International Political Economy Christakis Georgiou

1. Definition

International:

› Focuses on the politics of economic phenomena that transcends state borders (trade transactions, export/import)

› Examines the interaction between economics and politics in individual states and the international system. This means it looks at the domestic sources of foreign economic policy (why is it that a given state in a given international system behaves in a specific way > e.g. protectionism or liberalism) and the impact of the international system on domestic political economies (e.g. impact of openness and breakdown of financial boarders and its impact on the domestic economy)

CONTENTS:

Lecture 1 Introduction : What is IPE.............................................................................................................................................3

1. Definition..............................................................................................................................................................................3

2. Subject matter......................................................................................................................................................................3

3. Brief history of IPE................................................................................................................................................................4

Lecture 3 : A Brief history of global capitalism.............................................................................................................................5

1. The first globalization...........................................................................................................................................................5

2. The interwar disintegration of global capitalism................................................................................................................. 6

3. Embedded liberalism (Ruggie).............................................................................................................................................7

4. The second globalization......................................................................................................................................................8

Lecture 3. Theories of International Political Economy.............................................................................................................10

1. historical debates on global capitalism..............................................................................................................................10

2. From early IR to IPE............................................................................................................................................................12

3. Theoretical perspectives in American IPE :........................................................................................................................13

Lecture 4: Trade Cooperation.....................................................................................................................................................15

1. Background.........................................................................................................................................................................15

2. Politics of trade...................................................................................................................................................................15

3. GATT/WTO system..............................................................................................................................................................16

4. Dispute settlement.............................................................................................................................................................19

Lecture 5: Domestic Trade Politics.............................................................................................................................................20

1. Introduction........................................................................................................................................................................20

2. Societal models (2 main IPE models).................................................................................................................................20

3. Evaluation...........................................................................................................................................................................23

4. Conclusion..........................................................................................................................................................................26

Lecture 6: The New Regionalism................................................................................................................................................26

1. Introduction........................................................................................................................................................................26

2. International politics..........................................................................................................................................................28

3. Development......................................................................................................................................................................30

4. Conclusion..........................................................................................................................................................................32

Lecture 7: Multinational Corporations and Global Value Chains...............................................................................................32

1. Introduction........................................................................................................................................................................32

2. MNCs..................................................................................................................................................................................33

3. GVCs...................................................................................................................................................................................35

4.Conclusion...........................................................................................................................................................................37

Lecture 8: The politics of MNCs.................................................................................................................................................37

1. Introduction........................................................................................................................................................................37

2. MNCs and the new regionalism.........................................................................................................................................38

3. MNC and the competition for capital................................................................................................................................40

4. Conclusion..........................................................................................................................................................................41

Lecture 9: Monetary cooperation..............................................................................................................................................42

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1. Background:.......................................................................................................................................................................42

2. Gold standard:....................................................................................................................................................................43

3. Bretton Woods:..................................................................................................................................................................44

4. The international monetary system today:........................................................................................................................46

Lecture 10: Exchange rate politics..............................................................................................................................................47

1. Background.........................................................................................................................................................................47

2. Political approach...............................................................................................................................................................48

3. Credibility / “technocratic” approach................................................................................................................................50

4. Conclusion...

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1. Definition

International:

› Focuses on the politics of economic phenomena that transcends state borders (trade transactions, export/import)

CONTENTS: