Political Economy

  1. International Political Economy
    1. Theoretical Approaches to IPE
      1. Realist/Mercantilist Approach
        1. State Power
          1. National Interest
            1. Economic Security
              1. Zero-Sum Thinking
              2. Liberal Approach
                1. Free Markets
                  1. Mutual Gains
                    1. International Cooperation
                      1. Interdependence
                      2. Marxist/Structuralist Approach
                        1. Global Capitalism
                          1. Core-Periphery Relations
                            1. Exploitation
                              1. Class Analysis
                              2. Constructivist Approach
                                1. Ideas and Norms
                                  1. Social Construction
                                    1. Identity Formation
                                      1. Discourse Analysis
                                      2. Feminist IPE
                                        1. Gender and Global Economy
                                          1. Reproductive Labor
                                            1. Women in Development
                                          2. International Trade
                                            1. Trade Theory
                                              1. Comparative Advantage
                                                1. Factor Endowments
                                                  1. New Trade Theory
                                                    1. Strategic Trade Policy
                                                    2. Trade Policy
                                                      1. Free Trade vs. Protectionism
                                                        1. Arguments for Free Trade
                                                          1. Arguments for Protection
                                                            1. Infant Industry Protection
                                                            2. Trade Instruments
                                                              1. Tariffs
                                                                1. Quotas
                                                                  1. Non-Tariff Barriers
                                                                    1. Subsidies
                                                                  2. Regional Trade Integration
                                                                    1. Free Trade Areas
                                                                      1. Customs Unions
                                                                        1. Common Markets
                                                                          1. Economic Unions
                                                                            1. Trade Creation and Diversion
                                                                            2. Multilateral Trading System
                                                                              1. GATT History
                                                                                1. World Trade Organization
                                                                                  1. Structure and Functions
                                                                                    1. Dispute Settlement
                                                                                      1. Doha Round
                                                                                      2. Trade and Development
                                                                                      3. Contemporary Trade Issues
                                                                                        1. Trade Wars
                                                                                          1. Digital Trade
                                                                                            1. Services Trade
                                                                                              1. Environmental Standards
                                                                                            2. International Finance
                                                                                              1. International Monetary System
                                                                                                1. Gold Standard
                                                                                                  1. Operation
                                                                                                    1. Advantages
                                                                                                      1. Collapse
                                                                                                      2. Bretton Woods System
                                                                                                        1. Design and Operation
                                                                                                          1. Institutions Created
                                                                                                            1. Breakdown
                                                                                                            2. Post-Bretton Woods
                                                                                                              1. Floating Exchange Rates
                                                                                                                1. Managed Float
                                                                                                                  1. Currency Crises
                                                                                                                2. International Financial Institutions
                                                                                                                  1. International Monetary Fund
                                                                                                                    1. Lending Functions
                                                                                                                      1. Conditionality
                                                                                                                        1. Surveillance
                                                                                                                          1. Reforms
                                                                                                                          2. World Bank Group
                                                                                                                            1. Development Finance
                                                                                                                              1. Poverty Reduction
                                                                                                                                1. Project Lending
                                                                                                                                  1. Policy Lending
                                                                                                                                  2. Regional Development Banks
                                                                                                                                  3. Global Financial Markets
                                                                                                                                    1. Capital Mobility
                                                                                                                                      1. Financial Integration
                                                                                                                                        1. Offshore Markets
                                                                                                                                          1. Financial Innovation
                                                                                                                                          2. Financial Crises
                                                                                                                                            1. Currency Crises
                                                                                                                                              1. Banking Crises
                                                                                                                                                1. Debt Crises
                                                                                                                                                  1. Contagion Effects
                                                                                                                                                    1. Crisis Management
                                                                                                                                                  2. Multinational Corporations
                                                                                                                                                    1. Foreign Direct Investment
                                                                                                                                                      1. Types of FDI
                                                                                                                                                        1. Motivations for FDI
                                                                                                                                                          1. Location Decisions
                                                                                                                                                            1. Effects on Host Countries
                                                                                                                                                              1. Effects on Home Countries
                                                                                                                                                              2. Global Production Networks
                                                                                                                                                                1. Supply Chain Organization
                                                                                                                                                                  1. Value Chain Analysis
                                                                                                                                                                    1. Global Factory
                                                                                                                                                                      1. Upgrading Strategies
                                                                                                                                                                      2. MNC-State Relations
                                                                                                                                                                        1. Bargaining Power
                                                                                                                                                                          1. Investment Incentives
                                                                                                                                                                            1. Performance Requirements
                                                                                                                                                                              1. Regulatory Competition
                                                                                                                                                                              2. Corporate Social Responsibility
                                                                                                                                                                                1. Labor Standards
                                                                                                                                                                                  1. Environmental Impact
                                                                                                                                                                                    1. Human Rights
                                                                                                                                                                                      1. Voluntary Initiatives

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