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| List of Abbreviations and Acronyms | |
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| Preface | |
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| The New Global Economic Order | |
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| Changes in the World Economy | |
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| Intellectual Perspectives | |
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| My Perspective: State-centric Realism | |
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| Purpose of Economic Activity | |
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| The Nature of Political Economy | |
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| What You Seek Is What You Find | |
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| The Nature of an Economy | |
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| Embeddedness of the Economy | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| The Neoclassical Conception of the Economy | |
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| The Discipline of Neoclassical Economics | |
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| Nature of a Market | |
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| Method of Comparative Statics | |
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| Intellectual Limitations | |
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| Economists and Public Policy | |
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| Comparison of Economics and Political Economy | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| The Study of International Political Economy | |
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| Distribution of Wealth and Economic Activities | |
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| National Autonomy | |
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| The Politics of International Regimes | |
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| Theory of Hegemonic Stability | |
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| Governance of the Global Economy | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| New Economic Theories | |
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| Change and Neoclassical Economics | |
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| World View of the New Theories | |
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| The New Theories | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| The Political Significance of the New Economic Theories | |
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| National Governments and Domestic Economies | |
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| Oligopoly and Power in Economic Outcomes | |
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| Technological Innovation | |
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| Convergent and Divergent Economic Growth | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| National Systems of Political Economy | |
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| Differences among National Economies | |
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| The American System of Market-Oriented Capitalism | |
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| The Japanese System of Developmental Capitalism | |
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| The German System of "Social Market" Capitalism | |
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| Significance of National Differences | |
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| Is One System Superior to the Others? | |
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| Do Nations Compete with One Another? | |
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| Convergence, Harmonization, or Mutual Recognition? | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| The Trading System | |
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| The Debate over Free Trade | |
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| Trade and the Economy | |
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| Revisions of Conventional Trade Theory | |
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| Postwar Trade Regime | |
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| The Uruguay Round and World Trade Organization | |
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| New Threats to an Open Trading System | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| The International Monetary System | |
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| The Postwar International Monetary System | |
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| The End of Fixed Exchange Rates | |
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| The Financial Revolution and Monetary Affairs | |
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| Embedded Technical and Political Issues | |
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| Devising an International Monetary System | |
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| Reform of International Monetary Affairs | |
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| Unity or Fragmentation of the Monetary System? | |
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| Few or Many National Currencies? | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| The International Financial System | |
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| Partial Globalization of International Finance | |
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| Nature of Financial Crises | |
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| The East Asian Financial Crisis | |
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| Controversy over Regulation of International Finance | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| The State and the Multinationals | |
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| Explanations of FDI and the MNC | |
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| The Multinationals and the International Economy | |
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| Increased Regionalization of Services and Manufacturing | |
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| Debate over the MNC and the Nation-State | |
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| An International Regime for FDI and MNCs | |
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| Do global Corporations Pose a Threat? | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| The State and Economic Development | |
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| The Rise and Demise of Development Economics | |
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| Triumph of Neoliberalism | |
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| The Debt Crisis and Structural Adjustment | |
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| Theory of the "Developmental State" | |
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| The East Asian Miracle Project | |
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| The East Asian Financial/Economic Crisis | |
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| The Future of the Developmental State | |
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| The Transitional Economies | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| The Political Economy of Regional Integration | |
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| Economic Theories | |
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| Political Theories | |
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| An Eclectic Approach | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| The Nation-State in the Global Economy | |
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| The Limited Nature of Economic Globalization | |
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| Alleged Consequences of Economic Globalization | |
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| Effectiveness of Macroeconomic Policy | |