Power and Global Economic Institutions

Power and Global Economic Institutions
Author: Ayse Kaya
Publisher:
Total Pages: 285
Release: 2015
Genre: BUSINESS & ECONOMICS
ISBN: 9781316448793

"This book contends that existing approaches leave out key aspects of the relationship between economic power and formal political power in multilateral economic institutions. Importantly, while existing works focus on either power or institutions as distinct realms, we must examine their intersection as well. Third, institutions mediate the importance of the inter-state distribution of economic power through institutional rules and conventions. Simply, institutional conventions denote well-established procedures and specific interpretations of rules for certain actions. Among the many conventions a single institution may embody, of interest here are those that concern formal political power, including the procedures for altering it. Reasonably, these existing rules and conventions determine the parameters, if not the content, of how members alter formal political power in the institution. Particularly, such rules may more often than not be a source for "incremental change" as opposed to more big-bang alterations (e.g., Pierson 2004; Thelen and Mahoney 2010). Given that the literature currently lacks an integrative theory"--

Power and Global Economic Institutions

Power and Global Economic Institutions
Author: Ayse Kaya
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 299
Release: 2015-11-19
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1107120942

Ayse Kaya analyses the relationship between states' economic power and their political power in key multilateral economic institutions.

Handbook of Global Economic Governance

Handbook of Global Economic Governance
Author: Manuela Moschella
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 412
Release: 2013-12-17
Genre: Reference
ISBN: 1136582886

Since the summer of 2007, the world scenario has been dominated by the US sub-prime mortgage crisis and its repercussions on global financial markets and economic growth. As banks around the world wrote down their losses and governments intervened to rescue domestic financial institutions, financial distress severely hit the real economy leading to what has been widely defined as the worst recession since the 1930s. Under these conditions, along with the immediate concern for stemming the effects of the crisis, policy-makers around the world have been debating the long-term measures that have to be adopted in order to reduce the likelihood of future crises and to ensure stable economic growth. Although this debate has not yet produced significant transformations, it indicates a renewed concern about the institutional architecture that is meant to govern the global economic and financial system. This book tackles the issue of what the governance of the global economic and financial system looks like and what the prospects for its reform are. Specifically, the book will address the following three main themes: Governance: What is governance in the international economic system? What forms does it take? How did it come about? How can we study it?; Functions of governance: What are the functions of global economic governance? Who performs them? What are the rules and mechanisms that make global governance possible? Problems and prospects of governance: What are the problems in global economic governance? Is there a trade-off between legitimacy and efficiency? What are the prospects for reform of global economic governance in the aftermath of the global financial crisis? This book will: _ Provide a thorough analysis of the issues at stake in designing international rules and institutions able to govern the global economy; _ Illustrate and analyze virtually all the main institutions, rules, and arrangements that make up global economic governance, inscribing them within the function these institutions, rules, and arrangements are meant to perform; _ Discuss the problems that affect today’s global economic governance and assess alternative proposals to reform the international financial architecture.

International Political Economy

International Political Economy
Author: Thomas D. Lairson
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 537
Release: 2016-12-08
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 113411186X

This text offers a rethinking of the field of international political economy in an era of growing but uneven globalization. Even as global integration advances, states play central roles as partners with the largest of global firms, as the catalysts of competitiveness and economic growth, as the creators of global institutions, and in promoting and responding to global interdependence. Indeed, the struggle for power and wealth within and among states underscores the primacy of politics in understanding current realities. At the same time, new issues and actors complicate the global agenda as it expands to address the environment, global health, and food security. By offering a clear explanation of basic concepts, contextualizing the presentation of theoretical debates, and placing current events in historical context, International Political Economy ensures students a deep understanding of how the global economy works and the ways in which globalization affects their lives and those of people around the world. Key Content and Features Engages debates over the reach and significance of globalization. Examines the sources and consequences of global financial instability. Explores the origins and consequences of global inequality. Compares various strategies of development and state roles in competitiveness. Discusses the role of key international economic institutions. Considers the impact of the rise of China on the global economy and the potential for war and peace. Illustrates collective efforts to fight hunger, disease, and environmental threats. Includes numerous graphs and illustrations throughout and end of chapter discussion questions. Links key concepts for each chapter to a glossary at the end of the book. Provides a list of acronyms at the outset and annotated further readings at the end of each chapter. Offers additional resources on a web site related to the text, including a list of links to IPE-related web pages.

Reform of the International Institutions

Reform of the International Institutions
Author: P. Coffey
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Total Pages: 177
Release: 2006-01-01
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1847202888

Peter Coffey and Robert J. Riley, in Reform of the International Institutions, offer positive proposals for change in the sweeping horizon of economic institutions including the WTO. Their book also includes documents that help with research on the topic. Richard Fulton, Choice At no period since the creation of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), World Bank and World Trade Organisation (WTO) has it been a more opportune time to examine the work, reform and future of the international monetary and trading systems. In this comprehensive examination, the authors provide original, independent assessments of these institutions from both an American and European perspective and offer proposals for reform and improvement. The seemingly endless problems encountered by the IMF, WTO and World Bank provide major reasons for seeking reform. However, an additional impetus is the changing balance of economic power in the world. The volume begins with an overview of the Bretton Woods and international trading systems. Following this are discrete, in-depth discussions of the three institutions from American and European points of view. The authors emphasise the need for making the IMF and World Bank more regional in structure and, like the European Bank, more frugal in the lifestyles of their officials. Similarly, they call for a narrower focus in the mission of the World Bank and the IMF. In the case of the WTO, they call for a democratic reform of the organisation comprising participation by experts and, above all, better representation and support for Third World countries. Scholars and students of political economy, as well as those interested in the history and reform of international institutions, will find this an enlightening and necessary addition to their library.

Power in Global Governance

Power in Global Governance
Author: Michael Barnett
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 393
Release: 2004-12-23
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1139444220

This edited volume examines power in its different dimensions in global governance. Scholars tend to underestimate the importance of power in international relations because of a failure to see its multiple forms. To expand the conceptual aperture, this book presents and employs a taxonomy that alerts scholars to the different kinds of power that are present in world politics. A team of international scholars demonstrate how these different forms connect and intersect in global governance in a range of different issue areas. Bringing together a variety of theoretical perspectives, this volume invites scholars to reconsider their conceptualization of power in world politics and how such a move can enliven and enrich their understanding of global governance.

Power and the Governance of Global Trade

Power and the Governance of Global Trade
Author: Soo Yeon Kim
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Total Pages: 204
Release: 2010
Genre: General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (Organization)
ISBN: 9780801448867

conclusion to the Doha Round of the World Trade Organization (WTO) is urgently needed to mitigate the developmental divide by increasing trade between the industrialized and developing worlds. --

Engaging China

Engaging China
Author: Alastair Iain Johnston
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 335
Release: 2005-08-08
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1134619405

Engaging China is one of the first books to look at the responses of major international powers to the recent economic growth of China. Anyone interested in the financial fortunes of the Asia-Pacific region cannot afford to ignore the rise of China as an economic power since the 1970s. Economic growth coupled with increased military capability and spreading nationalism have gradually enhanced Chinas international profile. In an interesting mix of the empirical and theoretical, case studies from United States, Japan, Singapore, Taiwan, Korea, Malaysia and Indonesia illustrate Chinas developing position in the Asia-Pacific.

Global Financial Governance Confronts the Rising Powers

Global Financial Governance Confronts the Rising Powers
Author: Andrew Walter
Publisher: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Total Pages: 352
Release: 2016
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1928096174

Rising powers pose challenges for global governance, substantively and institutionally, in the domain of financial and macroeconomic cooperation.