Global Political Economy

by John Ravenhill (Editor)

This new edited textbook brings together leading international experts to provide an authoritative introduction to the major subject areas on undergraduate courses in global political economy.

It is a 'stand-alone' textbook that deals with central themes and issues as well as outlining different theoretical global trade and production, global finance and the consequences of globalization. It is divided by subject area into 4 sections for ease of navigation, and then sub-divided into
chapters, each of which has been specifically written for this book.

Carefully edited by John Ravenhill, the text reads as an integrated whole and is suitable as an introductory text for undergraduates in both coverage and approach, each chapter making full use of learning aids such as boxes to summarize key terms and debates, chronologies, case studies, web links
and further reading, which complement the lively presentation of the subject.

Genres: Economics, Politics, Nonfiction, International Relations, Political Science, Textbooks

Paperback

First published February 1, 2005

Reviews

[Tom Oman · Rating 5 out of 5]

Each chapter has a different author so this text is very inconsistent. The best chapters challenged what I knew about for example the world becoming a better place for everyone. Would be interesting to do a side by side of Hans Rosling's "Factfulness", which strongly argues that the world is improving for everybody in almost every available metric.
This text didn’t completely change my mind on that subject but brought into question some of the methodology that’s been used to prove the trends of poverty reduction and increased life expectancies.

[catherine ♡ · Rating 4 out of 5]

A very informative read but also a little hard to get through.

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Only on page 330 of the book does anyone point out that "our interest is in the outcomes of the world economy for human well-being (and for the whole biosphere)".

[Diego · Rating 4 out of 5]

John Ravenhill presenta una gran compilación de ensayos sobre distintos tópicos de la economía política internacional, el libro abarca desde una perspectiva histórica sobre las posiciones clásicas liberales, mercantilistas y marxistas sobre la economía política del siglo XVIII y XIX hasta sus herederas contemporáneas, en el neo-mercantilismo, neo-liberalismo y las nuevas posturas marxistas.

A la vez el libro incluye una serie de debates sobre cuestiones como los tratados comerciales, la globalización y el rol del Estado en ella, las multinacionales y un magnifico capitulo escrito por Robert Hunter Wade sobre la desigualdad, la pobreza y el crecimiento económico.

Es un buen libro para introducirse al tópico de la economía política internacional, combina la perspectiva económica de la economía política con la perspectiva de la ciencia política y la de las relaciones internacionales.

[Elizabeth · Rating 4 out of 5]

Used this book for my masters course. It was very informative, although at times dry. But if you do not know a history of global econ, I would say it is a good book to use.

[Hastin Hasikin]

Buku Wajib kuliah International Political Economy di Univ of Melbourne.

[Mari]