This timely book will explain via a number of thematic and case studies that international economics is not an independent terrain of economic activity reproducing itself throughout history but a complex articulation of social political and culturally determined actions that are inextricably linked. Chapters will address the role of dominant global powers in the making of global industrial and monetary relations and in particular ways in which and the degrees to which dominant economic and military powers such as the USA tend to shape the domestic economic environments of lesser powers after their own image. Supplementing the chapters will be a comprehensive A - Z glossary section which will include key International Political Economy terms e. g. international debt European free trade area International Bank for Reconstruction and Development IMF GATT-WTO Foreign exchange fixed exchange rates floating exchange rates reserve currency gold-dollar parity multinational corporation preferential trade agreement hedge funds etc. Entries will be cross-referenced for ease of use. This book will be ideal for researchers and students in the areas of politics international relations and international economics as well as for academics economists business people and those with an interest in the workings of international political economy. | The Politics of International Political Economy