Introduction To International Political Economy - David N Balaam

Introduction to\nInternational Political\nEconomy Introduction to\nInternational Political\nEconomy\nFifth Edition\n\nDavid N. Balaam\n(University of Puget Sound)\n\nBradford Dillman\n(University of Puget Sound)\n\nLongman\n\nBoston Columbus Indianapolis New York San Francisco Upper Saddle River\nAmsterdam Cape Town Dubai London Madrid Milan Munich Paris Montreal Toronto\nDelhi Mexico City São Paulo Sydney Hong Kong Seoul Singapore Taipei Tokyo Senior Acquisitions Editor: Vikram Mukhia\nEditorial Assistant: Tori Magar\nSenior Marketing Manager: Lindsey Pruchnitine\nProject Coordination, Text Design, and Electronic Page Makeup: Hemlatha\n\nIntgra Software Services, Ltd.\nProduction Managers: Fran Russell\nArt Direction: Jayne Coure\nCover Design: Mary Saner\nCover image Credit: (c) Andy Rain/spa/CORBIS All Rights Reserved\nManager, Visual Research: Belin Benzel\nPhoto Researcher: Ron Tuttle\nManager, Rights and Permissions: Zina Arabia\nManager, Cover Visual Research and Permissions: Karen Sanatar\nPrinter and Binder: Cover-Companies, Inc.\n\nLibrary of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data\n\nBalasan, David N\nIntroduction to international political economy /\nDavid N. Balasan, Bradford L. Dillman--5th ed.\n\np. cm.\nIncludes bibliographical reference and index.\nISBN-10: 0-205-79138-5 (alk. paper)\nISBN-13: 978-0-205-79138-5\n\n333--EZ8 \n\nCopyright © 2011, 2009, 2005 by Pearson Education, Inc.\nAll rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the publisher. Printed in the United States. BRIEF CONTENTS\n\nPART I Perspectives on International Political Economy\nCHAPTER 1 What is International Political Economy? 1\nCHAPTER 2 \"Laissez-Faire\": The Economic Liberal Perspective 28\nCHAPTER 3 Wealth and Power: The Mercantilist Perspective 56\nCHAPTER 4 Economic Determinism and Exploitation: The Structuralist Perspective 81\nCHAPTER 5 Alternative Perspectives on International Political Economy 106\n\nPART II Structures of International Political Economy\nCHAPTER 6 The Production and Trade Structure 130\nCHAPTER 7 The International Monetary and Finance Structure 156\nCHAPTER 8 International Debt and Financial Crises 183\nCHAPTER 9 The Global Security Structure 210\nCHAPTER 10 The Knowledge and Technology Structure 235\n\nPART III States and Markets in the Global Economy\nCHAPTER 11 The Development Conundrum: Choices Amidst Constraints 265\nCHAPTER 12 Regionalism: Toward a More Perfect (European) Union 295\nCHAPTER 13 Moving into Position: The Rising Powers 323\nCHAPTER 14 The Middle East: The Quest for Development and Democracy 351 PART IV Transnational Problems and Dilemmas\nCHAPTER 15 The Illicit Global Economy: The Dark Side of Globalization 382\nCHAPTER 16 Migration and Tourism: People on the Move 406\nCHAPTER 17 Transnational Corporations: The Governance of Foreign Investment 436\nCHAPTER 18 Food and Hunger: Market Failure and Injustice 463\nCHAPTER 19 Oil and Energy: Dependency and Resource Curses 489\nCHAPTER 20 The Environment: Steering Away from Global Disaster 507 Contents\n\nStructural Management and Alternative Reserve\nCurrencies 179\nConclusion 179\nKey Terms 181\nDiscussion Questions 181\nSuggested Readings 181\nNotes 181\n\nCHAPTER 8\nInternational Debt and Financial Crises 183\nThe Debt Crisis of the 1980s 184\nThe Asian Financial Crisis 188\nThe Global Financial Crisis of 2007 191\nCoding the Money Tree 193\nLong-Term Debt and the HIPC 200\nCrisis, Choice, and Change 202\nConclusion 207\nKey Terms 207\nDiscussion Questions 208\nSuggested Readings 208\nNotes 206\n\nCHAPTER 9\nThe Global Security Structure 210\nActors, Interests, and Roles 212\nStates at the Top or on the Rise 212\nPrivatizing the War in Iraq 215\nInternational Organizations 222\nA Peacekeeper's Notes 227\nPoor and Failed States Come Undone 230\nConclusion 232\nKey Terms 233\nDiscussion Questions 233\nSuggested Readings 233\nNotes 234