International Political Economy: The Struggle for Power and Wealth - Softcover

Thomas D. Lairson; David Skidmore

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9780155074972: International Political Economy: The Struggle for Power and Wealth

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0155074970 ISBN 13: 9780155074972

Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing Co Inc, 2002

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INTERNATIONAL POLITICAL ECONOMY focuses on the dynamics of conflict and cooperation among nations as each pursues power and wealth through international economic exchange. The authors provide a historical and topical overview of the development of the world economy from 1815 to the present, helping students understand how and why major economic powers rise and fall. This balanced blend of history, theory, and policy makes the book suitable as a main text for International Political Economy courses or as a supplemental text for an Introductory International Relations course.

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Review:

"Thomas D. Lairson is the Ronald G. and N. Jayne Gelbman Professor of International Business and Professor of Political Science at Rollins College, where he has taught since 1976. Professor Lairson has served as the First Ford Foundation Professor of International Relations for the Institute for International Relations in Hanoi and is currently the coordinator of a newly funded academic program for Sustainable Development and the Environment at Rollins College." "I find the text far more readable than the one I am currently using. In particular, I like the case studies that are presented in many of the chapters." "This book surpasses the others especially in its ability to link the economics of IPE with the politics of IPE. It is also better than most others at striking the balance between treating the students intelligently and making the material accessible." "Ultimately I chose Lairson and Skidmore because of its early chapters on the historical construction of the world economy (chapters 3 and 4) and its very strong chapter on globalization (chapter 5). These, in combination with the very good nuts and bolts chapter on markets (chapter 2), edged out the other books for this course."

About the Author:

Jeffry A. Frieden is Professor of Government at Harvard University. He specializes in the politics of international monetary and financial relations. Frieden is the author of Currency Politics: The Political Economy of Exchange Rate Politics and (with Menzie Chinn) of Lost Decades: The Making of America's Debt Crisis and the Long Recovery. His previous books include Global Capitalism: Its Fall and Rise in the Twentieth Century; Debt, Development, and Democracy: Modern Political Economy and Latin America, 1965-1985; and Banking on the World: The Politics of American International Finance. He is also the co-author or co-editor of many other books on related topics. His articles on the politics of international economic issues have appeared in a wide variety of scholarly and general interest publications.

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