1st Edition
International Political Economy The Struggle for Power and Wealth in a Globalizing World
Part I: Politics and Economics
1. International Political Economy
2. Basic Concepts for International Political Economy
3. Globalization and Governance
4. The Political Origins of a Global Economy: Power and Markets
Part II: Contemporary Globalization
5. The Political Economy of Global Production and Exchange
6. Wealth, Poverty, and Inequality
7. The Political Economy of Global Finance: States, Firms, and Markets
8. States and the Dynamics of Global Economic Competition
9. Power, Wealth, and Interdependence in an Era of Advanced Globalization
Part III: Sustainability
10. Population, Hunger, Food, and Health
11. Sustainability and the Environment
12. Conclusion: The International Political Economy of Globalization
Biography
Thomas D. Lairson is Visiting Professor of Political Science at Jindal Global University and Emeritus Professor of Political Science at Rollins College.
David Skidmore is Professor of Political Science at Drake University.
Praise for International Political Economy
Lairson and Skidmore’s invaluable textbook captures the profound dynamism in the international political economy, provides a sophisticated synthesis of the intersection of politics and economics, and treats the student with respect even as it explains complicated issues or concepts. This new text incorporates the 2008 global fiscal crisis, the full emergence of China as a global power, and the ever-changing politics of global inequality, sustainable development, and environmental diplomacy. This book will be a welcome addition to the international political economy classroom!
Gregory White, Smith College
This book is by far the most comprehensive, insightful, and accessible introduction to the rapidly expanding field of international political economy. The authors expertly draw upon both theoretical perspectives and real-world experience to offer an analysis of global political economy that is unsurpassed by any other textbook.
Francis Adams, Old Dominion University
This is probably the best textbook treatment of the international political economy field, and ideal for courses on IPE or globalization. Lairson and Skidmore provide students with needed background in political science theory and the history of globalization; include an excellent discussion of economic concepts necessary to study the politics of trade, finance, and development; and then apply these concepts to the central questions of modern globalization.
Sean D. Ehrlich, Florida State University
Lairson and Skidmore offer a first-rate introduction to the study of international political economy that provides students with a wealth of perspective and information about the causes and consequences of globalization. Today’s students will be well-served to begin their analysis of the past, present, and future of global economic relations with this excellent text.
Orfeo Fioretos, Temple University
