Introduction: The Politics of International Political Economy

• Domestic Political Economy
• International Political Economy
• Approaches to International Political Economy

The Economics of International Political Economy

• Free Trade
• The Balance of Payments
• Monetary and Fiscal Policy
• Exchange Rates and Trade Deficits
• Exchange Rates, Trade, and Macroeconomic Policy
• Conclusion
• Annotated Bibliography

The Origins of a World Economy

• Industrialization and International Trade
• The Turn to Freer Trade
• The Perils of Interdependence: 1873-1914
• Japan and Late Economic Development
• World War I and Its Aftermath
• Conclusion
• Annotated Biliography

The Political Economy of American Hegemony: 1938-1973

• Structures and Trends in the Postwar World Economy
• U.S. Hegemony and the World Economy
• The Heyday of U.S. Hegemony: 1958-1970
• Money and Oil, 1971-1973
• Conclusions
• Annotated Bibliography

Globalization and the World Economy

• The Globalization of Finance
• The Globalization of Production
• Conclusions
• Annotated Bibliography

Cooperation Among Advanced Industrial States

• Theories of Cooperation
• Macroeconomic Policy Cooperation
• Exchange Rates
• Economic Blocs
• Conclusions
• Annotated Bibliography

Competition and Conflict Among Advanced Industrial States

• Theories of Competitiveness
• Strategies of Competitiveness
• The Rise of Japan
• The United States and Competitiveness
• Protectionism
• The Uruguay Round the World Trade Organization
• Conclusions
• Annotated Bibliography

Rich and Poor States in the World Economy

• Indicators of Development
• Measuring the Development Gap
• Contending Perspectives on Development
• Conclusions
• Annotated Bibliography

Stategies of Southern Trade and Development

• National Strategies of Trade and Industrialization
• Transitions to Export-Led Industrialization: Three Country Studies
• Collective Strategies of Development
• Conclusions
• Annotated Bibliography

Foreign Aid and Third World Development

• The Rationale for Aid
• Strategies of Foreign Assistance
• The Effectiveness of Aid
• Learning from Failure
• The Future of Foreign Aid
• Conclusions
• Annotated Bibliography

Multinational Corporations in the Third World

• Motives for Foreign Direct Investment in the Third World
• The Benefits of Foreign Direct Investment to Third World Host Countries
• A Bargaining Framework for Analyzing MNC-Host Country Relations
• Recent Trends in MNC-Host Country Relations
• Conclusions
• Annotated Bibliography

Third World Debt and North-South Finance

• The Costs of Third World Debt
• Actors
• The Origins and Evolution of the Third World Debt Crisis
• The Politics of Third World Debt
• North-South Finance in the Nineties: The Growth of Portfolio Investment
• Conclusions
• Annotated Bibliography

Hunger, Population, and Sustainable Development

• Population
• Food and Hunger
• Sustainable Development
• Conclusions
• Annotated Bibliography

The Political Economy of Post-Communist States

• The Political Economy of Change in Communist States
• Gorbachev and the Failure of Reform
• Post-Communist States and the World Economy
• The Political Economy of Change in China and Vietnam
• Prospects for the Future
• Annotated Bibliography

Charting the Future: Economic Interdependence and National Competitiveness

• Cooperation and Competition in the World Economy
• National Competitiveness
• Conclusions
• Annotated Bibliography

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