Introduction to International Political Economy

by David N. Balaam, Michael Veseth

This comprehensive introduction to international political economy clearly shows how politics and economics come together in today's global environment. It demonstrates how an understanding of IPE can help make sense of global news, business investments, and government policies?by presenting the theories, institutions, and relationships found in IPE in simple ways that retain the complexity of the world issues and intellectual problems addressed. Chapter titles include Wealth and Mercantilism and Economic Nationalism; ?Laissez-Faire, The Liberal IPE Perspective; Marx, Lenin, and the Structuralist Perspective; International Trade; The International Monetary System; The Global Security Structure; Japan and the Developmental State; The IPE of OPEC and Oil; The IPE of Food and Hunger; and The the Green Side of IPE. A fundamental look at international relations, global events, and our everyday lives,?for anyone who wants to become a better citizen, and a more knowledgeable individual in the process.

Genres: Economics, Politics, Political Science, Nonfiction, International Relations, Reference, Finance

486 pages, Paperback

First published September 1, 1995

Reviews

[Eren Buğlalılar · Rating 3 out of 5]

I read this book to see the way the coming generation of social scientists are taught about the global order. Result: Read it and take your first step towards becoming yet another most average pseudo-critical scholar in the academy.

"Liberals are right about some issues, like the Keynesians are about some others and we should also admit that the Structuralists (Marxists) may sometimes be right as well."

Interesting to see how adept the textbooks could be in mass moulding Mr. & Ms. Bleeding-heart Viziers for the bourgeoisie: Yes my sir, capitalism works, you are doing fine and communism does not have a future; but may I kindly, if you please, suggest that you might want to consider raising taxes, just slightly, for the rich? And would you be so kind to give thirty seconds of your time to think about not (ahem) spreading the public money to bailout bankrupt banks?

[Brendan · Rating 5 out of 5]

Believe it or not I didn't read this for a class and thoroughly enjoyed it. I'm such a geek. haha

[Brck]

International Political economy and may be Marx lenin

[Maiko · Rating 5 out of 5]

A textbook that makes international political economy simple to understand. It was an exciting read.

[Motazz Soliman · Rating 3 out of 5]

Perhaps a range of between 3.25 and 3.5 stars. This is a pretty exhaustive work as an introductory anthology on the inter-discipline of IPE, even though as I agree with another reviewer that there is a rather sparse characterization of the term and its parameters at the beginning of the work. It also suffers from an inconsistency in approaching foundational concepts---some are given more attention in depth, while others elicit an impression of a breeze-through. Nonetheless, still very much worth perusing as a preliminary survey.

[Y. · Rating 1 out of 5]

This book is incredibly biased and not very accurate in telling world history.

[زهره شیرولیان · Rating 5 out of 5]

درسته ترجمه‌خیلی روان نبود ولی واقعا خود کتاب خیلی مفیده و میشه ازش یه مقاله‌ی خوب درآورد

[K · Rating 4 out of 5]

Political concepts defined and exemplified in accessible terms and without personal bias my beloved 🩷 I will be purchasing the next version when it comes out!

[Jamie Barringer (Ravenmount) · Rating 2 out of 5]

I discovered after I survived this book and got into doing graduate level political economy theory readings that I actually really enjoy political economy as a topic, but this book was a bit annoying. By the end of it I still couldn't really define political economy as a subject, because the book was so vague about defining it, and since this subject is an amalgamation of several subjects, the whole book came across as jumbled and unconvincing. In addition I really disagreed with this book's treatment of global warming. It did not fit with what I know already from my ecology degree and past reading and coursework on the subject.

[Ioan Prydderch · Rating 4 out of 5]

A sound textbook on a number of issues and traditional theories in IPE

[Lia · Rating 5 out of 5]

good

[Jonathan Kurnia II · Rating 5 out of 5]

I think i want to read this book to support me on my class of international Relation