Routledge Encyclopedia of International Political Economy

This important new work is the first comprehensive reference to the rapidly developing field of international political economy (IPE). Featuring over 1200 A-Z entries, the coverage encompasses the full range of issues, concepts, and institutions associated with IPE in its various forms. Comprehensively cross-referenced and indexed, each entry provides suggestions for further reading along with guides to more specialized sources. Selected entries include: * African Development Bank * benign neglect * Black Monday * casino capitalism * debt management * efficiency * floating exchange rates * General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) *information society/economy * Organization of Petroleum-Exporting Countries (OPEC) * Microsoft * multinational corporations, definitions * NATO * patents * rent-seeking * Schellin, Thomas *tax havens * trusts * Value-Added Tax (VAT) * zero-sum games * and many more.