Oatley, Thomas H., 1962- <br/><br/>
International political economy :   interests and institutions in the global economy / 
Thomas Oatley. 
 - Third edition 
 - xiv, 417 pages :   illustrations ;   24 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 394-407) and index. 
<br/><br/>CONTENTS<br/>Preface <br/>Chapter 1	International Political Economy <br/>What Is International Political Economy? <br/>Studying International Political Economy <br/>Traditional Schools of International Political Economy <br/>Interests and Institutions in International Political Economy <br/>The Global Economy in Historical Context<br/>The Organization of the Book <br/>Conclusion <br/>Key Terms <br/>Suggestions for Further Reading <br/>Chapter 2	The WTO and the World Trade System <br/>What Is the WTO? <br/>A Closer Look: The Doha Round <br/>Power and Interests in the World Trade System <br/>Hegemonic Power and the Creation of the Postwar Trade System <br/>Hegemonic Decline and the World Trade System <br/>The Evolving WTO: New Directions, New Challenges <br/>Policy Analysis and Debate: Regulating Risk in the World Trade Organization <br/>The Greatest Challenge? Regional Trade Arrangements and the WTO <br/>Conclusion <br/>Key Terms <br/>Web Links <br/>Suggestions for Further Reading <br/>Chapter 3	The Political Economy of International Trade Cooperation <br/>The Economic Case for Trade <br/>The Gains from Trade in Partial Equilibrium <br/>The Gains from Trade in General Equilibrium <br/>The Politics of Trade Cooperation <br/>Policy Analysis and Debate: Fisheries Studies and the WTO <br/>The WTO and Trade Cooperation <br/>Conclusion <br/>Key Terms <br/>Web Links <br/>Suggestions for Further Reading <br/>Chapter 4	A Society-Centered Approach to the Politics of Trade <br/>Trade Policy Preferences <br/>Factor Incomes and Class Conflict <br/>Policy Analysis and Debate: Trade Adjustment <br/>Sector Incomes and Industry Conflict <br/>Organizing Interests: The Collective Action Problem and Trade Policy Demands <br/>Political Institutions and Interests in American Trade Politics <br/>A Closer Look: Trade Politics in the European Union <br/>Conclusion <br/>Key Terms <br/>Web Links <br/>Suggestions for Further Reading <br/>Chapter 5	A State-Centered Approach to Trade Politics <br/>States and Industrial Policy <br/>The Infant-Industry Case for Protection <br/>A Closer Look: Criticism of the Infant Industry Case for Protection <br/>State Strength: The Political Foundation of Industrial Policy <br/>Industrial Policy in High-Technology Industries <br/>Strategic-Trade Theory <br/>Strategic Rivalry in Semiconductors and Commercial Aircraft <br/>Policy Analysis and Debate: Government Support of High-Technology Industries <br/>Conclusion <br/>Key Terms <br/>Web Links <br/>Suggestions for Further Reading <br/>Chapter 6	Trade and Development I: Import Substitution Industrialization <br/>Domestic Interests, International Pressures, and Protectionist Coalitions <br/>The Structuralist Critique: Markets, Trade, and Economic Development <br/>Market Imperfections in Developing Countries <br/>Market Imperfections in the International Economy <br/>Domestic and International Elements of Trade and Development Strategies <br/>Import Substitution Industrialization <br/>A Closer Look: Import Substitution Industrialization in Brazil <br/>Reforming the International Trade System <br/>Policy Analysis and Debate: Intellectual Property and the WTO <br/>Conclusion <br/>Key Terms <br/>Web Links <br/>Suggestions for Further Reading <br/>Chapter 7	Trade and Development II: Economic Reform <br/>Emerging Problems with Import Substitution Industrialization <br/>The East Asian Model <br/>Structural Adjustment and the Politics of Reform <br/>A Closer Look: Structural Adjustment in Mexico <br/>Developing Countries and the WTO <br/>Policy Analysis and Debate: Core Labor Standards and the WTO <br/>Conclusion <br/>Key Terms <br/>Web Links <br/>Suggestions for Further Reading <br/>Chapter 8	Multinational Corporations in the Global Economy <br/>MNCs in the Global Economy <br/>Economic Explanations for MNCs <br/>Locational Advantages <br/>Market Imperfections <br/>Locational Advantages, Market Imperfections, and MNCs <br/>MNCs and Host Countries <br/>A Closer Look: Singer Sewing Machines in Taiwan <br/>Conclusion <br/>Key Terms <br/>Web Links <br/>Suggestions for Further Reading <br/>Chapter 9	The Politics of Multinational Corporations <br/>Regulating MNCs <br/>Regulating MNCs in the Developing World <br/>Regulating MNCs in the Advanced Industrialized World <br/>Bargaining with MNCs <br/>A Closer Look: Luring the German Luxury Car Producers to the U.S. South <br/>The International Regulation of MNCs <br/>A Closer Look: Protecting Investment in NAFTA <br/>Policy Analysis and Debate: The Race to the Bottom <br/>Conclusion <br/>Key Terms <br/>Web Links <br/>Suggestions for Further Reading <br/>Chapter 10	The International Monetary System <br/>The Economics of Monetary Systems <br/>Exchange-Rate Systems <br/>The Balance of Payments <br/>Balance-of-Payments Adjustment <br/>The Rise and Fall of the Bretton Woods System <br/>Creating the Bretton Woods System <br/>Implementing Bretton Woods: From Dollar Shortage to Dollar Glut <br/>A Closer Look: Dollar Overhang and the Confidence Problem <br/>The End of Bretton Woods: Crises and Collapse <br/>Policy Analysis and Debate: Who Should Adjust? <br/>Conclusion <br/>Key Terms <br/>Web Links <br/>Suggestions for Further Reading <br/>Chapter 11	Contemporary International Monetary Arrangements <br/>International Financial Integration <br/>A Closer Look: The Unholy Trinity <br/>Life Under Floating Exchange Rates <br/>Managing Exchange Rates in a World of Mobile Capital <br/>Exchange-Rate Cooperation in the European Union <br/>Exchange-Rate Cooperation in the Group of 5 <br/>Policy Analysis and Debate: The Dollar versus the Euro? <br/>Speculative Attacks and the Prospect for Exchange-Rate Reform <br/>Conclusion <br/>Key Terms <br/>Web Links <br/>Suggestions for Further Reading <br/>Chapter 12	A Society-Centered Approach to Monetary and Exchange-Rate Policies <br/>Electoral Politics, the Keynesian Revolution, and the Trade-off Between Domestic <br/>Autonomy and Exchange Rate Stability <br/>Society-Based Models of Monetary and Exchange-Rate Politics <br/>The Electoral Model of Monetary and Exchange-Rate Politics <br/>A Closer Look: Exchange-Rate Arrangements in the OECD <br/>The Partisan Model of Monetary and Exchange-Rate Politics <br/>The Sectoral Model of Monetary and Exchange-Rate Politics <br/>Policy Analysis and Debate: A Strong Dollar or a Weak Dollar? <br/>Conclusion <br/>Key Terms <br/>Web Links <br/>Suggestions for Further Reading <br/>Chapter 13	A State-Centered Approach to Monetary and Exchange-Rate Policies <br/>Monetary Policy and Unemployment <br/>A Closer Look: The Natural Rate of Unemployment in the United States and the <br/>European Union <br/>The Time-Consistency Problem <br/>Commitment Mechanisms <br/>Policy Analysis and Debate: Central-Bank Independence and Democracy <br/>Independent Central Banks and Exchange Rates <br/>Conclusion <br/>Key Terms <br/>Web Links <br/>Suggestions for Further Reading <br/>Chapter 14	Developing Countries and International Finance I: The Latin American Debt <br/>Crisis <br/>Foreign Capital and Economic Development <br/>Capital Flows in the Early Postwar Period <br/>A Closer Look: The World Bank <br/>Commercial Bank Lending and the Origins of the Latin American Debt Crisis <br/>Managing the Debt Crisis <br/>The Debt Regime <br/>A Closer Look: The International Monetary Fund <br/>The Sources of Bargaining Power <br/>Policy Analysis and Debate: IMF Conditionality <br/>The Domestic Politics of Economic Reform <br/>Conclusion <br/>Key Terms <br/>Web Links <br/>Suggestions for Further Reading <br/>Chapter 15	Developing Countries and International Finance II: A Decade of Crises <br/>The Asian Financial Crisis <br/>Reforming the Crisis Management Regime <br/>A Closer Look: Crisis in Argentina <br/>Policy Analysis and Debate: Capital Controls <br/>The Heavily Indebted Poor Countries <br/>Conclusion <br/>Key Terms <br/>Web Links <br/>Suggestions for Further Reading <br/>Chapter 16	Globalization: Consequences and Controversies <br/>The Globalizing World Economy <br/>Globalization and Income: Rising Poverty, Widening Inequality? <br/>Globalization and ?Sweatshops? <br/>Policy Analysis and Debate: Labor Standards in the WTO <br/>Trade and the Environment <br/>A Closer Look: Environmental Disputes in the WTO <br/>Conclusion <br/>Key Terms <br/>Web Links <br/>Suggestions for Further Reading <br/>Glossary <br/>References <br/>Index 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0205589804 9780205589807 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>International economic relations.<br/>International finance.<br/>Globalization.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>649.151