{"product_id":"constructing-the-international-economy-paperback-softback-9780801475887","title":"Constructing the International Economy (Paperback \/ softback) 9780801475887","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eConstructing the International Economy\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eRawi Abdelal (Edited by), Mark Blyth (Edited by), Craig Parsons (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780801475887\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 15 June 2010\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e312 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.5 x 15.5 x 1.9 cm, 0.454 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFocusing empirically on how political and economic forces are always mediated and interpreted by agents, both in individual countries and in the international sphere, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eConstructing the International Economy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e sets out what such constructions and what various forms of constructivism mean, both as ways of understanding the world and as sets of varying methods for achieving that understanding.\u003c\/b\u003e It rejects the assumption that material interests either linearly or simply determine economic outcomes and demands that analysts consider, as a plausible hypothesis, that economies might vary substantially for nonmaterial reasons that affect both institutions and agents' interests.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eConstructing the International Economy\u003c\/i\u003e portrays the diversity of models and approaches that exist among constructivists writing on the international political economy. The authors outline and relate several different arguments for why scholars might attend to social construction, inviting the widest possible array of scholars to engage with such approaches. They examine points of terminological or theoretical confusion that create unnecessary barriers to engagement between constructivists and nonconstructivist work and among different types of constructivism. This book provides a tool kit that both constructivists and their critics can use to debate how much and when social construction matters in this deeply important realm.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction: Constructing the International Economy\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eby Rawi Abdelal, Mark Blyth, and Craig Parsons\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART I. MEANING\u003c\/b\u003e1. Shrinking the State: Neoliberal Economists and Social Spending in Latin America\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eby Jeffrey M. Chwieroth\u003c\/i\u003e2. The Meaning of Development: Constructing the World Bank's Good Governance Agenda\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eby Catherine Weaver\u003c\/i\u003e3. Institutionalized Hypocrisy and the Politics of Agricultural Trade\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eby Mlada Bukovansky\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART II. COGNITION\u003c\/b\u003e4. Frames, Scripts, and the Making of Regional Trade Areas\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eby Francesco Duina\u003c\/i\u003e5. Imagined Economies: Constructivist Political Economy, Nationalism, and Economic-based Sovereignty Movements in Russia\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eby Yoshiko M. Herrera\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART III. UNCERTAINTY\u003c\/b\u003e6. Firm Interests in Uncertain Times: Business Lobbying in Multilateral Service Liberalization\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eby Cornelia Woll\u003c\/i\u003e7. Trade-offs and Trinities: Social Forces and Monetary Cooperation\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eby Wesley W. Widmaier\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART IV. SUBJECTIVITY\u003c\/b\u003e8. Moby Dick or Moby Doll? Discourse, or How to Study the \"Social Construction of\" All the Way Down\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eby Charlotte Epstein\u003c\/i\u003e9. Bringing Power Back In: The IMF's Constructivist Strategy in Critical Perspective\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eby Jacqueline Best\u003c\/i\u003e10. The Ethical Investor, Embodied Economies, and International Political Economy\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eby Paul Langley\u003c\/i\u003eRe-constructing IPE: Some Conclusions Drawn from a Crisis\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eby Rawi Abdelal, Mark Blyth, and Craig Parsons\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eReferences\u003cbr\u003e Index\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cornell University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52739852697880,"sku":"9780801475887","price":23.39,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/constructing-the-international-economy-paperback-softback-9780801475887","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}