Global Political Economy (7^th Ed.) Theory and Practice

Praised for its authoritative coverage, Global Political Economy places the study of international political economy (IPE) in its broadest theoretical contextnow updated to cover the continuing global economic crisis and regional relationships and impacts. This text not only helps students understand the fundamentals of how the global economy works but also encourages them to use theory to more fully grasp the connections between key issue areas like trade and development. Written by a leading IPE scholar, this text equally emphasizes theory and practice to provide a framework for analyzing current events and long-term developments in the global economy.

New to the Seventh Edition

• Focuses on the ongoing global economic crisis and the continuing European sovereign debt crisis, along with other regional economic issues, including their implications for relationships in the global economy.
• Offers fuller and updated discussions of critical perspectives like feminism and environmentalism, and includes new material differentiating among the terms neomercantilism, realism, mercantilism, and economic nationalism.
• Updated, author-written Test Bank is provided to professors as an e-Resource on the book?s Webpage.

Preface  Acronyms and Abbreviations  Part I. Introduction and Overview  1. Introduction  2. Managing the Global Economy Since World War II: The Institutional Framework  Part II. Theoretical Perspectives  3. Neomercantilism  4. Liberalism  5. Critical Perspectives  Part III. The Issue Areas  6. International Monetary Relations  7. Financial Crises  8. Global Trade Relations  9. Regionalism and the Global Trade Regime  10. Multinational Corporations and Global Production  11. International Development  Part IV. Concluding Comments  12. Current Trends in the Global Political Economy  Glossary

Theodore H. Cohn is Professor Emeritus of Political Science at Simon Fraser University.