1. Introduction and overview; Part I. The Three Orthodoxies in a Global Context: 2. The rise of European classical economic liberalism; 3. Economic liberalism from non-European perspectives; 4. Neomercantilist reactions in Europe and the United States; 5. Neomercantilism elsewhere; 6. European Marxist critiques of global capitalism; 7. The global diffusion of Marxism; Part II. Beyond the Three Orthodoxies: 8. Autarkic visions of economic self-sufficiency; 9. Environmentalist calls for a more sustainable world economy; 10. Feminist critiques of a patriarchal world economy; 11. Pan-African responses to a racialized world economy; 12. Religious and civilizational political economies of Pan-Islamism and Pan-Asianism; 13. Distinctive visions of economic regionalism for East Asia, Europe and the Americas; Part III. Ending at a Beginning: 14. The embedded liberalism of Bretton Woods; 15. The case for a wider history.
A pioneering global history of the pre-1945 debates that forged the field of international political economy.
Eric Helleiner is Professor and University Research Chair at the Department of Political Science and Balsillie School of International Affairs, University of Waterloo. His previous books include The Neomercantilists (2021), Forgotten Foundations of Bretton Woods (2014), The Status Quo Crisis (2014), and States and the Reemergence of Global Finance (1994). He is winner of the 2020 IPE Distinguished Scholar Award (International Studies Association) and the Francesco Guicciardini Prize for Best Book in Historical International Relations (2016).
'Eric Helleiner has done it again – another classic to add to his
ample record of outstanding historical scholarship. His
monumental survey of the deep intellectual roots of the field of
International Political Economy breaks entirely new ground and will
serve as a master study guide for generations to come. The
breadth of coverage is astonishing, introducing us to a huge
gallery of long-neglected thinkers and ideas from every corner of
the globe. The book is a must-read for anyone aspiring to
literacy in the subject of IPE.' Benjamin Cohen, University of
California, Santa Barbara
'In a recent series of books, Eric Helleiner has been doing nothing
less than rewriting the intellectual history of international
political economy. This latest, his most ambitious yet, is a bold
and generous work opening countless avenues for the
scholars who will follow him.' Quinn Slobodian, Wellesley
College
'Eric Helleiner has brought together a remarkably wide range of
economic thinkers from around the world to illuminate the fractious
and contested nature of debates in International Political Economy
before 1945. But more importantly, he has also demonstrated that
the history of global economic thought should not be read as a
one-way diffusion from West to rest, but has rather been structured
over time by multidirectional debate and reformulation from many
corners of the globe.' Christy Thornton, John Hopkins
University
'The holy troika of IPE thought - Realism, Liberalism, and Marxism
- was always deeply suspect. European scholars often saw realism as
an American apology for nuclear dominance, while mainstream US
scholars never took Marxism seriously. Helleiner shows us the value
of moving beyond such tired touchstones to embrace the real
diversity of global IPE. Much of what we think of as new -
environmentalism, feminism, (post)colonialism - is in fact quite
old and well developed outside of the troika texts. To properly
engage the debates of today, we need to understand and build upon
rich traditions that we have omitted both by design and by
default.' Mark Blyth, Brown University
'Recommended.' R. M. Ramazani, Choice
'Helleiner conducts a masterful and detailed work that is capable
of bringing to the surface the intellectual roots of economic
thought … The Contested World Economy thus stands as an essential
text both for insiders, who can certainly draw inspiration from it
but also confirm the internationality of the work they are carrying
out, and for novices who can learn the basics of this discipline
directly from a broad and global perspective that refers to the
great cultural roots but without getting lost in the myopia of
Eurocentrism.' Albertina Nania, History of Economic Thought and
Policy
'… while it will be incredibly useful for teaching, this work is,
in fact, a major interpretive revision of the history of
international political economy, one that fundamentally challenges
key assumptions of the field and sets out multiple new agendas for
future research.' Christy Thornton, H-Diplo
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