Constituting international political economy / edited by Kurt Burch, Robert A. Denemark.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Burch, Kurt, 1958- editor.

Denemark, Robert Allen, editor.

Series:

International political economy yearbook ; v. 10.

International political economy yearbook ; volume 10

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

International economic relations.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (239 p.)

Place of Publication:

Boulder, Colorado : Lynne Rienner, 1997.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

International political economy is both a discipline and a set of global practices and conditions. This volume explores how the two are related, illustrating the changing character of the global political economy, as well as changing perspectives on that character. The authors first consider how social issues, policy concerns, and philosophical judgments help constitute IPE both as a worldview and as a discipline. A central theme here is the reciprocal creation of the discipline and the social practices said to comprise it. Subsequent chapters illustrate the incongruence between the nature of the social world as alleged in IPE's premises—which often distortedly frame issues—and the alternative characterizations available from other social groups, behaviors, and approaches. Finally, conclusions are drawn about the tensions between "conventional" and "alternative" framings of the international political economy, raising questions about the nature, consequences, and insights of diverse approaches to IPE.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Preface

Introduction

Part 1 Constructivism

1 A Constructivist Manifesto

Part 2 Constructing IPE as a Worldview

2 Constituting IPE and Modernity

3 Echoes of Commercial Society: Liberal Political Theory in Mainstream IPE

Part 3 Constructing IPE as a Discipline

4 Economic Anxiety: Reification, De-Reification, and the Politics of IPE

5 Of Markets and Men: The (Re)Making(s) of IPE

6 Hegemony’s Hegemony in IPE

Part 4 Constructing Practices

7 Contesting Hegemony: Americanism and Far-Right Ideologies of Globalization

8 The Global Village and the Global Ghetto: Realism, Structural Materialism, and Agency in Globalization

Part 5 Constructing Alternative Approaches

9 The Rational Constitution of Agents and Structures

10 The Limits to a Rationalist Understanding of IPE

Part 6 Commentaries

11 Taking Off the Gender Blinders in IPE

12 Constituting, Deconstructing, and Reconstituting IPE

13 Commenting on Constituting IPE

14 Constructive Criticism: Threats, Imperatives, and Opportunities of a Constitutive IPE

Contributors and Commentators

Index

About the Book

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-234) and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-585-07112-8

OCLC:

893682486