From Silos to Barns? Regional Institutions in International Political Economy

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Etel Solingen
Keyword(s):  
Political Economy ◽  
Critical Theory ◽  
Transaction Costs ◽  
Political Science ◽  
Economic Efficiency ◽  
International Political Economy ◽  
Regional Economic ◽  
Regional Institutions ◽  
Ongoing Work ◽  
The Common

The explosion of research on regional economic institutions (REI) over the last two decades has led to a richer understanding of why they emerge, what form they take, and what effects they have. This chapter argues that research on REI is not a monopoly of any particular theoretical, methodological, or epistemological approach. Ongoing work leans not merely on standard political science and economics but on sociology, psychology, and critical theory. Yet, REI studies cluster in silos more often than barns, although this chapter highlights some research programs with potential for fostering barns. Exclusive attention to power, economic efficiency, transaction costs, and transnational normative diffusion—the common analytical currency in standard accounts of REI—may conceal deeper domestic drivers underlying REI dynamics.

scholarly journals Bayesian Approaches for Limited Dependent Variable Change Point Problems

2007 ◽  
Vol 15 (4) ◽  
pp. 387-405 ◽  
Author(s):  
Arthur Spirling
Keyword(s):  
Political Economy ◽  
Political Science ◽  
Comparative Politics ◽  
Change Point ◽  
American Politics ◽  
International Political Economy ◽  
Bayesian Approaches ◽  
Limited Dependent Variable ◽  
Good Advice ◽  
Type Data

Limited dependent variable (LDV) data are common in political science, and political methodologists have given much good advice on dealing with them. We review some methods for LDV “change point problems” and demonstrate the use of Bayesian approaches for count, binary, and duration-type data. Our applications are drawn from American politics, Comparative politics, and International Political Economy. We discuss the tradeoffs both philosophically and computationally. We conclude with possibilities for multiple change point work.

The study of international political economy in Russia

2004 ◽  
Vol 37 (1) ◽  
pp. 111-120 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stanislav L. Tkachenko
Keyword(s):  
Political Economy ◽  
Political Science ◽  
Global Economy ◽  
International Political Economy ◽  
Academic Discipline ◽  
The West ◽  
Theoretical Generalization ◽  
Policy Community

The author argues that international political economy (IPE), however prominent in the West, has not been established in Russia as an academic discipline. In the Russian policy community, the main debate is between liberal institutionalists, who advocate the country’s integration into the global economy, and the so-called dirigists, who promote relative economic autonomy. These two schools, however, only now begin to find their way in academia. Three main problems impede IPE development in Russia—the excessive separation of political science from economics, the deficit of theoretical generalization, and the weakness of educational curricula.

Paradigms and Practice

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicolas Jabko ◽  
Sebastian Schmidt
Keyword(s):  
Political Economy ◽  
Political Science ◽  
Policy Change ◽  
Recent Literature ◽  
International Political Economy ◽  
Specific Domain ◽  
Stability And Change ◽  
Norm Change

Abstract Thomas Kuhn's concept of paradigm has long been a part of ordinary parlance in political science. Aside from its role in metatheoretical debate, scholars have enlisted the paradigm concept to explain policy change, particularly in the international political economy (IPE) literature. In this context, policy paradigms are defined primarily in ideational terms and with respect to a specific domain of policymaking. We argue that this stance overstates the ideational coherence of policymaking and runs a risk of reification. We re-evaluate the paradigm concept by drawing a link to the recent literature on norm change that emphasizes the importance of practice and process. This analysis highlights theoretical difficulties in using the paradigm concept, as the relation of ideas to practical logics elides the distinctness of paradigmatic frameworks. Without clear boundaries, paradigms lose much of their analytical purchase. While the paradigm concept initially proved useful in highlighting the role of ideas, it is time to recognize its limits in explaining stability and change in policymaking.

Kritische Theorie en Globalisering : Op weg naar een beter begrip van Multi-Level Governance

Res Publica ◽  
2001 ◽  
Vol 43 (4) ◽  
pp. 617-638
Author(s):  
Wouter De Vriendt
Keyword(s):  
Political Economy ◽  
Critical Theory ◽  
International Political Economy ◽  
Causal Link ◽  
Kritische Theorie ◽  
Multi Level ◽  
The City

In this article, Multi-Level Governance (MLG) is problematized and treated as a dependent variable. It is argued that processes of globalisation shed considerable light on the development of MLG. In order to conceptualise 'globalisation', I turn myself to the field of International Political Economy, and more specifically neogramscian Critical Theory. Since Critical Theory seems to outline - above all - the distinctive political and policy aspects ofglobalisation, the approach gives way to the development of a causal link between globalisation and governance. The relevance of globalisation towards governance and MLG is further shown by elaborating on a particular level of governance: the subnational sphere of the city. I conclude that Critical Theory is indeed relevant in explaining globalisation and governance, and that its macro perspective may be used in conjunction with a more mesostyle, MLG approach.

Congress in the World: Benefits of the Congressional Fellowship Program for the Study of International Relations

2008 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 539-551
Author(s):  
Kathryn C. Lavelle
Keyword(s):  
Political Economy ◽  
International Relations ◽  
Political Science ◽  
International Political Economy ◽  
Wide Spectrum ◽  
Theoretical Work ◽  
Academic Disciplines ◽  
American Political Science Association ◽  
Fellowship Program ◽  
American Political Science

The Congressional Fellowship Program of the American Political Science Association charted new territory in the 1950s when it opened the internal workings of Congress to subsequent generations of political science scholars. Numerous programs incorporating a “Hill” experience into a variety of academic disciplines have imitated it since then. However, scholarship in the subfield of international relations has not benefited from the opportunities the program offers to the same extent as other disciplines and subfields have. I use a sample of legislative and policy matters that I encountered as a fellow in the 2006–2007 year to argue that a wide spectrum of theoretical work in international political economy would profit from insights generated by the type of direct participation the program affords. Specifically, I connect literature across subfields on institutional change, and relate how my experiences with Darfur divestment legislation, Committee on Foreign Investment in the U.S. (CFIUS) legislation, and politics in a financial crisis hold the potential to enrich our understanding of the international political economy. I suggest where more direct experience with other issues by other scholars could prompt additional insights for research on U.S. foreign policy and international relations.

US–China Relations in the Contemporary Era: An International Political Economy Perspective

Politics ◽  
2003 ◽  
Vol 23 (3) ◽  
pp. 192-199 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark Roden
Keyword(s):  
Political Economy ◽  
Critical Theory ◽  
International Political Economy ◽  
Theory Approach ◽  
Global Level ◽  
Political Actors ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Ideas And Institutions

The subject of US–China relations has been examined from a number of perspectives but has rarely been exposed to a critical theory approach. This article argues that US–China relations must be understood at the structural/global level as well as in terms of the interaction of political actors. In this way a broader understanding of US hegemonic power and its relation to China can be developed. This also requires moving beyond viewing the relationship in bilateral terms and taking into account the role of ideas and institutions in the international political economy (IPE).

Internationale Politische Ökonomie

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stefan A. Schirm
Keyword(s):  
Political Economy ◽  
Financial Crisis ◽  
Political Science ◽  
Empirical Analysis ◽  
International Political Economy ◽  
Regional Cooperation ◽  
Science Research ◽  
Politische Ökonomie ◽  
Research And Teaching

In this volume, Stefan A. Schirm provides an introduction to international political economy (IPE), starting with the field’s traditional theories and progressing to today’s policy areas (globalisation, the financial crisis and regional cooperation). He focuses on the foundations of IPE and on conducting an empirical analysis based on theory. In this way, he lays the groundwork for the systematic integration of IPE into political science research and teaching.

History and Political Science: Together Again?

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Julian E. Zelizer
Keyword(s):  
Political Economy ◽  
Political Science ◽  
Civic Participation ◽  
International Political Economy ◽  
Political History ◽  
Race And Politics ◽  
The Relationship

This chapter focuses on the reconvergence of history and political science and explains how historians and political scientists can work together towards reconstructing political history. It argues that political historians who want to truly reconceptualize the study of politics must draw on scholarship in political science to think of fresh approaches and frameworks that move beyond the liberal presidential synthesis. It discusses various areas in political science, some well established and others just emerging, that historians would find extremely useful; these include civic participation, the relationship between race and politics, and international political economy. The chapter also examines what contributions historians can offer to political science beyond providing them with more data and concludes by highlighting disciplinary diffrences that historians and political scientists must respect and should not abandon.

Kritik der Politischen Ökonomie im 21. Jahrhundert.

2017 ◽  
Vol 47 (188) ◽  
pp. 453-470 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hans-Peter Büttner
Keyword(s):  
Political Economy ◽  
Critical Theory ◽  
Scientific Community ◽  
New World ◽  
Neoclassical Economics ◽  
Price Theory ◽  
Transformation Problem ◽  
Iron Cage ◽  
Analytical Tools

While the majority of the scientific community holds Marxian Value and Price Theory to be internally inconsistent because of the so-called “transformation problem”, these claims can be sufficiently refuted. The key to the solution of the “transformation problem” is quite simple, so this contribution, because it requires the rejection of simultanism and physicalism, which represent the genuine method of neoclassical economics, a method that is completely incompatible with Marxian Critique of Political Economy. Outside of the iron cage of neoclassical equilibrium economics, Marxian ‘Capital’ can be reconstructed without neoclassical “pathologies” and offers us a whole new world of analytical tools for a critical theory of capitalist societies and its dynamics.

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