Turbulence and New Directions in Global Political Economy

JAMES BUSUMTWI-SAM is Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science at Simon Fraser University. He has published on the politics of macroeconomic policy reform and financial liberalization in developing countries, international financial institutions and the political economy of conflict, security and peacebuilding. - LAURENT DOBUZINSKIS is Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science at Simon Fraser University. He has published on the philosophy of the social sciences, policy studies, public administration and on thinkers at the crossroads of political philosophy and economics. -

• List of Tables Preface Notes on the Contributors List of Abbreviations Introduction; J.Busumtwi & L.Dobuzinskis PART I: CONTEXTUALIZING TURBULENCE Introduction; J.Busumtwi & L.Dobuzinskis Politicizing the Global; P.Cerny Rethinking Development Inside International Political Economy; A.Payne States and World Order; A.Gamble Towards a Post-Structuralist Development Agenda; T.Parfitt PART II: IDEAS, INSTITUTIONS, AND POLICY Introduction; J.Busumtwi & L.Dobuzinskis Rethinking Development: Governance, Participation and Ownership; J.Busumtwi-Sam Social Norms in Transition: Gift-Giving and Reciprocity in a Global Era; L.Dobuzinskis The Politics of Transparency: Ambiguity in the Liberalization of International Finance; J.Best Stock Markets and States; K.Lavelle PART III: REGIONAL AND NATIONAL CONTEXTS Introduction; J.Busumtwi & L.Dobuzinskis Globalization and Currency Convergence: What Do the Regions Tell Us?; P.Bowles, O.Cocri & B.MacLean The Political Economy of the Third Way; S.Lee Phases of Capitalism, Globalizations, and the Japanese Economic Crisis; R.Westra Index