Introduction to international political economy / David Balaam, Michael Veseth, in collaboration with faculty of the political economy program, University of Puget Sound.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

What is international political economy? -- Wealth and power: mercantilism and economic nationalism -- "Laissez-Faire, Laissez-Passer": the liberal IPE perspective -- Marx, Lenin, and the structuralist perspective -- The rational choice approach to IPE by Elizabeth Nunn -- International trade -- The international monetary system -- Debt: the political economy of international finance -- The international security structure -- Knowledge and technology: the basis of wealth and power by Ross Singleton -- The European Union: the economics and politics of integration -- Democracy and markets: the IPE of NAFTA by David J. Sousa -- Japan and the international political economy by Karl J. Fields and Elizabeth Norville -- States and markets in transition -- The development dilemma: NICs and LDCs by Sunil Kukreja -- The changing IPE of multinational corporations by Leon Grunberg -- The IPE of energy and oil by Timothy G. Amen -- The IPE of food and hunger -- The environment: the green side of IPE -- The United States and the IPE.