this article reviews past developments of the shanghai cooperation organization (sco) and studies its potentialities in the areas of economy, trade, investment, energy and military power. a study conducted on statistical information of the sco state members shows that the organisation has the capacity to be turned into one of the biggest international hubs in the fields of economy, trade, forei...

We describe four megatrends since the end of the Cold War that relate to developing countries: a greater share of the global economy; more accessible technologies, particularly in communication; breakthroughs in global cooperation in tackling basic human needs; and the evolution of a complex set of problems in spite of the progress. We then examine potential political economy channels that migh...

In his seminal introduction to the field, Vincent Mosco defines the political economy of communication as the “study of the social relations, particularly the power relations that mutually constitute the production, distribution, and consumption of resources, including communication resources” (Mosco, 2009, pp. 2). Terms that have been used for naming this field have been “political economy of ...

Studies in Comparative International Development, Spring 2006, Vol. 41, No. 1, pp. 53-75. Jeffrey Drope is an assistant professor in the Department of Political Science, University of Miami. His recent articles and current research examine the political economy of trade policy and, more generally, how interests and institutions interact to generate policy. Don’t Buy from Me Argentina: Politics,...

Most theories of political economy operate in terms of what might be called separated political economy, as illustrated by the formulation: political economy = polity + economy. Within this formulation it is reasonable to speak of the state intervening into the market economy. In contrast to separated political economy, this paper explores some aspects of what might be called an entangled polit...