International Political Economy: Perspectives on Global Power and Wealth

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• Title Page i
• Preface iii
• Contents v
• About the Editors ix
• Introduction 1
• I - Contending Perspectives on International Political Economy 17
• 1 - State Power and the Structure of International Trade 19
• 2 - The Political Economy of the Smoot-Hawley Tariff 37
• 3 - Institutions and Economic Growth: a Historical Introduction 47
• 4 - States, Firms, and Diplomacy 60
• II - Historical Perspectives 69
• 5 - The Rise of Free Trade in Western Europe 73
• 6 - International Trade, Domestic Coalitions, and Liberty: Comparative Responses to the Crisis of 1873-1896 90
• 7 - International Investment and Colonial Control: a New Interpretation 109
• 8 - British and American Hegemony Compared: Lessons for the Current Era of Decline 127
• III - Production 141

• Title Page i
• Preface iii
• Contents v
• About the Editors ix
• Introduction 1
• I - Contending Perspectives on International Political Economy 17
• 1 - State Power and the Structure of International Trade 19
• 2 - The Political Economy of the Smoot-Hawley Tariff 37
• 3 - Institutions and Economic Growth: a Historical Introduction 47
• 4 - States, Firms, and Diplomacy 60
• II - Historical Perspectives 69
• 5 - The Rise of Free Trade in Western Europe 73
• 6 - International Trade, Domestic Coalitions, and Liberty: Comparative Responses to the Crisis of 1873-1896 90
• 7 - International Investment and Colonial Control: a New Interpretation 109
• 8 - British and American Hegemony Compared: Lessons for the Current Era of Decline 127
• III - Production 141
• 9 - The Multinational Enterprise as an Economic Organization 145
• 10 - Third World Governments and Multinational Corporations: Dynamics of Host’s Bargaining Power 156
• 11 - A New Imperial System? the Role of the Multinational Corporations Reconsidered 167
• 12 - Strategic Trade and Investment Policies: Implications for the Study of International Political Economy 180
• IV - Money and Finance 193
• 13 - The Domestic Politics of International Monetary Order: The Gold Standard 199
• 14 - Hegemonic Stability Theories of the International Monetary System 220
• 15 - The Triad and the Unholy Trinity: Problems of International Monetary Cooperation 245
• 16 - Exchange Rate Politics 257
• 17 - Emu: Why and How It Might Happen 270
• 18 - The Obsolescence of Capital Controls? Economic Management in an Age of Global Markets 280
• V - Trade 299
• Notes 302
• 19 - Protectionist Trade Policies: a Survey of Theory, Evidence, and Rationale 303
• 20 - Commerce and Coalitions: How Trade Affects Domestic Political Alignments 318
• 21 - The Political Economy of Trading States: Factor Specificity, Collective Action Problems, and Domestic Political Institutions 327
• 22 - Are Your Wages Set in Beijing? 343
• 23 - The Political Economy of Nontariff Barriers: a Cross-National Analysis 353
• 24 - Explaining Business Support for Regional Trade Agreements 366
• VI - Economies in Development and Transition 377
• Notes 381
• 25 - International Development: Is It Possible? 383
• 26 - Development: The Market Is Not Enough 392
• 27 - Globalization and Inequality, Past and Present 405
• References 416
• 28 - Inflation and Stabilization 417
• VII - Current Problems in International Political Economy 431
• 29 - Environmental Protection and Free Trade: Are They Mutually Exclusive? 433
• 30 - Globalization and the Changing Logic of Collective Action 446
• 31 - Sense and Nonsense in the Globalization Debate 461
• Index 475