Routledge Advances in International Political Economy

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1. States, Nonstate Actors, and Global Governance

   Projecting Polities

   By Ed Fogarty

   Series: Routledge Advances in International Political Economy

   This book addresses whether and how multilateral economic regimes can successfully transition from international institutions—cooperation among states—to global governance—cooperation among states and nonstate actors. The unprecedented era of peace and prosperity since World War II has been...

   Published December 13th 2012 by Routledge
2. Economic Growth, the Environment and International Relations

   The Growth Paradigm

   By Stephen J. Purdey

   Series: Routledge Advances in International Political Economy

   The ubiquity of the commitment to economic growth, which Purdey refers to as the growth paradigm, is extraordinary. National governments around the world are seized of the same objective. Major international institutions such as the UN, the WTO, the World Bank, IMF and OECD, powerful international...

   Published May 7th 2012 by Routledge
3. Varieties of Capitalism, Types of Democracy and Globalization

   Edited by Masanobu Ido

   Series: Routledge Advances in International Political Economy

   This book combines two strands of international political economy; examining how capitalism and democracy shape and are shaped by each other. Although until now considered separately, this path-breaking book proposes an innovative view of a political-economic system that inextricably links the...

   Published March 15th 2012 by Routledge
4. Contested Capitalism

   The political origins of financial institutions

   By Richard W. Carney

   Series: Routledge Advances in International Political Economy

   This book examines the political origins of financial institutions across fifteen developed democracies, with focused case studies on the US, France, Japan, Austria, and Germany. The institutional arrangements of financial systems are widely seen as a central distinguishing feature of ‘varieties of...

   Published December 1st 2011 by Routledge
5. Welfare, Right and the State

   A Framework for Thinking

   By David P. Levine

   Series: Routledge Advances in International Political Economy

   This book develops a creative theoretical framework for understanding the welfare state: the theory of the state and the idea of welfare connected to autonomy. Written by a well-known expert of political economy and welfare, it explores the nature of welfare and connects welfare not to basic needs,...

   Published February 10th 2011 by Routledge
6. Regional Trade Integration and Conflict Resolution

   Edited by Shaheen Rafi Khan

   Series: Routledge Advances in International Political Economy

   This volume addresses the growth of regional trade agreements (RTAs) which have mushroomed since the 1990s, and considers their potential as a tool for reducing inter- and intra-state conflict. Exploring the links between trade, conflict and peace in different and varying contexts, this book maps...

   Published October 19th 2008 by Routledge
7. Economic Globalisation as Religious War

   Tragic Convergence

   By Michael McKinley

   Series: Routledge Advances in International Political Economy

   Using a critical theory approach to analyze the globalization of the world economy, this provocative and topical new book presents economic globalization not as a recent development, but rather as a familiar process that has occurred throughout history. Michael McKinley argues that it is ultimately...

   Published July 23rd 2008 by Routledge
8. The World Bank and Africa

   The Construction of Governance States

   By Graham Harrison

   Series: Routledge Advances in International Political Economy

   Shortlisted for the Inaugural International Political Economy Group annual book prize, 2006.An incisive exploration of the interventions of the World Bank in severely indebted African states. Understanding sovereignty as a frontier rather than a boundary, this key study develops a vision of a...

   Published October 21st 2007 by Routledge
9. Chinese Capitalism in a Global Era

   Towards a Hybrid Capitalism

   By Henry Wai-chung Yeung

   Series: Routledge Advances in International Political Economy

   Chinese Capitalism in a Global Era examines the dynamic ways in which millions of ethinic Chinese in East and Southeast Asian economies organize their economic activities. It analyses how Chinese capitalism has changed under conditions of contemporary globalization and anticipates what the future...

   Published May 31st 2006 by Routledge
10. Foreign Direct Investment, Democracy and Development

    Assessing Contours, Correlates and Concomitants of Globalization

    By Indra de Soysa

    Series: Routledge Advances in International Political Economy

    The effects of globalization on economy and society are highly contested subjects in academic and political arenas. This study brings an empirical perspective to the crucially important arguments that encapsulate the major debates in this area. Using quantitative data, this book addresses the shape...

    Published April 30th 2003 by Routledge