Overview

States Versus Markets shows that globalization is not a novel phenomenon but a recurrent process whereby markets have, since the sixteenth century, periodically redistributed economic activity. This revised and updated new edition takes account of the new rise of Asia and the global financial crisis originating in the US housing finance system.

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Author:   Herman M. Schwartz
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint:   Red Globe Press
Edition:   3rd ed. 2009
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 0.10cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.701kg
ISBN:  

9780230521339

ISBN 10:   0230521339
Pages:   368
Publication Date:   25 November 2009
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Replaced By:   9781352004434
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   Out of stock  

Table of Contents

Introduction.- PART I: STATES, AGRICULTURE, AND GLOBALIZATION.- The Rise of the Modern State: From Street Gangs to Mafias.- States, Markets, and the Origins of International Inequality.- Economic and Hegemonic Cycles.- The Industrial Revolution and Late Development.- Agricultural Exporters and the Search for Labor.- Agriculture-Led Growth and Crisis in the Periphery: Ricardian Success, Ricardian Failure.- The Collapse of the Nineteenth-Century Economy: The Erosion of Hegemony?.- PART II: THE REEMERGENCE OF GLOBALIZATION.- The Depression, U.S. Domestic Politics, and the Foundation of the Post-World War II System.- International Money, Capital Flows, and Domestic Politics.- Transnational Firms: A War of All against All.- Industrialization in the Old Agricultural Periphery: The Rise of the Newly Industrialized Countries.- Trade, Protection, and Renewed Globalization.- US Hegemony: Declining from Below?.- US Hegemony: Reviving or Declining from the Top Down.

Reviews

'This edition improves on an already outstanding text. What Schwartz does here is highly unusual and highly rewarding: he draws students into an adventure in learning that conveys knowledge about both the origins and evolution of a global political economy and the development of IPE as a branch of learning. And he brings it up to-date in a manner that places students at the center of important contemporary debates. If students have a choice of textbooks, this is the one.' Randall D. Germain, Carleton University, Canada 'States Versus Markets has long been essential reading for those who seek to understand globalization and its periodic struggles with global imbalances and financial volatility. Professor Schwartz has now done it for the third time, and in keeping with his record this new third edition is yet better and richer than earlier excellence. Unlike more simplistic accounts, this highly approachable work offers a clear understanding of how and where 'globalization' came from and what it actually means for contemporary societies, gently debunking well-worn myths along the way. It is not only an impressive work of scholarship but also a pleasure to read, culminating in a dramatic account of financial crisis and the future of the global political economy.' - Geoffrey R.D. Underhill, University of Amsterdam

Author Information

HERMAN M. SCHWARTZ Professor of Politics, University of Virgnia, USA.

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