- Acknowledgements
- List of Boxes
- List of Tables
- About the Authors
- Guided Tour of the Textbook Features
- Guided Tour of the Online Resource Centre
- World map
- Introduction: The Nature of Politics and Political Analysis
- 1. Politics and the State
- 2. Political Power, Authority, and the State
- 3. Democracy and Political Obligation
- 4. Freedom and Justice
- 5. Traditional Ideologies
- 6. Challenges to the Dominant Ideologies
- 7. Institutions and States
- 8. Law, Constitutions, and Federalism
- 9. Votes, Elections, Legislatures, and Legislators
- 10. Political Parties
- 11. Executives, Bureaucracies, Policy Studies, and Governance
- 12. Civil Society, Interest Groups, and the Media
- 13. Democracies, Democratization, and Authoritarian Regimes
- 14. Introducing Global Politics
- 15. Traditional Theories in Global Politics
- 16. Critical Approaches to Global Politics
- 17. Security and Insecurity
- 18. Diplomacy and Foreign Policy
- 19. International Organizations in Global Politics
- 20. Global Political Economy
- Conclusion: Towards a Globalizing, Post-Western-Dominated World
- Glossary
- References
- Index
(p. 441) 20. Global Political Economy
- Chapter:
- (p. 441) 20. Global Political Economy
- Author(s):
Stephanie Lawson
- DOI:
- 10.1093/hepl/9780198704386.003.0021
This chapter provides an overview of the field of Global Political Economy (GPE), also known as International Political Economy (IPE). It begins with a discussion of how GPE/IPE has developed as a major focus of study within the broader field of global politics over the last four decades. It then considers the rise of mercantilism as a theory of GPE, along with its relationship to nationalism and colonialism. It also examines the emergence of liberal political economy, Marxism and critical IPE, and the international economic order after World War II. In particular, it looks at the Bretton Woods system, which emerged after the war as a compromise between liberalism and nationalism. The chapter concludes with an analysis of international political, economic, and social problems associated with the North–South gap, globalization and regionalization in the post-Cold War period, and financial crises that rocked the global economic system.
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- Acknowledgements
- List of Boxes
- List of Tables
- About the Authors
- Guided Tour of the Textbook Features
- Guided Tour of the Online Resource Centre
- World map
- Introduction: The Nature of Politics and Political Analysis
- 1. Politics and the State
- 2. Political Power, Authority, and the State
- 3. Democracy and Political Obligation
- 4. Freedom and Justice
- 5. Traditional Ideologies
- 6. Challenges to the Dominant Ideologies
- 7. Institutions and States
- 8. Law, Constitutions, and Federalism
- 9. Votes, Elections, Legislatures, and Legislators
- 10. Political Parties
- 11. Executives, Bureaucracies, Policy Studies, and Governance
- 12. Civil Society, Interest Groups, and the Media
- 13. Democracies, Democratization, and Authoritarian Regimes
- 14. Introducing Global Politics
- 15. Traditional Theories in Global Politics
- 16. Critical Approaches to Global Politics
- 17. Security and Insecurity
- 18. Diplomacy and Foreign Policy
- 19. International Organizations in Global Politics
- 20. Global Political Economy
- Conclusion: Towards a Globalizing, Post-Western-Dominated World
- Glossary
- References
- Index
