1st Edition

Routledge Handbook of International Political Economy (IPE) IPE as a Global Conversation

Edited By Mark Blyth Copyright 2009
    388 Pages
    by Routledge

    392 Pages
    by Routledge

    The study of the International Political Economy (IPE), like the IPE itself, is plural and unbounded. Despite what partisans sometimes say, rather than there being ‘one way’ of studying the IPE that is the ‘right way’, we find across the world great variation in IPE scholarship in terms of focus, questions, and methods. How then can we make sense of this and understand the field as a whole rather than simply learn one part of it?

    This Handbook is designed to address precisely this concern. It maps the shifting boundaries and diverse theoretical commitments of IPE around the world. It engages the geographical and theoretical diversity of the different versions of IPE found in North America, the UK, in Asia and Australia; and notes the absences of distinctive versions of IPE in Europe and Latin America. The volume groups together the essential attributes and positions of each school, inviting the reader to engage with and learn about IPE in all of its guises through this evolving ‘global conversation.’ Rather than adjudicate ‘the one true version’ of IPE, it argues that the intellectual diversity we see around the world is an essential, and positive, feature of the field.

    With over twenty contributors from a wide range of countries Routledge Handbook of International Political Economy is an essential resource for all those with an interest in this complex and rapidly evolving field of study.

    Introduction:  IPE as a Global Conversation Mark Blyth  Section 1: North American IPE  1. The Multiple Traditions of American IPE Benjamin J. Cohen  2. Realist Political Economy: Traditional Themes and Contemporary Challenges Jonathan Kirshner  3. Thinking Rationally about Hierarchy and Global Governance Alexander Cooley  4. Constructivism as an Approach to International Political Economy Rawi Abdelal  5. Of Margins, Traditions and Engagements: A Brief Disciplinary History of IPE in Canada Randall Germain   Section 2: British IPE   6. Lineages of a British International Political Economy Ben Rosamond and Ben Clift  7. Empiricism and Objectivity: Reflexive Theory Construction in a Complex World Ronen Palan and Angus Cameron  8. Power-Knowledge Estranged: From Susan Strange to Post-structuralism in British IPE Paul Langley  9. Bridging the Transatlantic Divide? Toward a Structurational Approach to International Political Economy Philip G. Cerny  Section 3: IPE in Asia  10. Reading Hobbes in Beijing: Great Power Politics and the Challenge of the Peaceful Ascent Giovanni Arrighi  11. States and Markets, States Versus Markets: The Developmental State Debate as the Distinctive East Asian Contribution to International Political Economy Walden Bello  12. The Rise of East-Asia: An Emerging Challenge to the Study of International Political Economy Henry Yeung  13. Neither Asia nor America: IPE in Australia Jason Sharman  Section 4: IPE Elswhere - Exemptions, Exclusions, and Extensions  14. Why IPE is UNderdeveloped in Europe: A Case Study of France Nicolas Jabko  15. Why Did the Latin American Critical Tradition in the Social Sciences Become Practically Extinct? Gabriel Palma  16. What Do Sociologists Bring to International Political Economy John Campbell  17. Economic History and the International Political Economy Michael J. Oliver 18. Everyday International Political Economy Leonard Seabrooke and John Hobson

    Biography

    Mark Blyth is Professor of International Political Economy at Brown University. His research interests lie in the fields of international and comparative political economy. His articles have appeared in The American Political Science Review, International Studies Quarterly, and World Politics.

    'This Handbook is very ambitious in its scope, and succeeds admirably in carrying it off ... very well-structured and presented.' - ASEAN Economic Bulletin, Vol.26, No.3, December 2009 

    'This highly literate, meticulously edited work performs the useful function of providing a geography and history of thought for the field. It focuses especially on English-speaking developed countries, includes several articles on IPE and Asia, and touches on Latin America and France. Summing up: Highly Recommended' CHOICE