Includes glossary,reference and index.

Contents : International political economy -- The WTO and the World trade system -- The political economy of international trade cooperation -- A society-centered approach to trade politics -- A state-centered approach to politics -- Trade and development i: import substitution industrialization -- Trade and development ii: neoliberalism and institutionalism -- Multinational corporations in the global economy -- The political of multinational corporations -- The international monetary system -- Cooperation,conflict,and crisis in the contemporary international monetary system -- A society-centered approach to monetary and exchange rate policies -- A state-centered approach to monetary and exchange rate policies -- Developing countries and international finance i: the latin American debt crisis -- Developing countries and international finance ii: the global capital flow cycle -- The achievements of and challenge to the global capitalist economy.