International Political Economy

Cohen (U. of California at Santa Barbara) brings together seminal research essays on international political economy published in academic journals since the birth of the field in the early 1970s. He begins with 4 papers from international political economy pioneers Susan Strange, Robert Gilpin, Peter J. Katzenstein, and Peter Gourevitch. Eight papers then look at issues of systemic transformations and system governance. The remaining eight papers address the two most central issue-areas of the world economy, international trade and international money and finance. Specific topics include embedded liberalism and international regimes, transactions and change; state power and the structure of international trade; the legalization of international monetary affairs; democracies, autocracies, and international trade negotiations; capital mobility and state autonomy; and the politics of national economic policies in a world of global finance. Annotation c2006 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Benjamin J. Cohen is Louis G. Lancaster Professor of International Political Economy at the Department of Political Science, University of California, Santa Barbara, USA.