International Political Economy Books

New and Published Books

1. New Visions for Market Governance

   Crisis and Renewal

   Edited by Kate Macdonald, Shelley Marshall, Sanjay Pinto

   Series: Challenges of Globalisation

   The financial crisis of 2008-2009 and the "Great Recession" that it precipitated highlight a number of important questions about the governance of contemporary capitalism. How do shortcomings in existing market governance institutions help to account for trends of rising economic inequality and...

   Published May 28th 2012 by Routledge
2. The Global Economic Crisis and the Developing World

   Implications and Prospects for Recovery and Growth

   Edited by Ashwini Deshpande, Keith Nurse

   Series: Routledge Studies in Development Economics

   The world economy is currently in the throes of a global economic crisis reminiscent of the great depressions of the 1930s and the 1870s. As back then, the crisis has exposed the major structural imbalances in financial and credit markets in addition to global trade forcing many governments,...

   Published May 23rd 2012 by Routledge
3. Employment, Inequality and Globalization

   A Continuous Concern

   Edited by Rolph van der Hoeven

   The nature of globalization and the fallout from the international financial crisis have brought profound changes to societies and economies around the world. This book documents that, over the last two decades, the growth of nonstandard and informal employment has led to greater inequalities. This...

   Published May 16th 2012 by Routledge
4. The International Political Economy of Transition

   By Stuart Shields

   Series: Routledge/RIPE Studies in Global Political Economy

   This book explores how Eastern Europe’s post-communist transition can only be understood as part of a broader interrogation of neoliberal hegemony in the global political economy, and provides a detailed historical account of the emergence of neoliberalism in Eastern Central Europe. Adopting an...

   Published May 15th 2012 by Routledge
5. International Law, Regulation and Resistance

   Critical Spaces

   By Zoe Pearson

   Series: Routledge Research in International Law

   International Law, Regulation and Resistance presents a critique of international law through an interdisciplinary analysis and engagement with the emerging literature from critical legal geography. The book draws upon existing critiques of international law to examine how different spaces affect...

   Published May 14th 2012 by Routledge
6. Energy Dependency, Politics and Corruption in the Former Soviet Union

   Russia's Power, Oligarchs' Profits and Ukraine's Missing Energy Policy, 1995-2006

   By Margarita M. Balmaceda

   Series: BASEES/Routledge Series on Russian and East European Studies

   Energy has become a major element to Russia's attempts, under Putin, to restore its influence over former Soviet territories and reaffirm itself as the dominant regional power. This book investigates how Russia has manipulated the energy of its neighbours on Russian energy supplies to achieve its...

   Published May 14th 2012 by Routledge
7. The United States and the Malaysian Economy

   By Shakila Yacob

   Series: Routledge Studies in the Growth Economies of Asia

   This book explores the relationship between the United States and the Malaysian economy, concentrating on the period 1870 to 1957, with particular focus on trade flows and foreign direct investment. This is the first book to examine, in depth, US economic involvement in colonial Malaya. Exploring...

   Published May 14th 2012 by Routledge
8. China's Post-Reform Economy - Achieving Harmony, Sustaining Growth

   Edited by Richard Sanders, Chen Yang

   Series: Routledge Studies on the Chinese Economy

   China has enjoyed heroic growth rates in the last twenty five years of reform and transition, pulling more people out of poverty more quickly than at any other time in human history. Nonetheless these successes have had costs: today China is faced with increasing environmental difficulties and...

   Published May 14th 2012 by Routledge
9. Contested Sudan

   The Political Economy of War and Reconstruction

   By Ibrahim Elnur

   Series: Durham Modern Middle East and Islamic World Series

   Since gaining independence in 1956, Sudan has endured a troubled history, including the longest civil war in African history in Southern Sudan and more recent conflicts such as the humanitarian crisis in Darfur. This book explores this history of ensuing conflict, examining why Sudan failed to...

   Published May 14th 2012 by Routledge
10. Everyday Economic Practices

    The 'Hidden Transcripts' of Egyptian Voices

    By Savinna Chowdhury

    Series: New Political Economy

    This book brings to the forefront the significance of local everyday economic practices to development policymaking. Chowdhury's objective in unearthing these diverse activities is two-fold. She demonstrates why it is a misrepresentation to characterize all that is economic as "capitalism...

    Published May 14th 2012 by Routledge