International Political Economy: Perspectives on Global Power and Wealth

by Frieden,Jeffry A.

• ISBN13: 9780415222792
• ISBN10: 0415222796
• Edition: 4th
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 1999-09-23
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

Now in its fourth edition, this best-selling reader in international political economy offers 31 solid articles - 15 new - by renowned scholars in political science and economics.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. iii
About the Editors	p. ix
Introduction	p. 1
Contending Perspectives on International Political Economy	p. 17
State Power and the Structure of International Trade	p. 19
The Political Economy of the Smoot-Hawley Tariff	p. 37
Institutions and Economic Growth: a Historical Introduction	p. 47
States, Firms, and Diplomacy	p. 60
Historical Perspectives	p. 69
The Rise of Free Trade in Western Europe	p. 73
International Trade, Domestic Coalitions, and Liberty: Comparative Responses to the Crisis of 1873-1896	p. 90
International Investment and Colonial Control: a New Interpretation	p. 109
British and American Hegemony Compared: Lessons for the Current Era of Decline	p. 127
Production	p. 141
The Multinational Enterprise as an Economic Organization	p. 145
Third World Governments and Multinational Corporations: Dynamics of Host's Bargaining Power	p. 156
A New Imperial System? the Role of the Multinational Corporations Reconsidered	p. 167
Strategic Trade and Investment Policies: Implications for the Study of International Political Economy	p. 180
Money and Finance	p. 193
The Domestic Politics of International Monetary Order: The Gold Standard	p. 199
Hegemonic Stability Theories of the International Monetary System	p. 220
The Triad and the Unholy Trinity: Problems of International Monetary Cooperation	p. 245
Exchange Rate Politics	p. 257
Emu: Why and How It Might Happen	p. 270
The Obsolescence of Capital Controls? Economic Management in an Age of Global Markets	p. 280
Trade	p. 299
Notes	p. 302
Protectionist Trade Policies: a Survey of Theory, Evidence, and Rationale	p. 303
Commerce and Coalitions: How Trade Affects Domestic Political Alignments	p. 318
The Political Economy of Trading States: Factor Specificity, Collective Action Problems, and Domestic Political Institutions	p. 327
Are Your Wages Set in Beijing?	p. 343
The Political Economy of Nontariff Barriers: a Cross-National Analysis	p. 353
Explaining Business Support for Regional Trade Agreements	p. 366
Economies in Development and Transition	p. 377
Notes	p. 381
International Development: Is It Possible?	p. 383
Development: The Market Is Not Enough	p. 392
Globalization and Inequality, Past and Present	p. 405
References	p. 416
Inflation and Stabilization	p. 417
Current Problems in International Political Economy	p. 431
Environmental Protection and Free Trade: Are They Mutually Exclusive?	p. 433
Globalization and the Changing Logic of Collective Action	p. 446
Sense and Nonsense in the Globalization Debate	p. 461
Index	p. 475
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