The Politics of International Economic Relations, 5th Edition

The first and definitive book of its kind, Joan Spero's The Politics of International Economic Relations has been fully updated to reflect the sweeping changes in the international arena. With the expertise of co-author Jeffrey Hart, the fifth edition strengthens the coverage of political and economic relations since the end of the Cold War, economic polarization in developing nations and the roots of economic decline in centrally planned economies. A new chapter on industrial policy and competitiveness debates further illustrates the changing dynamics of International Political Economy. Ideal as a supplement to the International Relations course or as the core text in International Political Economy, Spero and Hart's The Politics of International Economic Relations continues to give students the breadth and depth of scholarship needed to understand the politics of world economy. Razširjena in posodobljena peta izdaja knjige Politika mednarodnih gospodarskih odnosov prikazuje ter analizira problematiko gospodarskega razvoja v bivših komunističnih državah in državah Tretjega sveta. Vsebinske novosti vključujejo poglavitne spremembe v mednarodnem sistemu po koncu hladne vojne, razprave o vsem večjem pragmatizmu domačih in tujih gospodarskih politik v mnogih delih Tretjega sveta ter o vse širšem prepadu med najrevnejšimi in najbogatejšimi regijami v svetu This edition strengthens the coverage of political and economic relations since the end of the Cold War, and economic decline in centrally planned economies. It includes a new chapter on industrial policy and competitiveness 'Scholarly, lucid and thorough... an authority that is magisterial, but never pompous.' - Teaching Politics