Includes index.

Contents : Part 1 : Contending views of international political economy : The nature of political economy -- International politics and international economics -- Liberalism, interdependence, and globalization : Excerpts from Wealth of Nations -- Realism and complex interdependence -- The invisible hand vs. the dead hand -- The rise of the virtual state -- Economic nationalism and the state : Excerpts from Reports on Manufacturers -- The theory of hegemonic stability and changes in international economic regimes, 1967-1977 -- States and industrial transformation -- Sovereignty -- Challenges to the capitalist system : Excerpts from Capital and Communist Manifesto -- The structure of dependence -- The future of global polarization -- Globalization under fire -- Part 2 : International monetary relations : Monetary governance in a globalized world -- The international Monetary Fund -- The Asian economic crisis and the role of the IMF -- The Euro debuts : European money, global money, or both? -- Part 3: Development and the World Bank : The rise and fall of the Washington consensus as a Paradigm for development for developing countries -- A new World Bank for a new century -- Still waiting : the failure of reform at the World Bank -- Part 4 : International trade relations : The Doha round : prospects for the rules-based trading system -- Regionalism, multilateralism, and deeper integration : changing paradigms for developing countries -- Part 5 : Transnational enterprises and international production : Theoretical perspectives on the transnational corporation -- Defining the transnational corporation in the era of globalization -- Part 6: Conclusion : Coping with ecological globalization -- The westfailure system.