Research Catalog

Title

Managing world economic change : international political economy / Robert A. Isaak.

Author

Isaak, Robert A.

Publication

Englewood Cliffs, N.J. : Prentice Hall, [1995], ©1995.

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Description

xi, 340 pages : illustrations; 23 cm

Subject

• International economic relations

Note

• Rev. ed. of: International political economy. 1991.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 318-326) and index.

Contents

• Pt. I. Concepts for Managing Change. Politics versus Economics or Liberalism versus Post Liberalism. The Moral Dilemma of Liberalism. Global Logic versus Community Identity. Tiers. Managing Change and Entrepreneurial Risk. Ch. 1. Collective Learning and Positioning. The Argument. Creative Destruction and Global Economic Development. Hegemonic Stability and Ideology. Economic Nationalism, Liberalism, and Marxism. The Changing Nature of Insecurity. The Maintenance Model of International Management. Structures and Dependence. Oligopolies and Neomercantilism. Complexity, Integrity, and Resistance. Ch. 2. Post-Cold-War Economics. The Stalinist Model: Collective Learning through Shortages. Post-Stalinist Economic Growth and Strategies. COCOM and Technology Transfer. Perestroika and the Democratization of Russia. East Bloc Revolution. Liberalization and Privatization in Poland. China: From Economic Reforms to Superpower? Capitalist Reform Minus Democracy Equals Raised Expectations and Rebellion.
• Learning Principles: Positive Transparency and Agency -- Pt. II. The Global Environment. Ch. 3. The World Monetary System. Ch. 4. The World Trade System -- Pt. III. From North-North to North-South. Ch. 5. North-North Competitiveness. Industrial Policy as a Key to Competitiveness. Ch. 6. North-South Structures and Strategy -- Pt. IV. Domestic Sources of Multinational Behavior. Ch. 7. Life Chances, Class, and Education. Ch. 8. State Strategies and Stages of Development. Ch. 9. Multinational Strategies, Economic Cycles, and Direct Investment -- Pt. V. Conclusions. Ch. 10. Summing Up. Defining the Situation. The Maintenance Thesis: Managing Economic Risk. Speed Limits and Information Overload: Acceleration versus Retardation. Collective Learning and Cultural Resistance. Three Types of Collective Learning. Closure versus Ambivalent Belief Systems. Models and Modeling. Strategies and Cycles. Recipes for Collective Learning.

ISBN

0131816780

LCCN

94035289

OCLC

• 31131913
• ocm31131913

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Columbia University Libraries