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Book SynopsisThe field of international political economy gained prominence in the early 1970s and is an essential part of both political science and economics. This book offers the comprehensive examination of this field's development, and the contrasting worldviews of its American and British schools.
Trade Review"Cohen has produced a well-crafted intellectual history of the development of the subdiscipline of international political economy."--M. Perelman, Choice "Benjamin Cohen has written a marvelous brief introduction to the development of International Political Economy (IPE) as an academic discipline... It will be read widely but needs, and deserves, to be read critically."--Bill Dunn, Journal of Australian Political Economy "Benjamin Cohen has written an excellent book in an engaging and witty style... I enjoyed reading the book, and liked how differences between the American and British schools were laid out."--Mina Baliamoune-Lutz, Eastern Economic Journal
Table of ContentsList of Illustrations ix Acknowledgments xi Abbreviations xiii Introduction 1 CHAPTER ONE: The American School 16 CHAPTER TWO: The British School 44 CHAPTER THREE: A Really Big Question 66 CHAPTER FOUR: The Control Gap 95 CHAPTER FIVE: The Mystery of the State 118 CHAPTER SIX: What Have We Learned? 142 CHAPTER SEVEN: New Bridges? 169 References 179 Index 199
