Chapter 13 Chapter Overview & Learning Objectives

International Political Economy

Chapter Overview

  • Learning Objectives
  • Introduction
  • What Is IPE?
  • The Perspectives of IPE
  • Economic Interdependence
  • International Economic Co-operation
  • The World Trading System
    • The Growth of Trade since 1846
    • The GATT
    • The WTO
    • Present and Future Challenges for Trade
  • The International System of Money and Finance
    • What Is the International Monetary System?
    • What Is the International Financial System?
    • The Bretton Woods System
    • The Latin American Debt Crisis
    • International Finance and the Late 1990s Crisis
    • The Global Financial Crisis, 2008
  • Economic Regionalism
  • The New NAFTA
  • Oil and Oil Prices
  • Multinational Corporations
  • Conclusion
  • Self-Assessment Questions
  • Weblinks
  • Further Reading
  • Film and Video Clips

Learning Objectives

This chapter will help you to

  • discuss the major tenets of the most important theories and perspectives of international political economy;
  • describe the growth of economic interdependence between states;
  • explain the link between wealth and power in the international system;
  • understand the development of international trade, production, and finance since the nineteenth century; and
  • comprehend the importance of international economic organizations.
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