Foundations of International Political Economy

ISBN-13: 9781403913500 / Angielski / Twarda / 2005 / 272 str.

Matthew Watson

Opis

Despite a burgeoning debate on substantive issues in IPE, little attention has been devoted to its theoretical foundations. In this important new text, Matthew Watson reviews the main current theoretical approaches to IPE and highlights the problems that arise from treating 'states' and 'markets' as separate and contesting units of analysis. Foremost among these problems is the lack of attention given to theorizing the constitution of the individual as both an economic agent and a moral being.

Spis treści

Introduction.- Approaches to International Political Economy: Beyond 'States and Markets'.- Historicising Rationality.- Assumptions: IPE in the History of Economic Thought.- The Classical Tradition of Political Economy: New Foundations for IPE.- Moral Propriety Within Political Economy: The Work of Adam Smith.- Institutional Analysis Within Political Economy: The Work of Thorstein Veblen.- Social Embeddedness Within Political Economy: The Work of Karl Polanyi.- Understanding the Market Within Modern Society.- Understanding 'the State' Within Modern Society.- Applying the Theoretical Framework (1): Globalization.- Applying the Theoretical Framework (2):.- International Trade.- Applying the Theoretical Framework (3): International Development.- Conclusion.

O autorze

MATTHEW WATSON is Senior Lecturer in Political Economy, University of Birmingham, UK.