The Politics of International Economic Relations by Spero, Joan Edelman -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover Half Title Full Title Copyright Dedication Contents Preface About the Authors Part One An Overview

Part Two The Western System

2 International Money Management

The Original Bretton Woods Agreement Unilateral U.S. Management Multilateral Management under U.S. Leadership Breakdown of Bretton Woods Management Dilemmas in the Post-Bretton Woods Era Europe's Efforts to Build a Regional Monetary System U.S. Policy: Alternating between Unilateralism and Collective Management Monetary Management in the 1990s

3 International Trade and Domestic Politics

The Havana Charter Multilateral Management under U.S. Leadership Structural Change and Protectionism Pluralism The New Protectionism New Issues The New Regionalism The Tokyo Round The Uruguay Round The Uruguay Round Agreement Conclusion

4 The Multinational Corporation and the Issue of Management

Common Characteristics of MNCs Trends in FDI and Other MNC Activities Explaining the Rapid Growth in MNC Activity Internalization Theory Product Cycle Theory Obsolescing Bargain Theory Oligopoly Theory The Tariff-Jumping Hypothesis The Importance of the Home Country The Consequences of MNC Activity MNCs in Canada and Europe National Economic Control Interference by Home Governments of Multinationals Multinationals and the National Political Process International Regimes for Foreign Direct Investment National Management Regional Management International Management

Part Three The North-South System

5 The North-South System and the Possibility of Change

Liberal Theories of Economic Development Marxist and Neo-Marxist Theories of Development The Structuralists Contrasting Marxist and Structuralist Perspectives Weaknesses in the Three Perspectives Development Strategies

6 International Financial Flows

Foreign Aid and the Postwar Order The Link between Aid and Foreign Policy Stagnation of Aid Financial Flows in the 1970s: Politicization and Privatization The Aid and Debt Crises of the 1980s The Impact of Aid The Onset of the Debt Crisis Debt Crisis Management Debt Fatigue From Debt Crisis to Emerging Markets The Impact of the Debt Crisis on Third World Strategy The Future of Aid and Financial Flows

7 Trade and Development Strategies

Isolation from the Postwar Trading Order From Import Substitution to Trade Expansion Unity and Confrontation Commodity Power and the New International Economic Order The New Order for the 1980s The New Pragmatism Beyond the Uruguay Round

8 Multinational Corporations in the Third World

Power: The Local Economy Power: Local Government Efficiency, Growth, and Welfare National Political Process Management of Foreign Investment by Less-Developed Countries The 1980s: The New Pragmatism The Future: Cooperation or Conflict?

9 Oil, Commodity Cartels, and Power

The Dependency System of International Oil The Process of Change: From Negotiation to Unilateral Power OPEC Management The Second Oil Crisis: A System Out of Control OPEC in Decline: The World Oil Glut Oil Price Warst The Gulf War The Future of OPEC Other OPECs? Bauxite, Bananas, and Copper

Part Four The End of the Cold War and Its Consequences for the World Economy

10 East-West Economic Relations during and after the Cold War

East-West Economic Relations in the Early Cold War Period The Creation of an Eastern Economic Bloc Forces of Change in the East East-West Economic Relations: From the 1960s to the End of the Cold War Gorbachev's Economic and Political Reforms The Failure of Perestroika Problems of Transition from Communism Yeltsin: Crisis and Reform Russian Foreign Economic Policies and the West's Response Economic Reform in Eastern Europe China East-West Economic Relations since the End of the Cold War

Conclusion: Globalization and the New World Order

A New World Order? A New World Order, or a Reformed World Order

Glossary Acronyms Selected Bibliography Index