Global Political Economy

by John Ravenhill (editor)

The only introduction to Global Political Economy that lets students learn from the very top scholars in the field.

The fifth edition of this popular text offers a comprehensive introduction to global political economy, combining history, theory, and contemporary issues and debates. Renowned for its balance of empirical material and critical analysis, the expert authors introduce readers to the diversity of perspectives in GPE, and encourage students to unpack claims and challenge explanations.

This new edition features a brand new chapter on the Global Trade Regimes and thorough updates throughout to reflect the rise of new actors and the role of developing economies in global governance.

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

504 pages, 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.

[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]