Economics

InternatIonal PolItIcal economy

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International Political Economy (IPE) is a central component of the interdisciplinary field of International Studies. Its current version is only about three decades old. IPE combines primarily the relevant parts of the disciplines of Political Science and Economics. It also draws on relevant facets of other disciplines such as Sociology, Geography, and Women’s Studies to deepen and broaden the analysis. Contemporary IPE is a reconstitution of a field of study that existed throughout the nineteenth century. The generally recognized founder of the older and classical version of IPE is Adam Smith, a Scottish moral philosopher, whose 1776 book The Wealth of Nations is considered the originating treatise.
During the nineteenth century the European scholars who followed in Adam Smith’s footsteps created the field of study that is now known as classical political economy. Together they created a field that provided comprehensive social analysis. However, near the end of the nineteenth century, as an integral part of the evolution of the Industrial Revolution, greater and greater specialization permeated all aspects of life. The university was no exception. Consequently, classical political economy was divided into the modern academic disciplines of Economics, Political Science, and Sociology. Thus for most of the twentieth century these subject matters were studied separately. However, by the 1980s the increasing evidence of comprehensive global interdependences could no longer be ignored. The issues that were being studied in disciplinary isolation required a more integrative analysis. Therefore, the field of International Political Economy was recreated (Wolf, Europe and the People without History).

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InternatIonal PolItIcal economy

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Publisher

USA : Routledge., 2008

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1-297

Language

English

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0-203-92723-0

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Edition

1st Edtion

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Economics

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