Introduction to International Political Economy (21st Century International Politics Series Textbooks)

Author: Song Xinning et al
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Publish Date: 2003-07-01
Features: This book primarily introduces the research objects and methods of the emerging interdisciplinary field of international political economy, analyzes the foreign political and economic behaviors of actors in the international community, as well as the interrelationships and interactions between international politics and the international economy. It systematically examines the historical background and theoretical origins of international political economy, as well as its schools and theories. This is the first comprehensive domestic work to systematically discuss international political economy. It introduces the research objects and methods of this emerging interdisciplinary field, analyzes the foreign political and economic behaviors of actors in the international community, as well as the interrelationships and interactions between international politics and the international economy. It systematically examines the historical background and theoretical origins of international political economy, as well as its schools and theories. Based on the theory of the interrelationship between politics and economics in Marxism, it elaborates on the mutual influence and interaction between international politics and the world economy from macro theories to geopolitics, international organizations, international conflicts, as well as specific fields such as international trade, international finance, international investment, and international environment. Therefore, this book serves as both a textbook for university students majoring in international politics and international economics, and an academic monograph in the field of international relations. This book is included in the National Social Science Fund "Nineth Five-Year Plan" major project.