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Rethinking Global Political Economy contains incisive analysis of history, linguistics, class, culture, empirical data and normative concerns. This important volume presents innovative approaches to fundamental issues in global political economy. Together they provide multiple arguments and avenues for rethinking global political economy in a time of turmoil and system transformation. It will appeal to those interested in seeing new perspectives and healthy heterodoxy in the study of political economy.
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Rethinking Global Political Economy This important volume presents innovative approaches to fundamental issues in global political economy. Together they provide multiple arguments and avenues for rethinking global political economy in a time of turmoil and system transformation. The authors collected here consider similar problems from a wide variety of perspectives. In particular, the authors survey the vicissitudes of globalization, the processes of global capitalism, and the building of progressive social theory, answering questions such as: ● ● ● What are the defining concepts in contemporary international political economy (IPE)? Why has mainstream theory in IPE so far failed to give rise to policies able to bring prosperity to more than a fraction of the world’s people? How can we re-conceive these concepts to produce better theories and more equitable and effective policies? Rethinking Global Political Economy contains analysis of history, linguistics, class, culture, empirical data, and normative concerns. It will appeal to those interested in seeing new perspectives and a healthy heterodoxy in the study of political economy. Mary Ann Tétreault is the Una Chapman Cox Distinguished Professor of International Affairs at Trinity University, USA. Robert A. Denemark is Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Delaware, USA. Kenneth P. Thomas is Associate Professor of Political Science and Fellow of the Center for International Studies at the University of Missouri-St Louis, USA. Kurt Burch is Associate Professor in Political Science at St Olaf College, USA. The Routledge/RIPE Series in Global Political Economy Series editors: Louise Amoore (University of Newcastle, UK ), Randall Germain (Carleton University, Canada) and Rorden Wilkinson (University of Manchester, UK and Wellesley College, US ) Formerly edited by Otto Holman, Marianne Marchand (Research Centre for International Political Economy, University of Amsterdam) Henk Overbeek (Free University, Amsterdam) and Marianne Franklin (University of Amsterdam) This series, published in association with the Review of International Political Economy, provides a forum for current debates in international political economy. The series aims to cover all the central topics in IPE and to present innovative analyses of emerging topics. The titles in the series seek to transcend a state-centred discourse and focus on three broad themes: ● ● ● the nature of the forces driving globalisation forward resistance to globalisation the transformation of the world order. The series comprises two strands: The RIPE Series in Global Political Economy aims to address the needs of students and teachers, and the titles will be published in hardback and paperback. Titles include: Transnational Classes and International Relations Kees van der Pijl Gender and Global Restructuring Sightings, sites and resistances Edited by Marianne H. Marchand and Anne Sisson Runyan Global Political Economy Contemporary theories Edited by Ronen Palan Ideologies of Globalization Contending visions of a new world order Mark Rupert The Clash within Civilisations Coming to terms with cultural conflicts Dieter Senghaas Global Unions? Theory and strategies of organized labour in the globa