One of the most salient changes in the world economy since 1980 has been the move toward freer trade among countries across the globe. How do existing theories about trade policy explain this puzzle? Three sets of explanations are prominent. First, many focus on changes in trade policy preferences among domestic actors, either societal groups or political leaders. Second, scholars examine chang...

The Icelandic banking crisis provides a useful example of how the global economic downturn transformed into a domestic crisis and then transformed again into an international conflict. Rather than a strict economic analysis, discussion around the economic causes and potential cures surrounding the Icelandic banking crisis have been framed in terms of ethics. The analysis shows that ethical para...

In his paper "On the Convergence of Innis's International Political Economy and Sebald's Novels" Joseph S. Pinter contributes to the development of an area of scholarship on Harold A. Innis and Canadian political economy which deals with issues of representation, landscape, and memory. Pinter draws attention to a specific aspect of Innis's approach to political economy and focuses on ways in wh...

study on international political economy of two countries, sweden and norway, in international interactions allows us to examine political economy of these two countries as the case study for further understanding of macro patterns of international political economy.  thus, understanding the power of influence of international developments in two economic and political areas in internal relatio...

translated by Xu Fan, University of International Business & Economics. James Scott is Hallsworth Fellow in Political Economy in the Brooks World Poverty Institute at the University of Manchester, UK. Rorden Wilkinson is Professor of International Political Economy, School of Social Sciences and Research Director, Brooks World Poverty Institute, University of Manchester, UK. Contributed to the ...

This paper focuses on the differences between International Political Economy (IPE) versus Global (GPE) in Latin America. It explores how IPE tends to be taught and researched beyond mainstream but dialogue with it. engages main literature of this field discuss contours extension a transition teaching research. rests upon historical sociological approach employs qualitative analysis syllabi cur...

Social Complexity, Learning and International Political Economy, With Illustrations from the Political Economy of Trade Policy Complexity is an essential element of the political economic environment. This fact implies that ignorance and learning will affect the dynamics of that environment. This paper surveys recent work from decision theory, game theory, and economics that seeks to formalize ...