Global Political Economy

by Edited by John Ravenhill (editor)

An expert team of international authors present a diverse and comprehensive selection of theories and issues, carefully brought together by experienced editor John Ravenhill. Crucially, debates are presented through a critical lens to encourage students to unpack claims, form independent views, and challenge assumptions. This text is the only introduction to global political economy that lets students learn from the very top scholars in the field.

Now in its sixth edition, this highly successful textbook has been thoroughly updated with contemporary real word examples, including the impact of the Trump administration, Brexit, and economic nationalism. Furthermore, new analysis has been added on the international political economy of work, labour, and energy. This ensures that Global Political Economy is the most up-to-date and relevant textbook on the subject available. This book is supported by online resources designed to help students take their learning further.

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

536 pages, Paperback

First published February 1, 2005

Reviews

[Tom Oman]

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 ♡]

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

[d9fqdfnka]

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]

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]

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]