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With a unique emphasis on the big debates and questions that have the potential to affect all our lives, a diverse range of viewpoints are presented to encourage and equip students to become active participants in the discussions that animate global political economy today.
List of contents
- 1: Nicola Phillips: What, Who and Where is GPE?
- 2: Leonard Seabrooke and Kevin L. Young: How to Study Global Political Economy
- 3: Benjamin J. Cohen: How to Think about Global Political Economy
- 4: Jacqueline Best: Globalization and Neoliberalism
- 5: Lena Rethel: Finance
- 6: Erin Hannah and James Scott: Trade
- 7: Kate MacDonald: Production and Business
- 8: Simon Rushton: Health
- 9: Hayley Stevenson: Environment and Climate
- 10: Eduardo Ortiz Juárez and Andrew Sumner: Inequality
- 11: Asif Efrat: Crime
- 12: Matthew Alford: Labour and Work
- 13: Nicola Piper and Stuart Rosewarne: Migration
- 14: Richard Jolly and Thomas G. Weiss: Global Governance
- 15: Andrew Hurrell: States, Geopolitics, and the Global Economy
About the author
Nicola Phillips is the Provost at the University of Melbourne.
Summary
With a unique emphasis on the big debates and questions that have the potential to affect all our lives, a diverse range of viewpoints are presented to encourage and equip students to become active participants in the discussions that animate global political economy today.
Additional text
With an accessible dissection of pertinent debates in GPE, this book successfully manages to bridge diverse GPE traditions, including both traditional frameworks and critical-reflective perspectives. Through case studies and roundtable debates, the book inspires theoretically-informed discussions while providing insight into concrete policy problems.
