Global political economy : evolution and dynamics / Robert O'Brien & Marc Williams
- Author
- O'Brien, Robert, 1963-
- Published
- New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2013.
- Edition
- 4th edition.
- Physical Description
- xv, 340 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
- Additional Creators
- Williams, Marc
- Contents
- Machine generated contents note: pt. 1 Theoretical Perspectives -- 1.Theories of Global Political Economy -- Understanding the Global Political Economy -- The Economic Nationalist Perspective -- Key actors -- Key dynamics -- Conflict and cooperation -- Economic nationalism today -- The Liberal Perspective -- Key actors -- Key dynamics -- Conflict and cooperation -- Liberalism today -- The Critical Perspective -- Key actors -- Key dynamics -- Conflict and cooperation -- Critical theory today -- Contending Perspectives: A Summary -- Further Reading -- 2.International Political Economy and its Methods -- Locating the Field -- Economics -- Political science -- Political economy -- International relations -- Methodological Issues -- Case studies and large n studies -- Rational choice -- Institutionalism -- Constructivism -- Trends in Contemporary GPE Theory -- Consolidation -- Integration -- Expansion -- Approach of the Book -- Further Reading -- pt. 2 Evolution -- 3.Forging a World Economy: 1400-1800 -- Regions of the World Economy -- The Middle East -- China -- India -- Africa -- The Americas -- Europe -- European Expansion -- Into the Americas -- Along Africa: the triangular trade -- On the peripheries of Asia -- Conclusion -- Further Reading -- 4.Industry, Empire and War: 1800-1945 -- 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 -- War and Economic Disorder -- The world wars -- Interwar economic failure -- Conclusion -- Further Reading -- 5.Growing a Global Economy: 1945-2010 -- The Cold War Era: 1945-89 -- The US-led Western political economy -- The communist political economy -- The southern political economy -- The Post-Cold War Era: 1990-2010 -- Competing capitalisms and state transformation -- The information revolution -- International organizations and governance -- Conclusion -- Further Reading -- pt. 3 Dynamics -- 6.International Trade -- Definitions -- Theoretical Perspectives: Free Trade and Protectionism -- Proponents of free trade -- Critics of free trade -- Major Developments -- Growth and protectionism -- Changing institutional arrangements -- Key Issues -- Developing country interests -- Regional trade agreements -- Legitimacy -- Conclusion -- Further Reading -- 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 -- Further Reading -- 8.The Global Financial System -- Definitions and Background -- Theoretical Perspectives: The Mundell-Fleming Model -- Major Developments -- IMS: from fixed to floating and regional currencies -- Credit: financial innovation and repeated crises -- Key Issues -- Global credit crisis -- Future of the US dollar -- The European sovereign debt and euro crisis -- Conclusion -- Further Reading -- 9.Global Division of Labour -- Definitions -- Theoretical Perspectives: Adam Smith and his Critics -- Major Developments -- Changes in the production process -- 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 -- Further Reading -- 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 -- Further Reading -- 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 -- Further Reading -- 12.Global Environmental Change -- 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 -- Further Reading -- 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 -- Further Reading -- 14.Security -- Definitions: Three Views of Security -- The traditional state-centric approach -- New security studies -- Human security -- Theoretical Perspectives: Integrating Security and Political Economy -- Major Developments -- The Cold War security structure -- The post-Cold War security structure -- Key Issues -- Economic statecraft and security -- Transnational crime -- Disease, pandemics and security -- Conclusion -- Further Reading -- 15.Governing the Global Political Economy -- Definitions -- Theoretical Perspectives: Whither the State? -- Major Developments -- Proliferation of governance levels -- Proliferation of actors -- The Global Compact -- Twenty-first-century Challenges -- Development and growth -- Equality and justice -- Democracy and regulation -- Conclusion -- Further Reading.
- Subject(s)
- International economic relations—History
- International trade—History
- International finance—History
- International division of labor—History
- International business enterprises—History
- Corporate governance—History
- Globalization—Economic aspects—History
- Globalization—Environmental aspects—History
- Economic development—History
- Economic history
- ISBN
- 9781137287373 (hardback : alk. paper)
1137287373 (hardback : alk. paper)
9781137287366 (pbk.)
1137287365 (pbk.) - Bibliography Note
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
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