International political economy and globalization / Javed Maswood.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Maswood, Syed Javed.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

International economic relations.

Economic development.

Economic policy.

International business enterprises.

Physical Description:

vii, 314 pages ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

Singapore River Edge, NJ : World Scientific, [2000]

Summary:

This book provides a comprehensive introduction to international political economy and to the different trade and financial issues in the contemporary international system. The modern international political economy is characterized by globalization of production and finance. This book explains the growth and consequences of globalization from a historical and evolutionary perspective. It explores not only the long-standing issues of trade protectionism and financial stability, but also the newer issues of international labor standards, liberalization of investment regulations, and environmental protection. One of the greatest challenges of financial globalization is the potential for destabilizing national economies through a rapid outflow of capital, as seen recently in East Asia. In this book, the East Asian currency and debt crises are examined in relation to earlier crises in Latin America in the early 1980s and in Mexico in the mid-1990s. It will help readers to understand how politics and economics interact to produce the rules and structures of international political economy, and also to better appreciate the contemporary issues, crises, and challenges in international political economy.

Contents:

Chapter 2 International Trade: From the Gatt to the WTO 22

Chapter 3 International Monetary Relations: Bretton Woods and Beyond 58

Chapter 4 Protectionism, Regionalism and the Global Economy 104

Chapter 5 The Transition Economies: Russia and China 140

Chapter 6 International Debt Crises 168

Chapter 7 Political Economy of Foreign Investment 217

Chapter 8 The Political Economy of Environment Management 235

Chapter 9 The Political Economy of International Labor Standards 269.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 292-307) and index.

ISBN:

9810238541

981023855X

OCLC:

42072091