State Power and World Markets: The International Political Economy / Edition 1

by Joseph M. Grieco, G. John Ikenberry

Overview

The first text to fully integrate economic principles with political analysis, State Power and World Markets provides a contemporary and comprehensive overview of the international political economy.

Professors Grieco and Ikenberry focus on the dynamic, reciprocal relationships between states and world markets, articulating the ways in which their interactions shape the world economy today.  Intellectually challenging yet perfectly pitched to the undergraduate student, written by experts in the field, and combining the best of current political and economic theory, State Power and World Markets will enrich and further focus the undergraduate study of international relations.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780393974195
Publisher:	Norton, W. W. & Company, Inc.
Publication date:	08/26/2002
Edition description:	First Edition
Pages:	400
Product dimensions:	6.20(w) x 9.30(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

Joseph M. Grieco is Professor of Political Science at Duke University, where his teaching and research center on theories of international relations, issues of international political economy, and problems of international conflict.  He is the author of Cooperation Among Nations: Europe, America, and Non-Tariff Barriers to Trade and Between Dependency and Autonomy: India’s Experience with the International Computer Industry.


G. John Ikenberry is the Peter F. Krogh Professor of Geopolitics and Global Justice at Georgetown University. A specialist in the areas of international political economy, international relations, and American foreign policy, he is the author most recently of After Victory: Institutions, Strategic Restraint, and the Rebuilding of Order after Major Wars and editor of America Unrivaled: The Future of the Balance of Power.

Table of Contents

	Acknowledgments	ix
Chapter 1	Introduction	1
Chapter 2	The Economics of International Trade	19
Chapter 3	The Economics of International Money and Finance	57
Chapter 4	The Political Foundations of the World Economy	92
Chapter 5	State Power and the Promotion of National Interests through Economic Integration	124
Chapter 6	State Power and the Promotion of National Interests through Economic Sanctions and Incentives	163
Chapter 7	Economic Globalization and Political Backlash	204
Chapter 8	Developing Nations and the World Economy	244
Chapter 9	Mechanisms for Governance, Reform, and Expansion of the World Political Economy	288
Chapter 10	Conclusion	327
Appendix	Studying International Political Economy through the Internet	339
	Glossary	343
	Bibliography	351
	Index	363