International Political Economy Debating the Past, Present and Future [Hardcover]

The book gathers together a set of lively, provocative essays by leading voices in International Political Economy to debate the evolution of the field, its current state and its future directions.

Prompted by recent commentaries on the existence of a transatlantic divide in IPE between an American school and a British school, the essays provide a wide-ranging discussion of whether it is useful to think of the field in these terms, what the American and British schools look like, what their achievements and shortcomings are, and what are the desirable future directions for IPE scholarship. The diverse responses to these questions reflect the ongoing vibrancy and diversity of the field of IPE, and open up an imaginative and engaging discussion about where we need to go from here.

Featuring contributions from the most influential scholars in the field from North America, Canada and the UK, this book is essential reading for anyone interested in the cutting edge debates in contemporary international political economy.

Introduction Nicola Phillips and Catherine E. Weaver  Section 1: Perspectives on the 'American School' of IPE  1. The American School of IPE Daniel Maliniak and Michael J Tierney  2. The Old IPE and the New Robert O. Keohane  3. TRIPS across the Atlantic:Theory and Epistemology in IPE David A Lake  4. Ontology, Methodology, and Causation in the American School of IPE Henry Farrell & Martha Finnemore  5. Of Intellectual Monocultures and the Study of IPE Kathleen R McNamara  6. The Slow Death of Pluralism Nicola Phillips  7. The 'American School' of IPE? A Dissenting View Randall Germain  8. Beware What you Wish for: Lessons for IPE from the Transformation of EconomicslsÑ