Routledge Encyclopedia Of International Political Economy, Volume 3: Entries P-Z

This important new set provides the first comprehensive reference to the rapidly developing field of international political economy [IPE]. Featuring over 1200 A-Z entries, the coverage encompasses the full range of issues, concepts, and institutions associated with IPE in its various forms. Comprehensively cross-referenced and indexed, each entry provides suggestions for further reading, and guides to more specialized sources. Selected entries include: \* African Development Bank \* benign neglect \* Black Monday \* casino capitalism \* debt management \* efficiency \* floating exchange rates \* General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade [GATT] \*information society/economy \* Organization of Petroleum-Exporting Countries [OPEC] \* Microsoft \* multinational corporations, definitions \* NATO \* patents \* rent-seeking \* Schellin, Thomas \*tax havens \* trusts \* Value-Added Tax [VAT] \* zero-sum games \* and many more. This important new work is the first comprehensive reference to the rapidly developing field of international political economy [IPE]. Featuring over 1200 A-Z entries, the coverage encompasses the full range of issues, concepts, and institutions associated with IPE in its various forms. Comprehensively cross-referenced and indexed, each entry provides suggestions for further reading along with guides to more specialized sources. Selected entries include: * African Development Bank * benign neglect * Black Monday * casino capitalism * debt management * efficiency * floating exchange rates * General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade [GATT] *information society/economy * Organization of Petroleum-Exporting Countries [OPEC] * Microsoft * multinational corporations, definitions * NATO * patents * rent-seeking * Schellin, Thomas *tax havens * trusts * Value-Added Tax [VAT] * zero-sum games * and many more. This three volume Encyclopedia offers the first comprehensive and authoritative survey of the rapidly developing field of international political economy. Its entries cover the major theoretical issues and analytical approaches within the field. The set also provides detailed discussion of the contributions of key individuals and surveys a wide range of empirical conditions and developments within the global political economy, including its major institutions. The Encyclopedia has been designed to be eclectic in approach and wide-ranging in coverage. Theoretical entries range from discussions of the definition and scope of the field, through core methodological questions such as rationalism and the structure-agent problem, to surveys of the major theories and approaches employed in the study of the international political economy. Generally used as a synonym for 'example' or 'blueprint', the term 'paradigm' achieved great exposure and use throughout the sciences and social sciences from its focal role in the seminal work by Thomas Kuhn on the history of science-The Structure of Scientific Revolutions (1962). This Encyclopedia Offers A Comprehensive And Authoritative Survey Of The Rapidly Developing Field Of International Political Economy. Its Entries Provide A Guide To The Basic Issues, Concepts, And Institutions Used By International Political Economy In Its Various Forms. ADAM SMITH, among others, asserted the principle that each nation should export those goods in which it possessed 'natural and acquired advantages' in productive EFFICIENCY and should import those goods in which other nations held an advantage in productivity. P......Page 8 Q......Page 106 R......Page 110 S......Page 174 T......Page 348 U......Page 434 V......Page 462 W......Page 472 X......Page 534 Y......Page 536 Z......Page 538 Index......Page 540 V. 1. Entries A-f -- V. 2. Entries G-o -- V. 3. Entries P-z. Edited By R.j. Barry Jones. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. By any standard, John Kenneth Galbraith has had a unique career, combining academic work, public service and popular writing. 'This edition published in the Taylor & Francis e-Library, 2003'--T.p. verso.