreviations.
Glossary.
Selected Bibliography.
Index.
498 pages
