History and Political Science: Together Again?

Political History ◽

Race And Politics ◽

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.

From Silos to Barns? Regional Institutions in International Political Economy

The Oxford Handbook of International Political Economy ◽

10.1093/oxfordhb/9780198793519.013.9 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Etel Solingen

Keyword(s):

Political Economy ◽

Critical Theory ◽

Transaction Costs ◽

Political Science ◽

Economic Efficiency ◽

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.

7. International Political Economy: Contemporary Debates

Introduction to International Relations ◽

10.1093/hepl/9780198707554.003.0007 ◽

2015 ◽

Author(s):

Robert Jackson ◽

Georg Sørensen

Keyword(s):

United States ◽

Political Economy ◽

Developing Countries ◽

Western Europe ◽

Current Model ◽

The United States ◽

The Other ◽

The Third ◽

This chapter examines three important debates in International Political Economy (IPE). The first debate concerns power and the relationship between politics and economics, and more specifically whether politics is in charge of economics or whether it is the other way around. The second debate deals with development and underdevelopment in developing countries. The third debate is about the nature and extent of economic globalization, and currently takes places in a context of increasing inequality between and inside countries. This debate is also informed by the serious financial crisis of 2008 and has raised questions regarding the viability of the current model of capitalism in the United States and Western Europe.

1. Why Study IR?

Introduction to International Relations ◽

10.1093/hepl/9780198707554.003.0001 ◽

2015 ◽

Author(s):

Robert Jackson ◽

Georg Sørensen

Keyword(s):

Political Economy ◽

International Relations ◽

Social Constructivism ◽

Theory And Practice ◽

Clear Understanding ◽

Global Issues ◽

Online Resource ◽

The World ◽

Introduction to International Relations provides a concise introduction to the principal international relations theories, and explores how theory can be used to analyse contemporary issues. Readers are introduced to the most important theories, encompassing both classical and contemporary approaches and debates. Throughout the text, the chapters encourage readers to consider the strengths and weaknesses of the theories presented, and the major points of contention between them. In so doing, the text helps the reader to build a clear understanding of how major theoretical debates link up with each other, and how the structure of the discipline of international relations is established. The book places a strong emphasis throughout on the relationship between theory and practice, carefully explaining how theories organise and shape our view of the world. Topics include realism, liberalism, International Society, International Political Economy, social constructivism, post-positivism in international relations, and foreign policy. A chapter is dedicated to key global issues and how theory can be used as a tool to analyse and interpret these issues. The text is accompanied by an Online Resource Centre, which includes: short case studies, review questions, annotated web links, and a flashcard glossary.

6. International Political Economy: Marxism, Mercantilism, Liberalism

10.1093/hepl/9780198862208.003.0006 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 170-190

Author(s):

Georg Sørensen ◽

Jørgen Møller ◽

Robert Jackson

Keyword(s):

International Economic ◽

Political Economy ◽

Political System ◽

Economic Liberalism ◽

Theoretical Position ◽

This chapter examines the three most important classical theories within the field of International Political Economy (IPE): mercantilism, economic liberalism, and neo-Marxism. It considers the relationship between politics and economics, and between states and markets in world affairs, that IR has to be able to grasp. It suggests that IPE is about wealth, poverty, and power, about who gets what in the international economic and political system. The outlook of mercantilism has much in common with realism, while economic liberalism is an addition to liberalism. Mercantilism and economic liberalism thus represent views on IPE that are basically realist and liberal. The chapter concludes with a discussion about the original theoretical position of Marxism and how this has inspired neo-Marxist IPE theories.

10. Major Issues in IPE: Economic versus Political Power, Development, Globalization, How to Study the Real World

10.1093/hepl/9780198862208.003.0010 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 275-308

Author(s):

Georg Sørensen ◽

Jørgen Møller ◽

Robert Jackson

Keyword(s):

Political Economy ◽

Developing Countries ◽

Real World ◽

The Other ◽

The Real ◽

The Third ◽

Hard Science ◽

British School ◽

This chapter examines four major issues in International Political Economy (IPE). The first concerns power and the relationship between politics and economics, and more specifically whether politics is in charge of economics or whether it is the other way around. The second issue deals with development and underdevelopment in developing countries. The third is about the nature and extent of economic globalization, and currently takes places in a context of increasing inequality between and inside countries. The fourth and final issue concerns how to study the real world from an IPE perspective and it pits the hard science American School against the more qualitative and normative British School.

The Anatomy of the Directive Capacity of the Socialist State

Comparative Political Studies ◽

10.1177/0010414089022001003 ◽

1989 ◽

Vol 22 (1) ◽

pp. 66-92 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

BARTLOMIEJ KAMINSKI

Keyword(s):

Political Economy ◽

State Socialism ◽

Socialist State ◽

State Economy ◽

This article discusses the problem of the directive capacity of the socialist state, defined as the ability to identify opportunities available within both the domestic and international political economy and to develop and implement policies. The focus is not on how the directive capacity of the socialist state is actually used by the elites but on the identification of basic mechanisms shaping it. The following questions are addressed: What is the relationship between politics and economics in state socialism, and how does it determine directive capacity? What are the underlying structures that shape the socialist state/economy interaction? What mechanisms have developed within the framework of state socialism that compensate for lack of pressures toward higher efficiency? What are the system's limitations and what strategies are available to increase the directive capacity?

6. International Political Economy: Classical Theories

Introduction to International Relations ◽

10.1093/hepl/9780198707554.003.0006 ◽

2015 ◽

Author(s):

Robert Jackson ◽

Georg Sørensen

Keyword(s):

International Economic ◽

Political Economy ◽

Political System ◽

Economic Liberalism ◽

Theoretical Position ◽

This chapter examines the three most important classical theories within the field of International Political Economy (IPE): mercantilism, economic liberalism, and neo-Marxism. It also considers the relationship between politics and economics, and between states and markets in world affairs, that IR has to be able to grasp. It suggests that IPE is about wealth and poverty, about who gets what in the international economic and political system. The outlook of mercantilism has much in common with realism, while economic liberalism is an addition to liberalism. Mercantilism and economic liberalism thus represent views on IPE that are basically realist and liberal. The chapter concludes with discusses the original theoretical position of Marxism.

Bayesian Approaches for Limited Dependent Variable Change Point Problems

Political Analysis ◽

10.1093/pan/mpm022 ◽

2007 ◽

Vol 15 (4) ◽

pp. 387-405 ◽

Cited By ~ 21

Author(s):

Arthur Spirling

Keyword(s):

Political Economy ◽

Political Science ◽

Comparative Politics ◽

Change Point ◽

American Politics ◽

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.

Continuing the Conversation … Some Reflections

Politics & Gender ◽

10.1017/s1743923x17000496 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 13 (04) ◽

pp. 747-751

Author(s):

Juanita Elias

Keyword(s):

Political Economy ◽

International Relations ◽

International Security ◽

Feminist Perspective ◽

Security Studies ◽

Security Governance ◽

Women's Lives ◽

Governance Institutions ◽

The diverse collection of short reflections included in this Critical Perspectives section looks to continue a conversation—a conversation that played out in the pages of this journal (Elias 2015) regarding the relationship between two strands of feminist international relations scholarship: feminist security studies (FSS) and feminist international political economy (IPE). In this forum, the contributors return to some of the same ground, but in doing so, they bring in new concerns and agendas. New empirical sites of thinking through the nexus between security and political economy from a feminist perspective are explored: war, women's lives in postconflict societies, and international security governance institutions and practices.

The study of international political economy in Russia

Communist and Post-Communist Studies ◽

10.1016/j.postcomstud.2003.12.003 ◽

2004 ◽

Vol 37 (1) ◽

pp. 111-120 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Stanislav L. Tkachenko

Keyword(s):

Political Economy ◽

Political Science ◽

Global 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.