Full Description
This title was first published in 2000: Focusing on the contribution of Susan Strange to the study of international political economy, this collection forms a unique perspective on the global economy whilst providing tools for the reader to better understand that economic system. The book examines Susan Strange's structural power theories, whilst adding the perspective of the contributor. The combination of approaches and experience provides a multifaceted analysis of international relations and international political economy.
Contents
I: The Power Pillars of the World Political Economy; 1: Introduction: Looking Beyond the Confines; 2: Setting the Parameters: A Strange World System; 3: Knowledge and Structural Power in the International Political Economy; 4: The Evolving Global Production Structure: Implications for International Political Economy; II: Global Finance and State Power; 5: Money Power: Shaping the Global Financial System; 6: Money and Power in World Politics; 7: Global Money and the Decline of State Power; III: Critical Perspectives on International Relations; 8: Criticizing US Method and Thought in International Relations: Why a Trans-Atlantic Divide Narrows IR's Research Subject; 9: Theorizing the 'No-Man's-Land' Between Politics and Economics; 10: Ideology, Knowledge and Power in International Relations and International Political Economy; IV: State Power and Global Hegemony; 11: The Retreat of the State?; 12: Strange's Oscillating Realism: Opposing the Ideal - and the Apparent; 13: Still an Extraordinary Power, but for how much Longer? The United States in World Finance; 14: United States and World Trade: Hegemony by Proxy?; V: Partitioning the Global Economy; 15: European Competitiveness and Enlargement: Is There Anyone in Charge?; 16: The Dynamics of Paralysis: Japan in the Global Era; 17: Regional Blocks and International Relations: Economic Groupings or Political Hegemons?; 18: Strange Looks on Developing Countries: A Neglected Kaleidoscope of Questions; VI: Emerging Agendas; 19: The Doubtful Handshake: From International to Comparative Political Economy?; 20: Going Beyond States and Markets to Civil Societies?; VII: Conclusions; 21: Reflections: Blurring the Boundaries and Shaping the Agenda; Addendum: Fifty Years of International Affairs Analysis: An Annotated Bibliography of Susan Strange's Academic Publications
