Turbulence and New Directions in Global Political Economy

ISBN-13: 9781349508884 / Angielski / Miękka / 2003 / 234 str.

J. Busumtwi-Sam;L. Dobuzinskis

Opis

James Busumtwi-Sam and Laurent Dobuzinskis have assembled a leading team of experts in the field to examine how phenomena associated with globalization impact on political economy in theory and in practice. The volume employs a variety of theoretical and analytical approaches to examine the very changeable nature of the global political economy, in terms of academic analysis, policy and practice.

Spis treści

List of Tables Preface Notes on the Contributors List of Abbreviations Introduction; J.Busumtwi & L.Dobuzinskis PART I: CONTEXTUALIZING TURBULENCE Introduction; J.Busumtwi & L.Dobuzinskis Politicizing the Global; P.Cerny Rethinking Development Inside International Political Economy; A.Payne States and World Order; A.Gamble Towards a Post-Structuralist Development Agenda; T.Parfitt PART II: IDEAS, INSTITUTIONS, AND POLICY Introduction; J.Busumtwi & L.Dobuzinskis Rethinking Development: Governance, Participation and Ownership; J.Busumtwi-Sam Social Norms in Transition: Gift-Giving and Reciprocity in a Global Era; L.Dobuzinskis The Politics of Transparency: Ambiguity in the Liberalization of International Finance; J.Best Stock Markets and States; K.Lavelle PART III: REGIONAL AND NATIONAL CONTEXTS Introduction; J.Busumtwi & L.Dobuzinskis Globalization and Currency Convergence: What Do the Regions Tell Us?; P.Bowles, O.Cocri & B.MacLean The Political Economy of the Third Way; S.Lee Phases of Capitalism, Globalizations, and the Japanese Economic Crisis; R.Westra Index

O autorze

JACQUELINE BEST Doctoral candidate, Johns Hopkins University, USA PAUL BOWLES Chair of Economics, University of British Columbia, Canada PHILIP G. CERNY Professor of Government, University of Manchester, UK OSVALDO CROCI Associate Professor, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada ANDREW GAMBLE Professor of Politics, Sheffield University, UK KATHRYN LAVELLE Visiting Assistant Professor, Case Western Reserve University, USA SIMON LEE Lecturer, University of Hull, UK BRIAN MACLEAN Economist, Laurentian University, Canada TREVOR PARFITT Specialist in matters pertaining to Third World debt and aid to Africa ANTHONY PAYNE Professor of Politics, University of Sheffield, UK RICHARD WESTRA The College of the Bahamas, Nassau