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Ch. One. The nature of political economy: The issues of political economy ; The importance of the market ; The economic consequences of a market ; Market effects and political responses ; Conclusion -- Ch. Two. Three ideologies of political economy: The liberal perspective ; The Nationalist perspective ; The Marxist perspective ; A critique of the perspectives ; Three challenges to a World Market economy ; Welfare capitalism in a non-welfare international capitalist world ; Conclusion -- Ch. Three. The dynamics of the international political economy: Contemporary theories of the International Political Economy ; The political economy of structural change ; The mechanisms of structural change ; Structural change and economic conflict ; Conclusion -- Ch. Four. International money matters: The era of specie money ; The era of political money ; The classical gold standard (1870-1914) ; The interregnum between British and American leadership (1914-1944) ; The Bretton Woods system (1944-1976) ; The dollar and American hegemony ; The non-system of flexible rates ; The issue of policy coordination ; The Reagan administration and policy coordination ; The policy for policy coordination ; Conclusion -- Ch. Five. The politics of international trade: The importance of trade ; The liberal theory of international trade ; The Nationalist theory of international trade ; Free trade versus economic protectionism ; The GATT system ; Emergent trade issues ; New trading patterns ; The Rapprochement of Liberal and Nationalist theories ; The prospects for the Liberal trade regime ; Conclusion -- Ch. Six. Multinational corporations and international production: The nature of the multinational ; The era of American multinationals ; The multinationals and home countries ; The multinationals and host countries ; The new multinationalism ; Conclusion -- Ch. Seven. The issue of dependency and economic development: The Liberal perspective on economic development ; The classical Marxist perspective on economic development ; The underdevelopment position ; An evaluation of LDC strategies ; The process of uneven growth ; Conclusion -- Ch. Eight. The political economy of international finance: Three eras of international finance ; The Eurodollar market ; The debt problem in the 1980s ; Japanese subsidization of American hegemony ; The Nichibei economy and its prospects ; Conclusion -- Ch. Nine. The transformation of the global political economy: Structural changes in the international political economy ; The transition problem ; Conclusion -- Ch. Ten. The emergent international economic order: The problem of political leadership ; The adjustment problem ; International norms versus domestic autonomy ; A mixed system, mercantilistic competition, economic regionalism, and sectoral protectionism ; Conclusion.