Foundations of International Political Economy

MATTHEW WATSON is Senior Lecturer in Political Economy, University of Birmingham, UK.

• IntroductionApproaches to International Political Economy: Beyond 'States and Markets'Historicising RationalityAssumptions: IPE in the History of Economic ThoughtThe Classical Tradition of Political Economy: New Foundations for IPEMoral Propriety Within Political Economy: The Work of Adam SmithInstitutional Analysis Within Political Economy: The Work of Thorstein VeblenSocial Embeddedness Within Political Economy: The Work of Karl PolanyiUnderstanding the Market Within Modern SocietyUnderstanding 'the State' Within Modern SocietyApplying the Theoretical Framework (1): GlobalizationApplying the Theoretical Framework (2): International TradeApplying the Theoretical Framework (3): International DevelopmentConclusion.