This Handbook gives readers an overview of the range and scope of international political economy scholarship by mapping the different regional schools of IPE and noting the distinctive way IPE is practised and conceptualized around the world. It examines, in a series of introductory chapters written by leading figures in each region, the evolution of IPE in the US, Canada, the UK, Asia, and Australia. These introductory chapters map out the contending approaches and key concerns that exist within each regional school. In each regional section, following the introductory chapter, the contributors tackle key areas of IPE scholarship such as trade and development, finance, and global governance/globalization follow. Each chapter is written by an established scholar and showcases the particular approach(es) highlighted in the region-specific introduction.
Section One: North American IPE 1.The Multiple Traditions of American IPE "Benjamin J. Cohen" 2. Realist Political Economy: A Conversation "Jonathan Kirshner" and "Robert Gilpin" 3. Contracting as an Approach to the IPE "Alexander Cooley" 4. Constructivism as an Approach to the IPE "Rawi Abdelal" 5. Of Margins, Currents and Traditions: Disciplinary Engagements within IPE in Canada "Randall Germain" Section Two: British IPE 6. Multi-Nodal Politics: Putting the Political Back Into IPE "Phil Cerny" 7. The Collapse of the 'Comparative' versus 'International' Political Economy Divide in British IPE "Ben Rosamond" and "Ben Clift" 8. Towards a Post-Disciplinary International Political Economy "Ronen Palan" and "Angus Cameron" 9. From Susan Strange to 'etranger': Towards Post-Structural IPE "Paul Langley" Section Three: The View from Asia 10. The Priority of the Strategic: International Political Economy from an East Asian Perspective "Walden Bello" 11. The Rise of Asia and the Study of IPE: A Contradiction? "Henry Yeung" 12. Reading Adam Smith in Beijing "Giovanni Arrighi" 13. Neither Asia nor America: IPE in Australia "Jason Sharman" Section Four: Exceptions and Exemptions 14. Is There a Distinctively European IPE? "Nicolas Jabko" 15. Whatever Happened to the Dependistas? Latin American IPE in an Age of Change "Gabriel Palma" 16. Everyday International Political Economy "Leonard Seabrooke" and "John Hobson" 17. What Do Sociologists Bring to the IPE Table? "John Campbell" 18. Economic History and the IPE "Michael Oliver" 19. Conclusion: IPE as a Global Conversation "Mark Blyth"